Blessing of the Fleet, Fremantle, Western Australia, circa 1980 [picture] / Roger Garwood
- Bib ID:
- 3258656
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Garwood, Roger, 1945-
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- ca. 1980
- 1 photograph : b&w ; image 26.5 x 39 cm., on sheet 40.8 x 50.6 cm.
- Summary:
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This picture shows the final stages of the procession in which members of the local fishing community walk from St. Patrick's Basilica, through the streets of Fremantle, to the Fishing Boat Harbour. They carry with them two statues of the Madonna, this particular one being the Madonna di Capo D'Orlando. Once in the harbour the figures are placed aboard fishing boats and a large number of the local fleet process around the harbour during which time the local archbishop, on board the leading vessel, blesses the fleet. The blessing represents the final point of a week of religious ceremonies in the basilica and takes place annually in mid October, immediately prior to the opening of the cray fishing season.
- Notes:
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- Title supplied by the photographer.
- Inscriptions: "© Roger Garwood 2004. Blessing of the Fleet, Fremantle. circa 1980" -- in pencil on reverse.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136972298
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- 1980
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