Time for some Newman Nostalgia!
Back in 1965, the Perth community of Brigidine Sisters headed down to Margaret River for a holiday. Here they are at Canal Rocks (or Winjee Sam, as it is known to the Wadandi Saltwater people), smiling straight into the sun with the wind doing its best to set some of them asail! (Names below.)
Sister Dorothea Hickey told us recently someone said they had the impression that holidaying in Margaret River back then would have been like it was today; good roads to travel there, fully equipped with wineries, supermarkets, cafes, gorgeous shops, and touristy places to visit…
But no!
Dorothea said, "they actually went in a safari-type convoy, taking everything they needed - as well as the kitchen sink! And because there was only a small, two-sister convent in the tiny, faraway town, they bunked down in the school!"
This is the only known photo of the Sisters’ 1965 holiday to the now hugely popular tourist destination. How we’d love to see more - and how Margaret River has changed in the last nearly six decades!
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Back L-R: Sisters Joanne White, Finbarr-Francis/Christine McDonald, Sebastian/Clare Small, Lelia Whittaker.
Third Row: Sisters Finbarr/Catherine Treacy, Canice/Catherine Bolger, Theodore Marks, Gerard Coady.
Second Row: Mother Colombiere Small, Sisters Aiden Ryan, David Dynan.
Front: Sister Patrick Nagle
