RODRIGUEZ, Francisco
Origin Mon Forte, Spain
Accompanying Family Nil
First settled in New Norcia, WA
Original Occupation Noviate monk
Occupation in Australia Station Hand; builder, sheep station owner/manager.
VIMINALE
Departure Port Geneva, Italy
Arrival Year 1937
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At 13 Rodriguez was enrolled as a noviciate at Samos in Galicia. At 16 he arrived at the Benedictine monastery, New Norcia. At 21 he ventured to the Kimberley where he worked as a station-hand, builder and sheep station owner. He married a Nygkina woman, and today lives in Broome.
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