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St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne

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n 1848, one year after Melbourne was declared a city, Augustine friar James Goold was appointed the first bishop of Melbourne. Goold quickly began negotiations with the government for the right to the five acres of land on Eastern Hill, located in the heart of Melbourne, to build a church. He had visions of a grand

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