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3 unusual facts about Patrick Perkins


Patrick Perkins

Patrick Perkins was a miner and storekeeper on the diggings in Victoria in districts including Ballarat, Bendigo, Woods Point and Jamieson.

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In 1906, the house was sold to the Rev. Mother Patrick of the Sisters of Mercy to create the 20-bed Mater Misericordiae Hospital (now a tertiary hospital located at South Brisbane); the former synagogue being the hospital chapel.

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Perkins also had interests in property and mining, including the Mount Morgan Mine and coal mining in the West Moreton area.



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