ABBOTSFORD CONVENT

CLARKE STREET AND ST HELIERS STREET ABBOTSFORD, YARRA CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The Abbotsford Convent (former Convent of the Good Shepherd) is a large and architecturally distinctive example of a Catholic convent complex. The complex was constructed during the late…

CONVENT OF MERCY AND ACADEMY OF MARY IMMACULATE

88 NICHOLSON STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The Convent of Mercy and Academy of Mary Immaculate complex, founded in 1857 and consisting of several residential, religious, and educational buildings. Of note are the two 1850 residences…

SACRED HEART CONVENT AND COLLEGE

61 RETREAT ROAD NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The Sacred Heart Convent of Mercy was established in 1859-60 in a large colonial single storey mansion house `Sunville' erected C 1850 for J W Belcher, and acquired by the Catholic Church in…

MANDEVILLE HALL

10 MANDEVILLE CRESCENT TOORAK, STONNINGTON CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

Mandeville Hall is one of the most lavishly-decorated of Melbourne's 19th century mansions. The first house to be built on the site, St George's, was a two-storey brick residence of 12 rooms…

FORMER MARYS MOUNT CONVENT

1600 STURT STREET LAKE WENDOUREE, BALLARAT CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

In 1875 the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto sisters) acquired the two storey residence of EA Wynne for use as a convent. A three storey residential wing was added in 1882…

FORMER LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGED

104-112 ST GEORGES ROAD NORTHCOTE, DAREBIN CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

Members of the French Catholic order, the Little Sisters of the Poor (founded 1839), arrived in Melbourne in 1884 at the invitation of Archbishop Gould. After setting up temporary premises…

VAUCLUSE COLLEGE

18 DARLINGTON PARADE AND 20A DARLINGTON PARADE AND 20B DARLINGTON PARADE RICHMOND, YARRA CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

Vaucluse College, Richmond, designed by architect GW Vanheems and constructed in stages from 1897 to 1904, is bounded by The Vaucluse, Church Street and Darlington Parade, including…

GENAZZANO FCJ COLLEGE

285-315 COTHAM ROAD KEW, BOROONDARA CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

Genazzano FCJ College, including the: . 1890-91 Wardell Building (including its exteriors and interiors) which is of primary significance; . 1930-31 grotto, 1930s steps with stone urns, 1936…

CATHOLIC COLLEGE BENDIGO

160 BARKLY STREET BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The Sisters of Mercy arrived in Bendigo in 1876 and took charge of the primary and secondary education of Catholic girls. Andrew Thunder offered his own home to the sisters as their convent.…

COMMUNITY OF THE HOLY NAME AND RETREAT HOUSE

32-40 CAVANAGH STREET AND 1-29 EVERGREEN CIRCUIT AND 1-13 VERDURE CRESCENT AND 1 PEPPERTREE PLACE AND 31-47 LORNA STREET CHELTENHAM, KINGSTON CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The religious complex at 32-44 Cavanagh Street, Cheltenham comprises an area of approximately 17 acres of partly landscaped grounds and two major buildings, being Retreat House (formerly the…

ST AIDAN'S ORPHANAGE

190 ST AIDANS ROAD KENNINGTON, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The first four Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order arrived in Melbourne in 1863 at the invitation of Bishop James Goold and set up their Abbotsford Convent (VHR H0951). The order originated…

MARY MACKILLOP HOUSE

348-362 ALBERT STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The complex in Albert Street, East Melbourne, now known as Mary MacKillop House, was first established as a Providence for homeless and unemployed women in 1902 by the Order of the Sisters of…

Sisters of St Joseph Convent - 'Tulliallan'

16 Esplanade WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City

Hobsons Bay City

The Sisters of St Joseph convent formerly known as 'Tulliallan', designed by JR Jones and constructed in 1889-90, at 16 Esplanade, Williamstown. How is it Significant? The Sisters St Joseph…

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Convent and Presbytery

7-9 Newcastle Street NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay City

Hobsons Bay City

St Joseph's Roman Catholic complex, comprising the Presbytery designed by Kempson & Connolly and constructed by G Ireland in 1917 (Presbytery) and the Convent constructed in 1923, at 7-9…

ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH COMPLEX

Cnr McKebery and Read Sts COLERAINE, Southern Grampians Shire

Southern Grampians Shire

St Joseph's Catholic Church Complex, located five blocks south of the intersection of Whyte and Read Streets is set over six allotments, covering approximately .75ha. The site is the second…

CATHOLIC CONVENT (FORMER)

73 Watton Street, PENSHURST VIC 3289 - Property No 0071

Southern Grampians Shire

The single storey bluestone house at 73 Watton Street, Penshurst was built in about 1880. By the early twentieth century, the Chesswas family owned it. They had moved to Penshurst from…

ROSEBANK (ST VINCENT DE PAUL CONVENT)

15 ROSEBANK AVENUE,, STRATHMORE VIC 3041 - Property No 203089

Moonee Valley City

Architecturally, an externally original, successfully designed and richly ornamented house which follows the Medieval revival, illustrating its influence on established Italianate forms of…

St Mary's Convent, former presbytery

23 Dinwoodie St HAMILTON, Southern Grampians Shire

Southern Grampians Shire

SIGNIFICANCE: »Part of the St Mary's complex, former presbytery, now a convent. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE St Mary's Convent (former presbytery) 23 Dinwoodie St Built on land originally…

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH COMPLEX

322 BELL STREET, 4-6 CLIFTON GROVE, and 89 DAVID STREET, PRESTON, DAREBIN CITY

Darebin City

The Sacred Heart Church complex comprising buildings in Bell Street, David Street and Clifton Grove Preston. The following elements contribute to the significance of the place: - The 1915…

ST. JOSEPH OF THE SACRED HEART CONVENT,

Fourteen Mile Road IONA, Cardinia Shire

Cardinia Shire

St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart Convent, opened in 1914 for the Sisters of the Order of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, is of significance to the Cardinia Shire because it forms a major part of…

Brynmawr, Sacred Heart Convent & Organ

172 Burke Road GLEN IRIS, STONNINGTON CITY

Stonnington City

A 2-storey building of 1859 to which a two-storey balcony and portico were added in the 1870s. Notable as the only identifiable work of the architect Geroge Wharton. First Classified 20/12/73…

ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH

4 GUYS ROAD, KORUMBURRA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

South Gippsland Shire

St. Joseph's Church, designed by P.J. O'Connor and opened on 10 December, 1939 is a substantial red brick Interwar Gothic church with a steeply pitched unglazed terracotta tile roof with…

ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC PRESBYTERY

4 GUYS ROAD, KORUMBURRA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

South Gippsland Shire

St. Joseph's Presbytery, designed by Patrick Poer and opened in 1911, is a substantial red brick and render Federation bungalow with an unglazed half hipped terracotta tiled roof with…

GOOD SAMARITAN CATHOLIC CONVENT

4 GUYS ROAD, KORUMBURRA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

South Gippsland Shire

 The Good Samaritan Convent, designed by Mr Harper and constructed by Mr Firth in 1914, at 4 Guys Road, Korumburra.  How is it significant? St. Joseph's Catholic Church complex,…

ST LAURENCE'S CATHOLIC CONVENT

37 OGILVY STREET, LEONGATHA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

South Gippsland Shire

The convent, designed and constructed by F.W. Morris in 1914, is a timber Federation Bungalow with a hip roof that extends to form the contiguous return verandah, and a minor projecting side…