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Dominican Convent (fmr)

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

01142
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Location

62 Gregory Rd Greenough

Location Details

Greenough Hamlet, off Brand Hwy. (West side) TO BE INCLUDED IN PRECINCT ASSESSMENT FOR P1137 GREENOUGH HISTORIC HAMLET Pt. CG 159

Other Name(s)

Greenough Convent
Presentation Convent

Local Government

Greater Geraldton

Region

Midwest

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List Adopted 15 Dec 2015 City of Greater Geraldton
State Register Registered 09 Jul 1993 Register Entry

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Mar 1978

Classified by the National Trust Classified 05 Sep 1977

Municipal Inventory Adopted 22 Dec 1998

Condition

Good Simple stone residential building with verandahs on the east and south sides and a large chapel on the north. It has a corrugated iron roof. The verandahs have a timber floor and square cut posts. The door to the Chapel has a semi circular brick arch and a circular motif above. It housed the Dominican sisters who arrived from New Zealand in 1899 to open the convent and school.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
3921 Dominican Convent Greenough Conservation Works. Heritage Study {Other} 1999
5969 Dominican Convent Greenough conservation works : final report. Conservation works report 2002

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use RELIGIOUS Church, Cathedral or Chapel
Other Use EDUCATIONAL Museum
Original Use RELIGIOUS Monastery or Convent

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Rustic Gothic

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall STONE Limestone

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Religion
PEOPLE Famous & infamous people
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Education & science

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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