Website:http://www.newnorcia.wa.edu.au (New Norcia Benedictine Community)
Description:Located 132km north of Perth in Western Australia,New Norcia is Australia’s only monastic town, with the Monastery,which is where the monks live, work and pray, at its heart. The town has buildings in a Spanish style of architecture, along with some other historical sites. Among these are the two old boarding schools, St Ildephonsus' and St Gertrude's (both now used for accommodation and various social functions), the Abbey Church (containing the tomb of Rosendo Salvado), an old mill, a wine press, a hotel, and the monastery itself. The Monastery buildings are on the eastern side of the current highway alignment through the town. There are two pipe organs located within the monastery buildings. In the Abbey Church of the Holy Trinity is a large 35 rank German organ, built in 1922 by Albert Moser of Munich. The organ was designed in consultation with the abbey organist, Dom Moreno. The second pipe organ, of 13 ranks and much more modern in style, is located in the Oratory Chapel. This organ was built in 1983 by Belsham Pipe Organs.
Jurisdictions::Wheatbelt Development Commission, South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council, Shire of Victoria Plains
