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University of Queensland Press, 2012 First Edition. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Fine / Fine. "Born in Ireland in 1834, Patrick Ambrose Treacy spent his formative years in Thurles, Tipperary, at the Christian Brothers' school, later entering the Brothers' novitiate in Waterford. In August 1868 he departed Dublin, arriving in Melbourne, Australia, in November. Ambrose arrived when free, secular and compulsory education was being introduced. He accepted the challenge of providing a quality Catholic education and would continue to address it for the next 30 years. This involved providing teachers, raising finance and erecting buildings without government assistance. This book covers his strategies for implementing his courageous ideas, including his fundraising journeys to goldfields in remote areas that are the stuff of legend, and details his relationships within the hierarchy of the church and the wider community. In 1900, Ambrose returned to Dublin as assistant to the superior general of the institute.…
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Patrick Ambrose Treacy: Christian Brother, Enterprising Immigrant Hardcover - 2012
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- Title Patrick Ambrose Treacy: Christian Brother, Enterprising Immigrant
- Author F. Regis Hickey
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 385
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Queensland Pr (Australia), Brisbane
- Date 2012
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780702249426 / 0702249424
- Library of Congress subjects Irish - Australia, Catholics - Australia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012515217
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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