In 1891 Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr of Melbourne envisaged a "source of light and edification" for the Central Victorian community of Daylesford, Victoria.
The building retains many of its Victorian architectural features, and is located on the slope of Wombat Hill overlooking the Central Highlands twin towns of Daylesford and Hepburn Springs.
The Convent now houses eight individual galleries, featuring new local and international artists every 8 weeks, the original restored chapel, a museum with the history of the building set up by the nuns themselves, retail selling one-off clothing and jewellery pieces, pottery, local wines and produce, a Mediterranean style cafe`, New York style penthouse apartment, two glass fronted architecturally designed function rooms, Daylesford's first world class wine bar, scenic views and 6 acres (24,000 m2) of picturesque gardens.
The information on this page is the history recorded by the nuns, from the order of the Presentation Sisters who once taught at the school, and the ex-students who once attended.
Some of the information is taken from the Convent History book, written by Brenda Morgan, freelance journalist with The Australian Newspaper, published in 1991 Arrarat.