Holy Water

Religious artefact

Blessed Waters

What souls would have been blessed by holy water from this bottle? Who sought to ward off evil or beg protection with its sacred flow? And what illnesses demanded the touch of its healing balm? While we can never know the exact answers, we do know the bottle was part of a travelling altar that you’ll find in the presbytery that housed the local priest for 30 years. The presbytery was constructed in 1900 and was also a short-term sanctuary for the famed architect priest Monsignor John Hawes, who was the last priest to stay here before the building was transformed into a boarding house for older boys attending the nearby Convent School.

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Central Greenough - Cafe and Historic Settlement

Step back in time

Stroll through the historic buildings of Central Greenough, close your eyes, and imagine the settlement as it once was, bustling with school children, shop keepers, policemen, magistrates, school...

Address:

Corner Brand Highway and McCartney Road
Greenough WA 6532
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9926 1084

Email:

centralgreenough@gmail.com

Open Hours

Mon to Sun 9am to 3pm

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Central Greenough Historical Settlement Overview

Cot in police house

Family matters

This cot would have once cradled the babies born to the police sergeant and his wife, who lived in the house in the 1870s. Three of their 12 children would sleep crammed together in a trundle bed -...