Celebrating Irish Australian Heritage - St Brigid's Crossley 100

The friends of St Brigid's did a fantastic job of celebrating the centenary of the church.  Family reunions / history; bus tours; history of the church and its families book launch (http://savingstbrigids.com.au/products/the-church-on-the-hill); centenary mass, Shane Howard singing about St Brigid's, school reunion, dinners, a memorial and healing garden,and 15 minutes of fame.

A set of images of the weekend is available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/gervo1865/sets/  and show your support and help the Friends pay back the loan to buy back church that their ancestors built  https://www.facebook.com/StBrigidsCrossley?fref=ts

Uluru World Heritage

http://www.environment.gov.au/node/19818

Uluru and Kata Tjuta are a part of an important cultural landscape and have special significance to Anangu. 

Uluru is a huge, rounded, red sandstone monolith 9.4 kilometres in circumference rising from the plain to a height of over 340 metres. Rock art in the caves around its base provides further evidence of the enduring cultural traditions of Anangu.

Wind and Water erosion on the face of Uluru

Sunrise Uluru

Uluru Sky

Dry Waterfall

Uluru on the plain

Rock Art

Burra Monster Mine

Once one of the largest copper mines in the world, the Burra Monster mine, and the towns it created, are the birthplace of the guiding document for heritage practioners in Australia - the Australia ICOMOS Burra Charter.

 Hughes engine house with the rolling hills of Burra as a backdrop - cultural heritage landscape
Hughes Engine House against the 1970s open cut landscape
  Powder Magazine

Sevenhill Vineyard

Sevenhill is the Jesuit vineyard in the Clare Valley. Steeped in history Sevenhill produces a fantastic range of wines, has all the expected 19C vineyard heritage elements as well as a fantasic garden and church. A must visit for anyone making a heritage pilgrimage to Burra. Established in 1851 Sevenhill was named after the Seven Hill district of Rome. The church was built in 1864 of local stone and has a crypt beneath it. The St Ignatius 2010 is the best $40 bottle of wine. https://www.sevenhill.com.au/index.php Crypts Vine leaves and vines. Church Cross "> Wine Press vines

collander Paxton Square Cottages Burra heritage town Cultural Heritage Landscape SA 2013_3336

collander Paxton Square Cottages Burra heritage town Cultural Heritage Landscape SA 2013_3336, originally uploaded by gervo1865_2 - LJ Gervasoni.

Churches in Burra SA

The Anglican and Catholic Churches in Burra are located next to each other on the road to the Monster Mine. The Anglican Church is quite ornate and is the home to the local CFA Branch. Burra is significant to many heritage professionals as it is the place where Australia ICOMOS developed the Burra Charter to guide heritage practice.

St Mary's anglican


Main aisle St Mary's Burra


Stained glass windows St Mary's 








St George


Church Bell St Mary's


Organ at St Mary's


Mary Warnes CWA


St Mary's Minister's


St Joseph's Catholic Church




Timber Ceiling St Joseph's


Stained glass window St Joseph's


Altar St Jospeh's


Organ St Joseph's