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The convent : a city finds its heart /

What was behind the wall and the wire? The local people knew ... fine courtyards ... an old swimming pool ... dilapidated tennis courts and a remnant garden, now wild and sprawling. The Abbotsford Convent was this haunted place, left to languish for years after the last of the Sisters of the Good Sh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kells, Stuart (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Publishing, 2020.
Colección:Miegunyah Press series. no. 191.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. A secret, magical place
  • 2. It began with lava
  • 3. Sue's kitchen
  • 4. Neither pot nor pan
  • 5. A positive alternative
  • 6. Growth
  • 7. A social enterprise
  • 8. A noble cause
  • 9. Basket weavers
  • 10. Flooded
  • 11. The Great and the Good
  • 12. Life at the convent
  • 13. The legacy
  • 14. Coming and going
  • 15. Implacable
  • 16. The end of an era
  • 17. A gem
  • 18. Everything you wanted
  • 19. Saved
  • 20. Open
  • Timeline
  • Notes
  • Index