GORDON HOUSE

24-38 LITTLE BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

What is it significant? Gordon House was built in 1883 for George Coppin, theatrical entrepreneur, politician and philanthropist George Selth Coppin. Coppin was one of the fathers of…

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…

FORMER FEMALE REFUGE COMPLEX

183 SCOTT PARADE BALLARAT EAST, BALLARAT CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

A Female Refuge was established in Ballarat in 1867 by a group of local women. The refuge was managed by a ladies' committee and a committee comprising lay men and ministers from various…

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…