Little Grey Sparrows of the Anglican Diocese of Bunbury, Western Australia by Merle Bignell

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page with large letters. Signed by author. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine.

In 1928, a group of Anglican Sisters of the English Order of St Elizabeth established convents in South Bunbury, Busselton, and Margaret River. They lived a life of faith according to the Franciscan tradition and wore a grey habit, so some referred to them as St Frabcis' little grey sparrows.

They were concerned with the hardships and shortcomings faced by the 1930s group of settlers. They shared the burdens and counselled those impoverished by the Great Depression. They comforted the grief-stricken during WWII. They provided inexpensive board at their Mary Clementina Hostel for out-of-town girls seeking secondary education at the recently opened Bunbury High School (1923).

All is set in a thirty-year framework of the social development of the South West. (book flap)