A footed, pierced silver sweatmeat dish with folding handle with the silver heavily foliated repoussé work.To our dear Bishop from the Pupils of the Sisters of Mercy.

Vietnamese gothic cut silk chasuble. These vestments were purchased by Monsignor Henry Nolan and re-sold to his fellow priests in the diocese to raise money for Vietnamese orphanage children following the Vietnam conflict. Monsignor Nolan served as a military chaplain in Vietnam. The vestments feature Vietnamese Christian motifs such as this with a bamboo cross with an Asian incense burner.vietnam, nolan, chasuble, gothic, embroidery, asian, incense, cross.

Believed to have been collected by Bishop Foley on his first Ad Limina visit.Bound in olive wood with leather spine, each page is a collage of plant specimens from different places in scripture separated with tissue guards.foley, holy land,, palestine, 1920, olive wood, plants. collage

from St Alipius school Ballarat East 1920 and St Augustine's school Creswick 1936.Suede covered booklet bound with silk ties with 5 pages of calligraphy.

clunes, st ignatius, c.1910.

Photograph of HACBS gathering at Terang in the 1920s taken by by J. Jordan Warrnambool.terang, warrnambool, hibernian, hacbs, jordan.

Jean-Pierre Trouette was natuarlised in 1862 the year he, his wife Anne (nee Blampied) and her brother Emile purchased land at Great Western and established the Great Western wineries. Unless a person was a Victorian citizen they could not own freehold land and run a business. This certificate testifies to Trouette's legal status and entitlement to establish the Great Western vineyards. At the Intercolonial Exhibition in Melbourne in 1866 his wines were noticed and was noted also in 1867. His vineyard was named St Peter's and visitors included Hubert de Castella in 1882. blampied, trouette, great western, st peter's, intercolonial exhibition, naturalisation, henry barkly

Rev Daniel Foley was the third Bishop of Ballarat 1916 - 1941. A cousin to Archbishop Mannix of Melbourne he accompanied Mannix on his 1920 journey across the U.S.A giving many public speeches. He was witness to the removal of Mannix from the SS Baltic by the British in the Irish Sea, an event that made world headlines. This large photographic portrait was taken by Thornton photographer Ballarat.Signed on image "Thornton" Photo Ballarat.

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The Ballarat Diocese monthly journal "Light" was published from 1948 - 1986. The example from a complete collection is from 1964 and features one of the many hundreds of artistic and historic photographs taken by Monsignor J. McInerny that he used throughout but particularly for cover images.

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Heavily embroidered cope with baroque design in gold metal thread over cloth-of-gold.

This Tapa cloth was presented to the Bishop of Ballarat as head of the Oceanic Bishops' gathering in the 1980s. The Tapa or bark cloth is prepared from the bark of a tree, beaten flat and glued with a native plant. It is then printed with earth dyes and sap from a Koka or candlenut tree. The design is printed by hand and the cloth used, in this case for ceremonial and presentation purposes.tapa, oceania bishops, fiji

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This clasp or morse shows the influence of the Art Nouveau style on liturgical decoration.Brass clasp, known as a morse for linking the front falls of a ecclesial cope.clasp, morse, art nouveau, decoration, brass.

2 glass cruets and tray formerly in chapel at Bishop's Palace Ballarat. These vessels were used for the water and wine poured into chalice as part of the liturgy of the Mass in the Bishops' oratory in Sturt St Ballarat. The gilt decorative scrolls with IHS within a central decorative gilt medallion.The gilt decorative scrolls include IHS within the central medallion on the body of each cruet.

These slippers came in the colours of the seasons of the church and the collection has a full set. These episcopal sandals, slippers or pontifical sandals, are a pontifical vestment worn by bishops when celebrating liturgical functions according to the pre–Vatican II rubrics. After the Second Vatican Council, the episcopal sandals fell out of common use following the revisions of the liturgy resulting in the Mass of Paul VI. This set was used in the cathedral at Ballarat for Pontifical High Mass prior to 1970.Two pair of liturgical slippers one red, the other green. slippers, sandals, episcopal, vatican ii. paul vi

Paper poster or 'flyer' A4 size.dennington, eucharistic, procession.

William Ullathorne was first Vicar General of Australia under Bishop Polding. His writings on the convict system were influential in exposing "The Horrors of Transportation," giving this title to a pamphlet which he published at the request of the Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1839 he gave evidence before Sir William Molesworth's parliamentary committee on transportation, which materially influenced the decision to discontinue the system. He later became Bishop of Birmingham UK.On base of bust "Ullathorne"

A shipping or travelling trunk c. 1930 belonging to Fr Patrick O'Dowd Administrator of St Patrick's Cathedral Ballarat 1948 - 1953. Fr O' Dowd, a native of Koroit was ordained by Bishop Foley at the Cathedral in 1922 and served widely throughout western Victoria. Typical of trunks used by clerics across the western districts of Victoria in the 19th and 20th centuries as due to their constant relocations, these held all their personal belongings.Paper label affixed to side of trunk is addressed: "P. O'Dowd, St Pat's Cathedral Ballarat".o'dowd, ballarat, koroit, travelling trunk.

East Ballarat YCW was formed in 194Pocket patch embroidered with YCW badge and St Alipius Cricket Club East Ballarat. Also motto Primus Semper.blazer, ballarat east, st alipius, ycw,

An architectural impression of the Catholic Diocesan Offices.Printed on lower right of image, "Catholic Diocesan Offices Ballarat Daryl Jackson Pty Ltd Architects.

This local parish magazine was published from 1960 - 1971 and was an imporrtant communication link for the Catholic people across the Mildura, Sunraysia district in Victoria.

This statue of Mary was used throughout Ballarat from the 1950s to the 1980s for a focus at home rosaries in the homes of the faithful.statue, mary, rosary.