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Resident:
Br. Ludwig Günther SAC 
Br. John Phillis SAC
Br. Willem van Veen SAC
The Brothers are primarily resident at the
Dongara
House.
Postal Address:
Wandalgu Hostel
739
Pallottine Road
Tardun WA 6628
Hostel Telephone:
61 8 9961 5214
Hostel
Fax:
61 8 9961 5251
Click on pictures below to enlarge
Centenary Year Concert February 2001
 
Kalbarri Camp March 2002
See "The
Dooloo Story"
Pallottine General visits Tardun
as part of the 100 years Celebrations. 12.05.2001
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The Pallottine Student
Hostel Closed December 2004
Some houses are currently being used by the Christian Brother Agricultural
School as a residence for their Students.
TARDUN
WA
Resident
Administrator:
Postal Address:
Wandalgu Hostel
739
Pallottine Road
Tardun WA 6628
Telephone:
61 8 9961 5214
Fax:
61 8 9961 5251
Email Administrator:
Wandalgu is the name of what many people in the Diocese may
recall as Pallottine Mission. Wandalgu is a Wadjari word which means
"tracking" or "following the tracks".
This is interpreted in a
Christian
sense:
following in the footsteps of Jesus.
in an Educational sense:
following the wisdom of older generations.
in an Aboriginal sense:
learning from what has been retained - or can be restored - of aboriginal
culture.
Wandalgu sees its role as educating and supporting
aboriginal youth to walk forward in all three ways.
Pallottine Mission opened in 1948 as a boarding school and
became a Hostel in 1960 when the Government took over the Primary School.
Currently it provides residential care for aboriginal students from
Yrs
1-12.
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The Dooloo Story
 George Boddington told the Tardun Community
this story in 1989 and it has since then become one of our most precious
treasures. We have re-written the story in drama form and the children
have played 'How the Yamatjis Got Fire" many times to various
audiences.
In the Murchison area, at a place just out of
Cue, there is a rock hole that has a cave (Nunga) in it. This place is
called Mount Gould (The Mudda). Long, long ago, Dooloo, the Chicken
Hawk, lived close to that place. As Dooloo flew about the Mudda, he
noticed smoke coming out of the Nunga. He saw that the Nunga was the
home of an evil spirit (Moondoong) and that the smoke was coming from a
fire that he was keeping for himself.
Dooloo was very interested in the fire and in
the smoke it made and thought how good it would be If he could have the
fire. But he was afraid of the Moondoong and didn't want to disturb him.
So he flew off and sat on hill, called Thudier Rock.
Dooloo kept thinking of the fire and the smoke
it made. As he looked in the direction of the Mudda, his desire for fire
became greater than the fear of the Moondoong. He made up his mind to
steal the fire.
Dooloo flew back to the Mudda and circled
around the fire and the Moondoong who was minding it. Suddenly he dived
down, picked up the fire sticks and flew off with them. The Moondoong
was surprised and didn't know what to do.
Dooloo then flew around to all the Camps where
the Yamatjis were living and dropped off the fire sticks to them. And
that is how the Yamatjis got fire.
In the Jubilee Year 1998, Olive Boddington
painted has painted a new Pallotti picture for us, in which she
reinterprets St Vincent as the Dooloo of God, who freed the love of
God from the slavery of evil and bought it to many communities.
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ST JOSEPH’S FARM
TARDUN WA
Resident:
Br. John Phillis SAC, Farm Manager
Postal Address:
St. Joseph’s Farm
Pallottine Road
Tardun WA 6628
Telephone:
61 8 9961 5270
Fax:
61 8 9961 5270
The Farm has existed since 1928.
The Pallottines ceased farming at the end of 2008.
Its aim was to:
 Support the Hostel's aims.
 To contribute to the wider ministry of the Australian Pallottines.
 Provide an additional focus of interest for the students in out of school
time.
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