| Name of institution |
Our Lady of
Mount Carmel & HolyApostles SS. Peter & Paul |
| Type of institution |
Church |
| Street Address |
Cnr Bowes & Doney
Sts |
| City |
Mullewa |
| State |
Western Australia |
| Postcode |
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Our Lady of
Mount Carmel & HolyApostles SS. Peter & Paul |
| Name of room |
Church |
| Dates of the building |
1915-1927
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| Architect’s and builder’s names |
J C Hawes |
| Special architectural features |
The Inter-War Spanish Mission Church
demonstrates technical sophistication in the construction of the domes over the
sanctuary and baptistery. They were constructed with an innovative revolving
template designed to enable successive courses of brickwork to be laid and is
highly valued by the community of Mullewa and surrounding districts as a place
in which to celebrate religious observance and as an unusual and eclectic piece
of architecture. |
| Special fittings |
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| Other location information |
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Holy Apostles St.
Peter and St. Paul
and the Priest house has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
- The place has a close association with prominent
ecclesiastical architect Monsignor John Hawes.
- The place is an outstanding example of Hawes' eclectic
architectural style and is recognised as being one of Hawes' major works in Western Australia.
- The place has special significance because Hawes was
both the architect and the parish priest of Mullewa at the time of construction
and Priesthouse was his residence;
- The place has a strong spiritual significance for the
Roman Catholic community in the town of Mullewa
and in the Mid-West;
- The place is an unusual and sophisticated building of
interesting design which is a landmark in Mullewa; and,
- The place is highly valued as a significant
tourist attraction associated with Hawes life and work, as well as a working
church, and it contributes to the Mullewa community's sense of place
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| Date of previous organs |
None
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| Detail of previous organs |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken |
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| Variations from original design of organ |
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| Information on previous organs |
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| Information about comparable instruments to previous
organs |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
Freestanding |
| Case description |
Plain display |
| Placement in room |
Rear gallery |
| Builder's name |
Positive Organ
Co.(1922) Ltd, London. |
| Opus number |
1052 |
| Date of completion/installation |
c1927
There is a Positive Organ #1056 in a Dunedin, New Zealand, church that is listed as being installed in 1928. Three instruments #1021- 1023 installed in various churches in the South Island in 1927. This would indicate that the Mullewa instrument can be probably dated to late 1927-1928.
Note from Christopher Templeton, Febr 2015.
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| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
One (1) |
| Key compasses |
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| Number of keys |
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| Pedal compass |
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| Number of pedals |
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| Pedalboard type |
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| Pedalboard material |
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| Type of chests |
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| Type of key action |
Mechanical and tubular-pneumatic |
| Type of stop action |
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| Couplers |
Manual octave |
| Tremulants |
Manual |
| Accessories |
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| Console type |
Integral |
| Stop label material |
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| Placement |
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| General design |
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| Playing aids |
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| Divisions |
Manual |
| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
| MANUAL |
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| Open Diapason |
8' |
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| Stopped Flute |
8' |
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| Viole d'Orchestre |
8' |
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| Melodic Flute |
16' |
(Autobass) |
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| Melodic Viole |
8' |
(Auto-solo) |
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| Octave Coupler |
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| Tremulant |
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| Total number of stops |
Three speaking
stops and two melodic stops
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| Total number of ranks |
Probably 4
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| Total number of pipes |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
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| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
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| Information on current organ |
The pipework of the
organ is damaged (both the visible squashed display pipes and a number of other
pipes laying on the floor behind the organ) and the blower system is both
non-functional and antiquated. The main trunking
from the blower to the organ is through terracotta pipes some 25 metres away,
and many of the pipes are broken. |
| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
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| Current status |
The organ is unplayable |
| Assessment of organ |
This is the most northerly
located pipe organ in Western Australia |
| Other organs by this builder |
There are five Positive Organ Company organs in Australia:
- Opus 172, formerly at Catholic
Apostolic Church,
South Brisbane, and then at St. Joseph’s
RC Church, Kangaroo Point, now in Queensland in
private ownership.
- Opus 852, formerly at St
Barnabas', Anglican Church, Mill Hill Road, Waverley, Sydney. Restored by John Parker in 2006 and installed
at Macarthur Anglican School,
Cobbity, NSW.
- Opus 168 installed in 1917 at St James's Anglican
Church, Thornbury; installed 1969 to The Organ Centre, Caulfield; installed
1975 at the residence of John Maidment, Canterbury;
installed in the present location in 1982 at St Luke’s Anglican Church, Yea. This organ may well have been originally
installed in Princess Theatre, Spring Street, Melbourne c1903.
- Opus 289 formerly at Levuka, Fiji. Installed 1963 at St Andrew’s Anglican
Church, Aberfeldie Victoria.
- Opus 1021- 1023 installed in Oamaru, Geraldine, and Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand
- Opus 1052 at this church in Mullewa.
- Opus 1056 in Presbyterian Church, Musselburgh, St Kilda's, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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| Photographs |
Photograph of the church exterior from the internet.
Photographs of the organ and church interior by Bruce Duncan
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| Technical documents |
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| General documents |
Restoration of the Positive Organ Company organ at Mullewa
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| Supporting information |
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| Document control |
Original entries J R Elms, OAM, Gazetteer of Western Australian Pipe Organs, 1971, 1999,2003 and 2004.
This entry D B Duncan 08 January 2009.
Update from Christopher Templeton 02 March 2015.
Neswpaper clipping sourced by Lynn Langford 12 July 2018.
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