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New Zealand Tablet, 23 February 1911, Page 349

In the course of its report of the laying of the foundation stone of the new Cathedral at Armidale, the Catholic I 1 I**l. says: There are 22 Catholic Cathedrals in Australia, and they are tributes to the courage of the people, past and present, who have carried them more or less to completion. To estimate the total expenditure on these edifices would not be easy, but its vastness may be imagined when ht, Mary s, Sydney, has already consumed £275,000, cu n\• r! l l l ° r ® 18 about to be spent on its completion. St. latnek s, Melbourne, too, is a costly structure; while St. Stephen s, Brisbane ran into £60,000. In this State there are fine cathedrals at Lismore, Bathurst, Goulburn, and Broken Hill and Maitland has St. John’s, an older edifice, but very devotional. But Arraidale’s new cathedral, when finished, will be amongst the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture in Australia. The building alone IS to COSfc dbjOoU.