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We regret to inform you that after long consideration, the Board of the
Benedictine Community has reached a decision to permanently close the New Norcia Hotel. As a Community we understand the New Norcia Hotel has been of significance to generations of locals and the decision to close it has not been
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Construction of a new, more elaborate, hostel began in 1926, and it opened in 1927, along with a modern motor garage. The two-storey structure was built in a neo-classical architectural style from stone. A large stairway, several metres wide, leads to a passageway, with guest rooms on both sides. The
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New Norcia, Australia's only monastic town, was founded by
Spanish Benedictine monks in 1847. Since the early 20th century, there have been boarding colleges associated with the monastery in New Norcia – St Gertrude's opened in 1908 for girls, and St Ildephonsus' opened in 1913 for boys. By 1926 the
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Australia to have a hotel
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