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Overview
The house on the edge of Lake Wendouree that was to become Loreto Convent, Mary’s Mount, had been built by Edward Agar Wynne, Ballarat business man and politician in the 1860s. It was on three acres of land “well planted and well fenced”. The house faced Lake Wendouree but later the Sturt Street side became the front entrance.
First Mass was said on 23rd September on the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy and the school was opened on 29th September 1875 on the Feast of St. Michael when the first boarders arrived.


Title
“Loreto College” Magazine
Series Number
276
Start Date
1978
End Date
1990
Location
Province Archives, Ballarat

Title
“Loreto” An All College Magazine
Series Number
199
Start Date
1945
End Date
1964
Location
Province Archives, Ballarat

Title
“Loretto Eucalyptus Blossoms”
Series Number
12
Start Date
1886
End Date
1925
Location
Province Archives, Ballarat

Title
“Mount” Magazine and “Mary’s Mount” Magazines
Series Number
345
Start Date
1963
End Date
1977
Location
Province Archives, Ballarat

Title
“Nuggets”
Series Number
198
Start Date
1883
End Date
-
Location
Province Archives, Ballarat

Title
“The Abbey”
Series Number
277
Start Date
1972
End Date
-
Location
Province Archives, Ballarat

Title
“Verity”, Loreto College Ballarat Newsletter
Series Number
366
Start Date
2002
End Date
-
Location
Province Archives, Ballarat

Title
Alphabetical List of Pupils at Mary’s Mount, Loreto College Ballarat
Series Number
218
Start Date
1875
End Date
1979
Location
Province Archives, Ballarat

Title
Calendar of Communion Feast Days and General Intentions for Mass and Holy Communion
Series Number
321
Start Date
-
End Date
-
Location
Province Archives, Ballarat

Title
Certificates
Series Number
323
Start Date
-
End Date
-
Location
Province Archives, Ballarat