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Judith Redden Centre
Named after Sr Judith Redden, who attended St Aloysius College in 1958 and 1959 and later served as Principal of the College from 1983 to 2013. During her leadership, the school undertook an ambitious building program, launched its International Student Program and fostered increasing student involvement in social justice initiatives, while strengthening support for the outreach work of Mercy Works. The building won two Master Builders Association Building Excellence Awards in 2008 and a commendation in the South Australia Architecture Awards in 2009.
1880
Erina House
Erina House, a two-story bluestone house and home to Dr J. M. Gunson and family, stood next to the Convent of Mercy. The Gunson children attended St Aloysius College and were able to hop over the dividing wall to go to class. Dr Gunson was a good friend to the Sisters, offering them and the boarders free medical treatment.
1929
Tram Barn
Erina House was demolished to make way for an expansion of the City Tram Depot, which operated here until 1986 and then remained empty for the next 20 years.
2003
Tram Barn Access
St Aloysius College gained access to the tram barn, which became a space for whole school assemblies. This was a vast improvement for students who no longer had to brave the weather for assemblies in the Jordan Courtyard. A carpet square was collected at the door as some protection from the cold and greasy concrete floor.
12 May 2008
Opening
The tram barn was demolished in 2006 and the Judith Redden Centre was opened in 2008. The building houses a gymnasium and fitness centre on the upper floor, middle school classrooms on the first floor, more classrooms and a large gathering space for the whole school on the ground floor.
By Carol Grantham
St Aloysius College Archivist, 2026
References
Erina House [Photograph]. (1876). State Library of South Australia B 10676. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+10676
McLay, A. (1996). Women on the move: Mercy’s Triple Spiral. Sisters of Mercy Adelaide.
Tram barn Angas Street [Photograph]. (1923). State Library of South Australia B 1859. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+1859
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