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	Former Holy Name Sisters Former Church Of England Mission 261 Spring Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B5900	In 1904 the Church of England purchased an old brick hall (a "dancing academy") for the Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name who had leased it since the 1880s for church work in the poverty-stricken area around Little Lonsdale Street. In 1913 the hall was incorporated into a new 3-storey mission convent designed by the architects, Bates Peebles and Smart. Substantially intact, the building remains as a symbol of the reformist movement in the soceity of the infamous "Little Lon" ... more	B5900	Local

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Former Holy Name Sisters

Former Church Of England Mission

261 Spring Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B5900

In 1904 the Church of England purchased an old brick hall (a "dancing academy") for the Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name who had leased it since the 1880s for church work in the poverty-stricken area around Little Lonsdale Street. In 1913 the hall was incorporated into a new 3-storey mission convent designed by the architects, Bates Peebles and Smart. Substantially intact, the building remains as a symbol of the reformist movement in the soceity of the infamous "Little Lon" ... more

B5900

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