Our Lady of Victories Basilica, Camberwell
Our Lady of Victories Basilica is a Catholic church located in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell. Romanesque in style, it was designed by architect Augustus Andrew Fritsch[1] (1866 – 1933)[2] and was completed in 1918. It is one of five churches in Australia with minor basilica status. The current parish priest is Rev. Brendan Reed.
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Our Lady of Victories Basilica
Our Lady of Victories occupies an imposing site in Burke Road and, in a city where most churches of the era are built in the Gothic Revival style, has a distinctive copper clad dome completed with a golden statue of the Virgin Mary.
References
- Dimech, A.: Our Lady of Victories Basilica. URL last accessed 2008-04-25.
- City of Boroondara: Church of the Immaculate Conception Archived 2009-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, November 24, 2005. URL last accessed 2008-04-05.
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