Published on Tuesday, 4 March 2025 at 10:21:55 AM
Welcome to #TimeWarpTuesday! This week we bring to you the next part of our mini-series on heritage places from the Town’s Municipal Heritage Inventory published in June 2000.
Heritage Places – Part Eight
“Holy Name Catholic Church
PH00248-01 The Holy Name Catholic Church, c 1997
Photographed by Heritage Today circa 1996-2000 for the Town of Victoria Park Municipal Heritage Inventory, published June 2000.
Local History Collection, Town of Victoria Park Library Service.
“Address: 25 Marchamley Place, Carlisle
“Construction Date: 1975
“Historical Notes
“The first Catholics came to Carlisle in 1896 when the whole district was virgin bush. In 1899 Victoria Park was established as a parish with Carlisle as one of its outlying Mass stations. People walked to St Joachim’s to celebrate Mass. In 1935 East Victoria Park (based at Our Lady Help of Christians) was made a separate Parish from Victoria Park. Carlisle continued as a Mass Station until a Church school was built in 1937. The Church school, built on 4 acres, was dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus and was run by the Mercy Sisters. At this time Carlisle became part of the new Belmont Parish.
“In 1951 Archbishop Prendiville established Carlisle as a separate parish and Fr E Power became the first pastor. The Chronicles of the Carlisle Parish indicate that the priests were concerned not just with day to day administering to the people of Carlisle (and for a while Kewdale) but also with fundraising for a new presbytery built in 1974 and a new Holy Name Church built in 1975. Builders of the Church in 1975 were Messers Cooper and Oxley Pty Ltd. The Church has been run by a number of priests, including Camillian Fathers for a period from 1963-77.
“Description
“This unusual church is part of a school complex and was built in 1975. It has a concrete base (cream split face and breeze blocks), with a large asymmetrical mansard style roof. The street façade, which faces towards a park, has a truncated end of the mansard roof as a strongly expressed trapezoid shape. The cross and name of the church are within this panel. The roof is clad in terracotta tiles. The entry is tucked away on the north-east corner and full height windows with sun-screen louvres are recessed into the eastern face of the mansard roof.
“The designer cited no particular influences, but expressed his and the parish priest’s desire to have a building that presented a ‘modern face’. The original design emphasised this with ‘people friendly’ art in the front panel, but this idea was never followed through.” (1)
Do you have stories or photographs and memories to share about this church? We’d love to hear from you if you do. You might even consider jotting down your memories or submitting a photo(s) into the Local History Awards? It’s easy to take part and your entry could win you a cash prize! To find out more visit our website at: https://www.victoriaparklibrary.wa.gov.au/local-history/local-history-awards
We look forward to hearing from you.
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Reference:
- Heritage Today 2000, ‘Town of Victoria Park Local Heritage Inventory, Heritage Today, Mount Lawley.
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