Subject	Frontier and pioneer life–Australia
	Western Australia–History
	Voyages and travels
	Catholic Church
	Missionary settlements
	Diaries
	Italian language–Written Italian
	Correspondence
Category	1. Settlement
	2. National boundaries
Author	Torres, Fulgentius
	William Dom, O.S.B.
Keywords	journal
	Kimberley, W.A.
Current Holder	State Library of Western Australia
Period Of Reference	1895/1895
Series Number	MN 2109
Item Number	ACC 5850A
Access Rights	Request at location
Rights	In Copyright. Available for reference; not for loan.
Country Of Origin	Australia
Place	New Norcia
Language	Italian
	English
Description From Source	1 cm. The first settlement of the North-West of Western Australia was recorded in a document written by Pietro Ferrara, a member of John Withnell’s pioneering party. Written in Italian, dated 26 June 1864, the document was addressed to Father Martinez of the New Norcia Mission. Diaries of Abbot F. Torres (from his own notes translated by Father Eugene Perez) which record his journeys from Italy to the Phillipines and return, and his journeys from Europe to Australia. Paper entitled “Pastoral settlement of the North-West” by Dom William, O.S.B., based on a letter written by Pietro Ferraro, which describes the pioneering efforts of John Withnell, Walter Padbury and John Wellard in the early settlement of the North-West of W.A., together with “New light on first North-West settlement” by an unknown author.
Physical Format	Manuscripts
	Diaries
	Typescripts
	Correspondence
Bibliographic Citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/7JJAJX6Q/