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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.

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.

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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