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>ho assisted Hall to put into action the plan for a new Catho lic Church
\'lhich was discussed in Westbury by Polding and Willson .
canvassed the Oatlands district within a range of ten miles for
The two men
signatures to a memorial requesting Denison to appoint a Chaplain to
Oatlands and to build a church in accordance with the Church Act .
memorial, accompanied by a list of names of bona fide Catholics who
resided within ten miles of Oatlands , was immediately forwarded to
Willson, but for some reason or other the Bishop did not send the
necessary documents to the Governor until after the Church Act expired.
Consequently the Catholics were faced with meeting the cost of the
project themselves if they wished to continue with their plans .
stage Maguire was transferred to Port Arthur to take the place of
Father W.P. Bond who had been severely ill.
Bond, in his turn, was
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At this
appointed chaplain to the probation stations on the high road at Spring
Hi ll, Jericho and St. Peter 's Pass .
He continued to celebrate Mass
every Sunday in the Police Court and on holidays and other occasions in
Hal l's drawing room. s
As the appea l to the Governor had been
unsuccessful, Hall and Bond arranged a public meeting of the congregation
on April 8, 1849, to discuss what should be done.
part at the meeting :
Hall took a prominent
At a public meeting of the Subscribers to the Fund for the
erection of a Catholic Church at Oatlands held in the
Court House at Oatlands on the 8th April 1849, it was
moved by Dr Hal l, seconded by Dr Macramara and resolved
that the Revd. W.P. Bond do take the chair .
Moved by Dr Hal l, seconded by Mr Dani el O'Connor and
resolved that Mr W. Cahill be requested to act as
secretary .
Later moved by Dr Hall and seconded by A. Thompson "That
the following geptlemen do constitute a committee of
management for everything that is necessary in the
erection of a Catholic Church at Oatlands , three to form a
quorum.
The Bishop of Hobart Town .
Revd . W.P. Bond, or the resident priest
of Oatlands for the time being.
H.T. Anstey
D. O'Connor
W.J. Bacon
J. Ryan
E. White
W. Cahill
E.S. Hall
E.S. Hall, 11Reminiscences11 , Catholic Standard, May 1879 .