List of monasteries in Australia
The following is an incomplete list of monastic houses in Australia, with some sections of the list including New Zealand.
Catholic orders in Australia and New Zealand
Male religious orders
- Tarrawarra Abbey, Victoria, Australia, a Trappist monastery founded from Ireland in 1954. Since 1998 Tarrawarra has had a daughter house in Kerala, India: Kurisumala Ashram.[1]
- Benedictine Abbey, New Norcia, Western Australia
- Monastery of Saint Benedict, Arcadia, New South Wales.[2]
- Southern Star Abbey, New Zealand. Southern Star is a Trappist monastery.
- Blessed Sacrament Fathers in Sydney and Melbourne.[3]
- Notre Dame Priory. A traditional Benedictine monastery established in 2017 in Colebrook, Tasmania.
- Pauline Fathers. Marian Valley, Queensland and Penrose Park, New South Wales.
- Saint Charbel's Monastery, Antonin Maronite Order. Coburg, Victoria[4]
- Saint Charbel's Monastery, Lebanese Maronite Order. Punchbowl, New South Wales[4]
- Saint John the Beloved's Monastery, Lebanese Maronite Missionaries. Mt. Druitt, New South Wales[4]
- St John Paul II Monastery, Maronite Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ryde, New South Wales
- Passionist Monastery, Parkside, South Australia.[5]
- The Fort, Oxley, Queensland, a Passionist Monastery also known as Regina Coeli Retreat and St Mary's Retreat.
Female religious orders
- Benedictine Abbey, Jamberoo, New South Wales.[6] This community of Benedictine Nuns has had a continuing presence in NSW since 1848.
- Benedictine Monastery of the Transfiguration, Tanby, Yeppoon, Queensland.[7]
- Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict
- The Discalced Carmelites have monasteries for women in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane,[8] and the New Zealand city of Christchurch.[9]
- The Poor Clares have a number of monasteries for women in Sydney. The Order of Saint Clare has monasteries in Waverley and Riverstone: see . A separate congregation of Poor Clares has a monastery in Campbelltown, named Bethlehem Monastery
- Tyburn Nuns, convents located in Riverstone, NSW, Australia and Bombay, New Zealand
- Maronite College of the Holy Family and Convent, Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family. Harris Park NSW
- St Maroun's College and Convent, Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family, in Dulwich Hill, New South Wales
- Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family Nursing Village and Convent, Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family in Dulwich Hill NSW
- Maronite Antonine Sisters College and Convent, Maronite Antonine Sisters in East Coburg VIC
- St Paul's Community, Maronite Antonine Sisters. Thornbury VIC
- Brigidine Southern Cross Community, Brigidine Sisters. Malvern Victoria
A more complete list of Catholic religious orders in Australia can be found here:
See Catholic religious orders for a list of non-monastic and monastic Catholic institutes.
Anglican orders
- Community of Saints Barnabas and Cecilia, Peterborough, South Australia
- Community of the Sisters of the Church
- Community of Christ the King, Taminick, Victoria
- Community of Christ the King
- Community of the Holy Name
- St Mark's Benedictine Abbey, Cambelltown Victoria
- Society of St Francis of Australia
- Oratory of the Good Shepherd
- Little Brothers of Francis
- Sisters of the Incarnation
- Community of the Sisters of the Church
- Society of the Sacred Advent
- Society of the Sacred Mission
- Order of Saint Benedict, Camperdown
Eastern Orthodox
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
- Monastery of St Anna, Preston, Victoria. Female monastery under the care of Abbess Riasophor Theodora.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
- Monastery of St George, Winmalee, NSW. Male monastery under Archimandrite Kyriakos.
- Monastery of Panayia Gorgoepikoos, Geelong, Victoria. Female monastery under the care of Abbess Mother Kallistheni.
- Monastery of the Holy Cross, Mangrove, NSW. Female monastery under the care of Abbess Mother Philothei.
- Monastery of St John of the Mountain, Forrestfield, Western Australia under Hieromonk Evagrios.
- Monastery of Pantanassa, Lower Mangrove Creek, NSW. Male monastery under the care of Archimandrite Stephanos (Pantanassiotis).
Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand
- Monastery of Saint Petka, Kembla Grange, New South Wales. Famale monastery.
- Monastery of Saint Prohor of Pčinja, Donnybrook, Victoria. Famale monastery.
- Monastery of Saint Naum of Ohrid, Rocklyn, Victoria. Female monastery.
- Monastery of Saint Kliment of Ohrid, Kinglake West, Victoria. Male monastery.
Russian Orthodox Church - Australian and New Zealand Diocese
- Monastery of Prophet Elias, Monarto, South Australia. Male monastery under the care of Abbot Hieromonk Benjamin.
- Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan, Kentlyn, New South Wales. Female monastery under the care of Abbess Nun Maria (administrator).
- Monastery of Archangel Michael, Marrickville, NSW. Male monastery under the care of Abbot Igumen Kosmas (Vasilopoulos).
- Saint Petroc Monastery, Cascades, Tasmania. Male monastery of the Western Rite under the care of Abbot Hieromonk Michael (Mansbridge-Wood).
- Monastery of the Presentation of the Mother of God, Bungarby, New South Wales. Female monastery under the care of Abbess Mother Anna (Karipoff)
- Monastery of Holy Transfiguration, Bombala, NSW. Male monastery under the care of Abbot Archimandrite Alexis (Rosentool)
- Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Monkerai, NSW. Male monastery under the care of Abbot Hieromonk John (Macpherson).
- St. John the Baptist Skete, Kentlyn, NSW. Male skete under the care of Abbot Hieromonk Joachim (Ross)
Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand
- Monastery of St Sava (New Kalenic), Hall, Australian Capital Territory
- Monastery of St Sava, Elaine, Victoria. Male monastery under the care of Abbot Iguman Teodor (Bojovic).
- Skete of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Inglewood, South Australia. Female skete under the care of Abbess Igumanija Anastasija