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The grave of Abbe le Receveur, Botany Bay 30 November 1842

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Oswald Walters B Brierly
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a944006 / DGD 19, 2a]
(Dixson Galleries)

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Brierly, Oswald Walters B

State Library of New South Wales

Receveur, Laurent

Priest, scientist and adventurer, François-Joseph Receveur, later also known as'Père Laurent Receveur', was wounded in Samoa in December 1787 and died at Botany Bay in February 1788, becoming the first Catholic priest and the first scientist buried in Australia. His grave has since become a revered site in Australian Catholicism.

Death and Dying

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Memorials

Receveur, Laurent

Catholic priest who accompanied explorer La Perouse on his voyage to the southern oceans between 1785 and 1788.

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La Perouse

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South-eastern residential suburb on Botany Bay, named after the French explorer who landed there in 1788. It has a large Indigenous population, including those who can trace their ancestors back to the Kameygal people in pre-contact times.

Grave of Père Receveur

Grave of the French priest who accompanied La Perouse on his exploration of the Pacific but died in La Perouse in 1788. The monument was erected in 1825 at the request of Hyacinthe de Bougainville.

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