Leopold Verguet

Also known as Father Verguet
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One of a group of French Marist priests who visited Sydney in 1845 en route to a new mission in the Solomon Islands. Verguet made some pencil sketches during his stay in Sydney, including one of the newly completed St Patrick's Church and his sketch is the earliest known depiction of the building.
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Un Naturel des Îles Salomen
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St Patrick's Church, Church Hill
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References [<ExternalResource: Hosie, J., 'St Patrick's: A Church Linked to Australia's Convict Days', Sydney n.d.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced by J. Lennon Sydney Morning Herald, 07-20, (1847).>]