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New Zealand Tablet, 9 October 1913, Page 26

The Very Rev. Father M. J. O’Reilly, C.M., speaking at Bathurst a few days ago, said: ‘ I think we are all Australians. - I think I have sufficient long residence in Australia to be able to make claim that I am as good an Australian as any of you. It is not merely because I have been a long resident in Australia, but more than that I love Australia. I took to Australia from the very first day I landed, 21 years ago, and I have never regretted having cast my lot here. Even when I visited my own home some years ago, I still felt, when I saw the cliffs of Fremantle, that I was coming home. And, more than that, I intend leaving my bones here, although the selection will be larger than ordinary.’ , "