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HOLY FAMILY CHURCH
6 KOOLBIRRA ROAD, MARYKNOLL, CARDINIA SHIRE

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Cardinia Shire

Holy Family Church

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

Holy Family Church, opened by Archbishop D. Mannix on 3 September 1950, and rebuilt and extended in 1953, is of significance in the Shire as a major Maryknoll public building. It is an important component in the rural community based on Christian principles founded in 1940 by Father Wilfred Pooley . The building was used originally as a combined church and school, and is the visual focus of this important shire religious community

Regional Significance

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- Physical Description 1
  
  HOLY FAMILY CHURCH - Physical Description 1
  
  This simple gabled vertical-boarded (once stained) church has a simple belfry raised on a projecting wall-bay at the centre of the front elevation; large timber window units at the side; a skillion side verandah; and a porch with a shallow gabled roof profile and highlight windows typical of the 1950s.
  
  Two Italian cypress (symmetrical about the front) and a large gum are among the mature landscape elements around the church. As intended, it is sited in the centre and at the visual focus of the Maryknoll settlement.
  
  Physical Conditions
  
  HOLY FAMILY CHURCH - Physical Conditions
  
  The church appears externally near original with the possible exception of the side verandah and new colour scheme.
  
  Historical Australian Themes
  
  HOLY FAMILY CHURCH - Historical Australian Themes
  
  Themes
  
  8.6 Maryknoll, a Christian community
  
  9.3 Churches and cemeteries
  
  Physical Description 2
  
  HOLY FAMILY CHURCH - Physical Description 2
  
  Associations - Maryknoll community; Pooley, Wilfred
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Cardinia - Cardinia Shire Heritage Study 1996
  
  Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
  Year: 1996
  Grading: State
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- MARYKNOLL LAWN CEMETERY & POOLEY GRAVE
  
  Cardinia Shire
- Maryknoll Residential & Civic Prec.
  
  Cardinia Shire
- Maryknoll Precinct
  
  Cardinia Shire
- "AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOL
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1687
- 'Aqua Profonda' sign wall sign, Fitzroy Swimming Pool
  
  Yarra City H1687
- 1 Campbell Street
  
  Yarra City