Archbishop Mannix asked the Salesians, who had recently relinquished the Mission in the Kimberley and arrived in Melbourne, to establish a ‘Boys Home’ in the Archdiocese. Archbishop Mannix facilitated the purchase of the Rupertswood Estate from Mr William Naughton. Financial assistance was sought from the American Salesian Province and Fr Michael Maiocco was sent from America to assist in the founding of the new Salesian presence at Rupertswood.
