Yalgoo cup

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A win for a horse-racing priest

Monsignor John Hawes was known locally, not just for his priesthood and architecture, but for his horsemanship. The priest would set out on long horse rides into the arid Mullewa countryside to visit his parishioners. He also was rather partial to the odd horse race. Hawes won this Yalgoo Cup in 1926, when his five-year-old mare Babs placed first in the maiden hack race.

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Mullewa Priest House

Monsignor Hawes - discover where he lived and worked

Wander through the former home of famed architect-priest Monsignor John Hawes and it’s easy to imagine this remarkable man inhabiting its rooms. Hawes designed and built the presbytery for himself in...

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Mullewa WA 6630
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Sailing in the Bahamas by Monsignor Hawes

Bahaman retirement

Monsignor John Hawes painted this sailboat in about 1909 while working as an Anglican Minister in the Bahamas. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1911, and entered Beda College to study for...

Donatello laughing boy by Monsignor Hawes

Architecture as art

In 1898 Monsignor John Hawes was an architectural student in London. Even at this early stage in his career, Hawes saw architecture not so much as a profession but as an art. Hawes is quoted as saying...