Over Thursday and Friday of Week 5, representatives of Salvado House attended the “Ways of Telling” Bicentennial Symposium on the life and contributions of our House Patron, Dom Rosendo Salvado. The symposium was held at the State Library of Western Australia. Students attended a range of presentations by historians and other academics from different Australian universities who presented insights into the history of Dom Salvado’s life as well as the rich history of New Norcia as a mission, a school and a monastic community.
Students and staff learnt about the life of New Norcia from a range of perspectives, including the cricket team, brass band and the instalment of the telegraph. They were introduced to the evolution of transportation to and from the isolated New Norcia site during Salvado’s own lifetime, including the methods of transport Salvado himself experienced, including walking from New Norcia to Perth.
The symposium was attended by Abbott John and the monks of New Norcia and the students had the rare opportunity to meet the monks informally over morning tea and lunch. Holy Cross students and staff who attended the Camino de Santiago shared the experiences of their journey as part of the symposium and it was with pride that the students were able to discuss the College’s connections to Dom Salvado and New Norcia with interested symposium delegates.
Ms Karen Taylor
Learning Area Coordinator – Humanities
19 November 2014
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