The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes was blessed and officially opened in 1888.

The building site was obtained in 1885 and the cornerstone laid on 1 August 1886 by Bishop Gasnier, D.D.

and Sir Frederick A. Weld, G. C M. G in an official ceremony that was witnessed by a number of religious and laity.

It bears a resemblance to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, in France.

The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes was gazetted as a national monument on 14 January 2005.