We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the place now called Victoria, and all First Peoples living and working on this land. We celebrate the history and contemporary creativity of the world’s oldest living culture and pay respect to Elders — past, present and future.
Please be aware that this website may contain culturally sensitive material — images, voices and information provided by now deceased persons. Content also may include images and film of places that may cause sorrow.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website may contain culturally sensitive material — images, voices and information provided by now deceased persons. Content also may include images and film of places that may cause sorrow.
Some material may contain terms that reflect authors’ views, or those of the period in which the item was written or recorded but may not be considered appropriate today. These views are not necessarily the views of Victorian Collections.
Users of this site should be aware that in many areas of Australia, reproduction of the names and photographs of deceased people is restricted during a period of mourning. The length of this time varies and is determined by the community.
Reuse of any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander material on this site may require cultural clearances. Users are advised to contact the source organisation to discuss appropriate reuse.
Convent Gate Key
Can you reuse this media without permission? No (with exceptions, see below)
All rights reserved
This media item is licensed under "All rights reserved". You cannot share (i.e. copy, distribute, transmit) or rework (i.e. alter, transform, build upon) this item, or use it for commercial purposes without the permission of the copyright owner. However, an exception can be made if your intended use meets the "fair dealing" criteria. Uses that meet this criteria include research or study; criticism or review; parody or satire; reporting news; enabling a person with a disability to access material; or professional advice by a lawyer, patent attorney, or trademark attorney.
Please acknowledge the item’s source, creator and title (where known)
Have a question? Contact Sacred Heart College
This key was to the Sacred Heart Convent gates which were originally located off Skene Street. At the time, Skene Street was considered the main entrance to Geelong from the West. The Convent entrance was built to face this major though fare. The gates were later moved to an entrance at the southern end of Retreat Road.
The original key to the Sacred Heart Convent.
Metal key, rusted and worn.
Stories of SupportThe 2016 Museums Australia (Victoria) Conference held at Phillip Island in October, was the inspiration for this story. A drive around the Island on arrival unearthed a surprise in Newhaven - the former Boys Home standing silent and abandoned, looming over the ocean.
Curated by Rachael Cottle, Guest Curator
Hard covered, green
Marita Fitzpatrick, Sacred Heart College, Geelong; R A Voyaia
Typical of English texts used in Victoria in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Various editions used at Sacred Heart College Geelong in English Expression.
Red, paper covered English text book.
Marita Fitzpatrick, S.H.C. Leaving, 1949, 7/3.
shc; sacred heart; sisters of mercy; fitzpatrick; geelong; text book; english; 1949
Used at SHC by Marita Fitzpatrick as a boarder late 1940s to 1950s. Friday nights were set aside for mending and darning by the boarders and Saturday night for working on 'fancy work'.
Representative of the type of needlework practiced in a girls' school in the 1940s and 50s.
Red Riding Hood doll needle case. Coat opens to reveal pins. Red coated soft doll with purple cape and shoes
M. T. Fitzpatrick
shc; sacred heart; sisters of mercy geelong; fitzpatrick; needlecraft; sewing; needle case; darning; fancy work
Donated with other items. This book demonstrates how text books were sold again and again. It is interesting to see notes written in the text. In my time at SHC we were not allowed to mark our books (Marita Fitzpatrick 1951). IBut in earlier years 1944 and 1946 this seems not to be so. Note cost of book 2/6.
A representative text in use in the mid to late 1940s.
Green cloth bound copy of Richard of Bordeaux. Heritage of Literature Series 'War Emergency Binding'. Published by Messrs Longmans, Green & Co, Ltd, March, 1942.
Phyllis Dye - Leaving 1944 S.H.C.Marie Brosnan; Marita Fitzpatrick Matriculation II, 1951
richard of bordeaux; text book; shc; marita fitzpatrick; 1951; longmans; geelong; literature
A photograph of Sacred Heart College Newtown Geelong student Mary (Maisie) Therese Daffy, dressed in theatrical costume for an unidentified school play, 1915-1920s. Schools plays and other drama presentations were popular with students at Sacred Heart College from at least the 1880s, and continue to the present day.
Maisie Daffy was an aunt of former Sacred Heart College principal Eileen Ann Daffy rsm (1973 - 1981).
Mounted gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned.
maisie daffy, mary therese daffy, rsm, student, school play, theatrical costume, sacred heart college geelong, newtown, geelong, aunt, principal, eileen ann daffy
This bell was rung by the Sisters of Mercy at their School, Convent and Orphanage in the 1880's until replaced by an address system.
This is the original school bell of Sacred Heart College.
Metal, hand rung bell, with wooden handle.
bell, sisters, mercy, convent, school, orphanage, newtown, geelong, sacred heart
Victorian Collections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
