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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 46, 17 November 1904, Page 10

The Abbotsford Convent, which was visited by the members of the Catholic Congress, is one of the most notable religious institutions m Australia, having \viHiin i*s wall? a Magdalen Asylum, famous lace works, an orphanage, a large day school, a beautiful church, a magnificent convent building for the .Sisters, and delightful and extensive grounds— some 30 a/ res in area— on the Yarra rirer. The Convent of the Good Shepherd ia in fact a small city, sheltering no less man a Ui&usand inmates— the vast and complex interests of which are managed witli efficiency and thoroughness.