Wealth without happiness: William Davis and Catherine Miles part 1
William Davis, a 1798 Irish political rebel, is well known in colonial NSW history for his generosity to Catholicism, including to the Sisters of Charity and the foundations of St Patrick's Parish, Church Hill. Along with James Dempsey, Davis is one of the most revered figures in early colonial...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2022, Volume: 99, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-17 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history |
| Further subjects: | B
Catholics; Social conditions
B Catholics; Historiography B History; Influence B Colonists |
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| Summary: | William Davis, a 1798 Irish political rebel, is well known in colonial NSW history for his generosity to Catholicism, including to the Sisters of Charity and the foundations of St Patrick's Parish, Church Hill. Along with James Dempsey, Davis is one of the most revered figures in early colonial Catholic historiography. While other 'Men of 1798', such as James Meehan, John Reddington, Stephen Murphy, Andrew Byrne, Farrell Cuffe and Edmund Redmond, became influential colonists, no other Irishman eclipsed Davis's financial dominance in early colonial Sydney. Yet Davis has not been subject to detailed historical study, and most works make little or no mention of his wife, Catherine Miles, who, like other pioneering women, such as Catherine Milling, made sturdy contributions to the fledgling Catholic community. |
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| ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3316/informit.348132767424527 |