Churches of Tasmania

Dominic College in Glenorchy was established in 1973 as Tasmania’s first co-educational Catholic college. It was formed by amalgamating St John's Primary; Savio Primary; Holy Name School and Savio College. The College is rooted in the Salesian and Dominican traditions of the founding schools. It is located on a 28-hectare site that previously housed the Catholic orphanage ‘Boys’ Town’. The College’s chapel, an award wining contemporary building, was constructed in 2006 and was designed by Elvio Brianese. The chapel is positioned to blend into the natural environment and as such features a dramatic glass wall that uses Mount Wellington as an "altar backdrop”. It is the fourth chapel established on the College site. The first chapel (1945–1946) was housed within “Grantleigh”, a large house and estate once owned by Alfred Sawyer, an orchardist and local politician. The property was acquired when Boys’ Town was established in May 1945. With the conclusion of the Second World War ...