Topic: Erica: From gracious home to retirement village?
The story of Erica and the various uses of the site
Coorparoo & Districts Heritage Group was established in 1991
The group aims to preserve and record the heritage of Coorparoo and surrounding districts.
Meetings: 2.00 pm
First Saturday of even numbered months
Venue: Queen
Alexandra Home Community Centre
347 Old Cleveland Road
Coorparoo
Postal address: Hon Secretary
PO
Box 263
Coorparoo
Qld 4151
2007-08 Committee
Email contact: Hon Secretary
Our guest speakers are Sister Pat Cullen, Dr Steve Clark Ryan, Geoff Cook and Chris Spiropolis.
Sister Pat Cullen, Franciscan Missionary of Mary, has
been working in Brisbane for the past 19 years. She was instrumental,
9 years ago, in setting up the FMM Spirituality Centre at Erica.
Sister Pat has spent much of her religious life in the ministry
of spirituality and is a spiritual companion for individual religious
and lay people.
Dr Steve Clark Ryan was Superintendent of the Xavier Children's
Hospital from September 1950 until November 1991.
Geoff Cook from Hardev Property Development is a heritage architect and he will speak about the heritage aspects of Erica and what will be done to renovate it for its new role.
Chris Spiropolis is an architect with post-graduate
qualifications in property development. Chris is project director
for Hardev Property Development and he will speak about plans
for the restoration of Ercia with the overall development
proposal for the village and how development adjacent to Erica
has been treated in order to respond to the scale and siting of
Erica.
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