Holy Family Church

Opening ceremony plaque Transcription The Holy Family Church / was blessed and opened by / Archbishop D Mannix D.D. / on the 3rd day of September 1950. Portrait of Father Pooley Transcription Fr WA Pooley 1912-1969Presented to the people of Maryknoll / in memory of Brian Carroll Holy Family Community connections information Transcription Holy Family… Read More

Maryknoll Cemetery

An area was set aside for a lawn cemetery in 1964 with the first trustees appointed the following year. A simple altar was erected as a focal point in the centre of the cemetery, it now marks the grave of Fr Pooley, founder of Maryknoll.Reference: Maryknoll: history of a Catholic rural settlement by Gael White… Read More

Original Holy Family Church/School

Transcription This is the site of / the original church/school / in which the first parish mass / was celebrated in Maryknoll / by / The Reverend Father WA Pooley / Parish Priest / on the 29th day of January 1950.

Maryknoll Recreation Reserve

Patrick Clancy plaque Transcription In memory of / Patrick Joseph Clancy / A founding member of / St. Mary’s Co-operative Society Ltd / 1920-1996 Edward Knox plaque Transcription In memory of / Edward (Ted) Knox / A loyal member of / St. Mary’s Co-operative Society Ltd / 1928-1996 Gabrielle Williams plaque Transcription In memory of… Read More

Maryknoll Post Office, General Store and Co-operative Society

Plaque Transcription This is the site of the original / Post Office/General Store / and office of / St. Mary’s Co-operative Society. / Blessed and opened by / Archbishop D. Mannix D.D. / on the 3rd day of October 1955.                

Father Pooley Memorial Hall

  Father Wilfred Pooley was the driving force behind the establishment of the rural Catholic settlement of Maryknoll in 1949. More information on Father Pooley and the establishment of Maryknoll can be found at Casey Cardinia – links to our past. A plaque remembering Father Pooley is situated in the hall’s foyer. When we visited… Read More