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Loreto Archives Centre

Locality: Ballarat, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 8832 0423

Address: 1600 Sturt Street 3350 Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.loreto.org.au

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25.01.2022 These boys are from St. Aloysius College, which was a small boys’ primary school attached to Loreto Convent Portland. It opened in 1906 in the adjoining ‘Seavie...w Cottage’. There was a matron to look after the boys - their meals, dressing, taking them to the beach etc. The first one was an English woman, Miss Foster. There was also a Sister in charge, probably most memorable, Mother Columbanus Croughan. For some memories of the students’ time at Portland and some famous names who went there, you might like to read Mother Brigid Jones’ history of Portland: https://www.loreto.org.au//Not-Counting-the-Cost-by-M-Brig

24.01.2022 St. Patrick’s Day was a welcome relief from the Lenten restrictions. This day was a day to celebrate the Irish nuns who had come to Australia, often never havin...g the opportunity to return to Ireland. Irish music and dancing honoured these women. Lucy Kerley, a Loreto student in the 1920s, remembered St. Patrick’s Day as a particularly happy day. We always had a holiday and wore little green ribbons, and after Mass we were greeted by the strains of various Irish melodies played by a string quartet and piano firstly in St. Joseph’s parlour and then on the landing outside the refectory. I used to love this, especially when they played the Irish Washerwomen. I felt I wanted to dance and sing. (Lucy Kerley’s Memoirs)

23.01.2022 Does anyone remember the helium balloon on the novitiate roof in the 70s?

17.01.2022 This #FlashbackFriday ends a week that began with International Women's Day and our Women of Influence Evening at LN. Today we celebrate the women who have had ...an incredible influence on our community as leaders and members of the IBVM, including Sr Libby Rogerson ('61), who has held positions on IBVM General Council, at Mary Ward International and more, and is heavily involved in social justice work; Sr Deirdre Rofe who began her term as a much-loved principal at only 27 and later served as Australian Provincial; and Sr Diaan Stuart, who was appointed as LN principal in 1981 and was a founding member of Loreto Mission in Timor Leste. #LNArchives See more

17.01.2022 A Cameo from the Archives No. 1 | Nuns, Faith, a Voyage and a Welcome It was with dread and trepidation that Mother Gonzaga Barry agreed to lead a party of nun...s to Ballarat in 1875. The Sisters took a leap of faith and courage. ‘’Our hearts are full of confidence in our Heavenly Father, whose work we were going to do and in our Blessed Mother’s sweet protection. Read the full story here: https://www.loreto.org.au//Nuns-Faith-a-Voyage-and-a-Welco

15.01.2022 A Cameo from the Archives No. 4 | Countess Elizabeth Wolff-Metternich A young German Countess visited Loreto Mary’s Mount and won the hearts of the commun...ity, died tragically at sea and left behind the legacy of a beautiful convent chapel. Such is the legend of the Countess Elizabeth. Read the full story here: https://www.loreto.org.au//Countess-Elizabeth-Elizabeth-Wo

11.01.2022 St. Joseph’s Parish Primary school was opened in Ballarat in March 1877. The Loreto Sisters always had what was called a ‘poor’ school in Ireland associated wi...th their schools. St. Joseph’s was the earliest parish primary school in Australia to be administered by the Sisters. In our archival collection we have a delightful set of portraits of St. Joseph’s pupils from the 1880s. Here pictured (L-R): Joseph O'Connor, Annie Burke, Charlotte Hickie. For more about St. Joseph’s see our Archives’ page: https://www.loreto.org.au//st-josephs-parish-primary-schoo

08.01.2022 A Cameo from the Archives No. 2 | Eucalyptus Blossoms Loreto was early in its introduction of a school magazine, something we take for granted these days. The first edition was published in June 1886. Read the full story here: https://www.loreto.org.au//uploads/2020/10/Eucalyptus-Blos

04.01.2022 Loreto Dawson Street is mentioned in this episode with a photo from our Archives.

01.01.2022 John Ruskin, the influential philosopher and art critic of the Victorian era, asserted that craftsmanship was as valuable as academic achievement. Mother Gonzag...a was aligned with this thinking and introduced the 'Sloyd Room' to Loreto to give students the opportunity for applied learning in practical arts and crafts. What is a 'Sloyd Room'? Learn more in this edition of Cameos from the Archives here: https://www.loreto.org.au//uplo/2021/01/The-Sloyd-Room.pdf See more

01.01.2022 A Cameo from the Archives No. 5 | Teaching the Teachers: The Central Catholic Teachers’ College The Loreto Sisters were not content to provide only primary and ...secondary education for girls. They saw a need for the development of tertiary education. Teaching was their specialty and teaching teachers provided not only continuing education for women also ensured well-trained teachers for their schools. Read the full story here: https://www.loreto.org.au//20/10/Teaching-the-Teachers.pdf