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Daylesford, VIC - St Peter's Catholic
A Gothic church designed by Willilam Wardell in 1863 rather in the manner of Charles Hansom, but later degraded by the rebuilding of the west end after the collapse of the west wall and turret, The church is a simple form with a five bay…
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East Melbourne, VIC - St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral
St Patrick's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, and seat of its archbishop. In 1847 the Colonial Secretary granted two acres of land for a church on Eastern Hill, wher…
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Heidelberg, VIC - St John's Catholic
The Church was designed by William W Wardell and commenced in 1860 under the supervision of J B Denny. It was completed in 1909 largely to Wardell's design, under Kempson and Conolly. The Foundation stone was laid on 5 September 1909 by…
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Hobart, TAS St Mary's Catholic Cathedral
St Mary’s Cathedral was the vision of the first Bishop of Hobart Town, Robert William Willson. Bishop Willson chose the design and spent years raising the funds. Designed by William Wardell, one of Australia’s greatest nineteenth-century ar…
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Koroit, VIC - Infant Jesus Catholic
The Church was blessed and opened on Sunday 13th November 1870, by Rev. D. Fitzpatrick V.G., acting on behalf of Bishop Goold, who was away attending the first Vatican Council at the time. The Examiner next day said more than one thousand p…
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Lavender Bay, NSW - St Francis Xavier Catholic
The Church was built of sandstone with slate roof and copper spire in Gothic Revival style and was designed by William Wardell. Opened in 1881 as a Catholic school with four classrooms. Large stained glass window, some 20m x 5m, executed by…
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Richmond, VIC - St Ignatius Catholic
The church was designed by English born architect William Wardell who had already made a name for himself in England and was also responsible for many of Melbourne's most important early buildings including St Patrick's Cathedral. Like St P…
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St Kilda East, VIC - St Mary's Catholic
The first Catholic Bishop of Melbourne, Bishop James Alipius Goold blessed and opened a Church which was later demolished in 1867. It stood at the southern end of where the present Church stands. After five years of construction, on the 31s…
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Sunbury, VIC - Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic
Initially pastoral care in the Sunbury district was provided by the Coburg Mission. Father Patrick Dunne began celebrating the Eucharist in homes at Oaklands Junction from 1852. The earliest known Catholic gatherinfgs for Mass were held at …
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Sydney, NSW - St Mary's Catholic Cathedral
William Wilkinson Wardell was commissioned by Archbishop Polding to design a new St Mary's following the fire of 1865 which ruined the original Cathedral. It was constructed of dressed local sandstone in the "Gothic Revival" style. There…
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Toorak, VIC - St John's Anglican
The first permanent Anglican Church to be erected in the area was, however, Christ Church South Yarra, the land for which was allotted in 1854 on the present site on the corners of Punt Rd and Toorak Rd. Residents of Toorak, including the G…
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Wangaratta, VIC - St Patricks Catholic
This is an example of the Gothic Revival style. The original sanctuary and nave are a typical example of Wardell's work and are notable for their simplicity and liturgical correctness. The superb triple lancet stained glass window is a d…
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Warrnambool, VIC - St Joseph's Catholic
The church was constructed in Decorated Gothic style in blurstone quarried from a local quarry. Construction was commenced in 1869-1872 to the design of William Wardell, although possibly supervised by a local designer and resident, Samuel …
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West Geelong, VIC - St Peter and St Paul Catholic
On the 25's October 1849, Acting Vicar-General, Rev. N.J. Coffey applied for 2 acres of land near the village of Ashby. The-Governors finally approved the grant on 25 October 1850. By 1855, a brick school had been built on the site now occu…
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Williamstown, VIC - St Mary's Catholic
Fr Geoghegan was Victoria's pioneer priest, and for six years, was Williamstown's first resident pastor. Dublin-born, zealous, and 34-years-old, he landed in the Port Phillip district of New South Wales in 1839, aboard the square-rigged coa…
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