St Aloysius Convent of Mercy classrooms and girls dormitory (fmr) is located on Stirling Terrace in

Toodyay, Western Australia Toodyay (, nys, Duidgee), known as Newcastle between 1860 and 1910, is a town on the Avon River in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, north-east of Perth. The first European settlement occurred in the area in 1836. After flooding i ...

. This building is a part of the complex the

Sisters of Mercy The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute of Catholic women founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. As of 2019, the institute had about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations. They a ...

built to provide accommodation and a school. William Thomas Clark built the single storey building, tendering £4,444 for the job in 1928. Mr. Edgar Le B. Henderson of Perth was the architect. It accommodated 35 girls and was strong enough to carry another storey if required.

Patrick Clune Patrick Joseph Clune CSsR (6 January 1864 in Ruan, County Clare, Ireland – 24 May 1935 in Perth, Western Australia), an Australian metropolitan bishop, was the fourth Roman Catholic Bishop of Perth and first Archbishop of Perth. Clune served ...

, Lord Archbishop of Perth, opened the building on 12 May 1929. As well as providing accommodation for the girl boarders along with a night study area and rooms for the sisters in charge, the premises were used annually for the Convent Ball. The building is constructed of red brick and red corrugated iron, and has decorative cement render and timber framed windows.

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Buildings and structures in Toodyay, Western Australia Stirling Terrace, Toodyay State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Toodyay {{Australia-struct-stub