Churches of Tasmania

Rosary Gardens is a Catholic aged care facility located at St John’s Park at New Town. Before the 1990s St John's Park was a precinct with facilities for aged care as well as housing a range of health and welfare services. The site was originally the location of the King's Orphan Schools and St John's Anglican church. Rosary Gardens was purchased from the State government by Southern Cross Care in 1994. Southern Cross Care was established in October 1972 by the Knights of the Southern Cross, a Catholic community of laymen with a mission to provide dignified and respect-based care for the elderly. Southern Cross Care Head Office is also located at the New Town site. A chapel was established at Rosary Gardens in the mid 1990s and has been regularly used as a place of worship for 30 years. In 2025 Southern Cross Care announced plans to close Rosary Gardens due to a shift from residential aged care towards home based care. The property was purchased by the State Government in 2...

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 ...