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Type: Masters Research thesis × Start date: 2000 × End date: 2000 × Subject: Melbourne × Subject: Anglican Church of Australia ×

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    The Melbourne Anglican Retreat House 1947-1997
    Whelan, Lynette M ( 2000)
    The purpose of the study was to document a history of the Melbourne Anglican Retreat House and to investigate briefly the place of reflection and reflective practice in Retreat House programs. As an historical investigation, the study used both primary and secondary sources including fifteen oral interviews. An analysis of the use of oral history as a research methodology has been included. In 1885 a Church of England Diocesan Mission to the Streets and Lanes was established to provide Christian outreach to the inner areas of the city of Melbourne. The Mission was staffed by volunteers, including a small band of women under the direction of Sister Esther, the founder of the religious order, the Community of the Holy Name. This community later provided staff for the House of Mercy in Cheltenham which was a home for women and girls from 1892 - 1946. The study focused on the period from 1947 following the conversion of the House of Mercy to the Retreat House, until the withdrawal of the Sisters in 1997. In an Epilogue attention has been drawn to the possibility of eventual sale of the property and a relocation of the current team ministry. The brief investigation into reflection and reflective practice concludes with a recommendation for further, more detailed research.