| Name of institution |
Iona Presentation College |
| Type of institution |
School |
| Street Address |
33 Palmerston Street
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| City |
Mosman Park |
| State |
Western Australia |
| Postcode |
6012
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| Country |
Australia |
| Name of building |
Parish Church |
| Name of room |
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| Dates of the building |
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The
College is named after the Scottish Isle of Iona, on which the Irish
Saint Columba (or Columcille) founded a community in 563AD. Iona became
a centre of learning from which Saint Columba and his monks set forth
to spread the Gospel into Scotland and the north of England.
The Presentation Sisters who came to Mosman Park had originally come
from Kildare in Ireland to Hay in New South Wales. In 1900, five
Sisters volunteered to answer a call to come to Western Australia. They
arrived in Southern Cross in 1900, Collie in 1902, Cottesloe in 1902
and Mosman Park in 1907.
Bishop Gibney, who was the Bishop of Perth, remarked that the site in
Mosman Park, situated on a rise, with the Swan River on one side and
the ocean on the other, reminded him of the Isle of Iona off Scotland.
He said he hoped that this too would become a centre of learning and a
centre from which the Gospel would be spread.
Furthermore, one of the four founding sisters was Sister Columba and so
it was decided that an appropriate name for the College would be
'Iona'. It was founded on 11 September, 1907. |
| Name of contact |
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| Mailing Address |
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| Telephone |
(08) 9384-0066 |
| Email |
admin@iona.wa.edu.au |
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| Previous organ(s) |
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| Date of previous organ |
None |
| Detail of previous organ |
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| Variations from original design of organ |
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Information on previous organ |
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Information about comparable instruments to previous organ |
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| Present organ |
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| Type of installation |
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| Case description |
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| Placement in room |
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| Builder's name |
Paul F. Hufner |
| Opus number |
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| Date of completion/installation |
1964 |
| Construction materials |
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| Number of manuals |
One (1) |
| Key compasses |
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| Number of keys |
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| Key material |
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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 |
Electro-magnetic |
| Type of stop action |
Electro-magnetic |
| Couplers |
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| Tremulants |
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| Accessories |
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| Console type |
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| 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 |
Great
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| Wind pressures |
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| Stop list |
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| Total number of stops |
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| Total number of ranks |
Two ranks extended
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| Total number of pipes |
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| Dates when key work has been undertaken on current
organ |
Additions to the organ were prepared for at the time of building |
| Dates of any moves that have taken place to current
organ |
Removed in 1966 when the Chapel had
to be demolished due to structural failure.
Gifted to Notre
Dame University for future installation in the Holy Spirit Chapel. This never
came to pass so the organ was obtained by Corpus Christi Church (which
is right next door to Iona Convent!) and installed in 1998 by Pipe
Organ Builders and Services.
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| Information on current organ |
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| Comparable instruments to current
organ |
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| Current status |
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| Assessment of organ |
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| Other organs by this builder |
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| Photographs |
Aerial photograph of college from Iona College web site.
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| Technical documents |
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| General documents |
Information about the college from Iona College web site.
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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 24 January 2009.
Additional information about relocation of the organ from Patrick Elms.
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