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Victoria

Opening November 2007

World Youth

Day 2008 &

Days in the

Diocese

Calendar of Events

2009

Book Launch - From Humble Beginnings

 

Australian Ambassador to the Vatican

visits MMHC

Victoria

Who we are...

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Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre

362 Albert Street,
East Melbourne 3002

Phone: (03) 9926 9300
Fax:     (03) 9926 9330

Email:   mmhc@sosj.org.au

Open Weekdays 10.00am - 4.00pm

Closed Public Holidays,

other times by appointment

Special Weekend Openings 2009 10.00am - 4.00pm

Saturday, 7th February

Saturday, 28th March

Saturday, 2nd May

Saturday, 10th October

August Centenary Celebration

Saturday, 8th August :  1pm - 4 pm

Sunday,   9th August :  1pm - 4pm

General Admission

This year is the centenary of the death of Blessed Mary MacKillop.

  • To commemorate this event admission fees to the Mary MacKillop Museum have been suspended.
  • However, visitors are invited to make a donation to support the museum's maintenance, conservation and preservation work.
  • Group books are by appointment only.

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In East Melbourne, just a few blocks from Mary's birthplace in Fitzroy, the city of Melbourne and Victoria in general, celebrated the opening of a centre named in her honour by the women who have continued her work for more than a century.

 

Within the Centre, on the land she purchased in 1901, in the building she designed and saw completed in 1902, Melbourne's newest Museum will capture the attention of all Melburnians!   The Mary MacKillop Museum is a stunning visual representation of the life and times of the person most often referred to as Mary of the Cross.

 

The beautifully restored original 1901 house and the adjoining former doctor's town-house, comprise the Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre.  The Centre also houses a stunning exhibition in the four galleries that comprise the Museum.  "Included in the Museum are items from Mary's later life.  Many of these personal items, including her wheelchair, are revered as first class relics," said the Museum's curator Sr Helen Smith.

         

"The city of Melbourne, the State of Victoria and indeed the nation as a whole can celebrate the preservation and restoration of one of Australia's most significant historial sites"  said the Centre's recently appointed CEO.  The Centre also incorporates two permanent residences, library, archives, meeting rooms, short term accommodation and the stunning 'boutique' museum.

 

Centres and Associated Works

Mary MacKillop Aged Care
Mount St Joseph Girls' College, Altona West
MacKillop Family Services

 
     
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