Churches of Tasmania

This article is one of a series about buildings associated with Tasmania’s historical churches. These buildings include Sunday schools, parish halls, convents, schools and residences of the clergy. Ancillary buildings are often overlooked and rarely feature in published histories. My aim is to create a simple record of these buildings, including of those that no longer exist. Lymington is a coastal settlement south of Cygnet. It was the site of a convict probation station established in the 1840s and by the late 19th century it had developed as an orchard-growing district. St Patrick’s Convent School was located midway between Lymington and Wattle Grove.  In the early 1890s Archbishop Murphy promised the Catholic community of Cygnet that a community of nuns would be established to run a Catholic school for the district. Father O’ Flynn welcomed a small group of three Sisters; M. Joseph; M. Hyacinth, and M. Magdalen, as they arrived aboard the S.S. Nubeena. Following the establish...