# List of monasteries in Australia

The following is an incomplete list of Monastic houses in Australia.

## Catholic Orders in Australia and New Zealand

Male Religious Orders
* Tarrawarra Abbey, Victoria, Australia. Trappist monastery founded from Ireland in 1954. Since 1998 Tarrawarra has had a daughter house in Kerala, India: Kurisumala Ashram. See .
* Benedictine Abbey, New Norcia, Western Australia
* Monastery of Saint Benedict, Arcadia, New South Wales. See
* Southern Star Abbey, New Zealand. Southern Star is a Trappist monastery.
* Blessed Sacrament Fathers in Sydney and Melbourne. See .
* Notre Dame Priory. A traditional Benedictine monastery established in 2017 in Colebrook, Tasmania, Australia.
* Pauline Fathers. Marian Valley, Queensland and Penrose Park, New South Wales.
* Saint Charbel's Monastery, Antonin Maronite Order. Coburg, Victoria
* Saint Charbel's Monastery, Lebanese Maronite Order. Punchbowl New South Wales
* Saint John the Beloved's Monastery, Lebanese Maronite Missionaries. Mt. Druitt, New South Wales
* St John Paul II Monastery, Maronite Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ryde, New South Wales
Female Religious Orders
* Benedictine Abbey, Jamberoo, New South Wales. See . This community of Benedictine Nuns have had a continuing presence in NSW since 1848.
* Benedictine Monastery of the Transfiguration, Tanby, Yeppoon, Queensland. See .
* Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict
* Discalced Carmelites have monasteries for women in the Australian cities of Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane (see ) and the New Zealand city of Christchurch (see ).
* Poor Clares have a number of monasteries for women in Sydney. The Order of Saint Clare have monasteries in Waverley and Riverstone. See A separate congregation of Poor Clares have 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 & Convent, Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family. Harris Park NSW
* St Maroun's College & Convent, Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family. Dulwich Hill NSW
* Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family Nursing Village & Convent, Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family. Dulwich Hill NSW
* Maronite Antonine Sisters College & Convent, Maronite Antonine Sisters. East Coburg VIC
* St Paul's Community, Maronite Antonine Sisters. Thornbury VIC
* Brigidine Southern Cross Community, Brigidine Sisters. Malvern Victoria
A completer 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
see Anglican religious orders for other Anglican religious orders

## Eastern Orthodox
### Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand

* Monastery of St Anna, Preston, Victoria. Female monastery under Abbess: Riasophor Theodora.

### Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia

* Monastery of St George, Winmalee, NSW. Male monastery under Archimandrite Kyriakos.
* Monastery of Panayia Gorgoepikoos, Geelong, Vic. Female monastery under Abbess: Mother Kallistheni.
* Monastery of the Holy Cross, Mangrove, NSW. Female monastery, under 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 Archimandrite Stephanos (Pantanassiotis).

### Russian Orthodox Church - Australian and New Zealand Diocese

* Monastery of Prophet Elias, Monarto, South Australia. Male monastery. Under Abbot Hieromonk Benjamin.
* Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan, Kentlyn, New South Wales. Female monastery under Abbess: Nun Maria (administrator).
* Monastery of Archangel Michael, Marrickville, NSW. Male monastery under Abbot: Igumen Kosmas (Vasilopoulos).
* Saint Petroc Monastery, Cascades, Tas. Male monastery of the Western Rite under Abbot: Hieromonk Michael (Mansbridge-Wood).
* Monastery of the Presentation of the Mother of God, Bungarby, New South Wales. Female monastery under Abbess Mother Anna (Karipoff)
* Monastery of Holy Transfiguration, Bombala, NSW. Male monastery. Under Abbot Archimandrite Alexis (Rosentool)
* Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Monkerai, NSW. Male monastery under Abbot Hieromonk John (Macpherson).
* St. John the Baptist Skete, Kentlyn, NSW. Male skete under 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 Abbot Iguman Teodor (Bojovic).
* Skete of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Inglewood, South Australia. Female skete under Abbess: Igumanija Anastasija