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SISTERS OF SAINT JOSEPH

Origin Gailac, France
Accompanying Family Bishop Serra
Original Occupation Catholic Bishop of Perth, WA
Occupation in Australia Catholic Bishop of Perth, WA

LADY AMHERST

Departure Port London
Arrival Year 1855

Fremantle

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French Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Apparition invited by Bishop Serra to come to teach. Sisters, Julie Cabagniol (25), Lucie Fieuzet (44), Zoe de Chamouin (19) & Emilie Petit (19) opened their first school in Fremantle July 1st, 1855. Sisters Julie & Zoe opened a school in Albany in1878.

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