The Journey
Albury
1889 - 1898
The town of Albury is on the NSW and Victorian boarder. It is 475 kilometres south-west of Sydney and 300 kilometres from the coast. 
 
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Albury sits on the banks of the Murray River which is one of the major rivers in Australia.
 
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The tombstone of Brother Malachy in Albury
Click to enlarge - 146kb"In January 1885 Albury parochial scholl was taken up in charge of Bros Laurence Ryan, Malachy Dwyer and James Long. Inside a month (Feb 15) Brother Malachy Dwyer got drowned in the Murray River while bathing." In January 1885 three young Brothers came from Bathurst to take charge of the school leaving Goulburn with only two Brothers.

Little has come down to us about the Brothers at Albury. The staff was always small. In May 1895 the Provincial Superior Brother Anthony Lee made a canonical visitation to Albury and found that the school was flourishing and the Brothers "well and happy". However the Brothers were living very poorly.

In 1898 Brother Alphonsus Delaney withdrew tha Brothers against the wishes of the people and the pastor. This withdrawal was mainly a result of the withdrawal of the Brothers from the whole Goulburn diocese because of disagreements with the diocsesan authorities.

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