SAVE PUBLIC LAND AT ABBOTSFORD CONVENT Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-public-land-at-abbotsford-convent.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 4 Apr 2026 11:11 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mrs Anonymous [Signature #933] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24127931?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Jun 2021 03:05:58 UTC 24127931 Ms Jeane Harrison [Signature #932] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15515075?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Jul 2013 07:48:57 UTC 15515075 ms helene rajcak [Signature #931] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14368873?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Jan 2013 04:06:59 UTC 14368873 Dr Fiona Cochrane [Signature #930] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12920707?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 May 2012 11:46:07 UTC 12920707 mS Patricia Gringel [Signature #929] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11876751?utm_medium=rss We, the undersigned, call on the Baillieu Government to reject the Sophia Mundi Steiner private school application to build classrooms and associated structures and take over public land for its playground at the unique, heritage Abbotsford Convent: a site which the community campaigned over 10 years (1997- 2007) to protect from development and keep in public hands for all to enjoy.

]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:46:51 UTC 11876751 Ms Jane Monk [Signature #928] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11864924?utm_medium=rss Please protect the Abbotsford Convent for public use. It has been an invaluable source of inspiration and enrichment through many public events attended there.

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:25:57 UTC 11864924 Mr Shane Morris [Signature #927] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11827397?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Dec 2011 09:23:15 UTC 11827397 Ms Vanessa Macedo [Signature #926] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11822449?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:15:39 UTC 11822449 Mr Toby Hutton [Signature #925] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11809632?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Dec 2011 10:01:39 UTC 11809632 Mr Anonymous [Signature #924] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11802512?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:53:02 UTC 11802512 Mr Marcus Coghlan [Signature #923] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11794617?utm_medium=rss A disgrace. Lack of foresight in the past is not fixed by grabbing public land for private use. If the school wishes to expand then it needs to find a suitable alternative location that meets its current and future needs.

]]> Mon, 5 Dec 2011 06:47:46 UTC 11794617 Mrs Annie C [Signature #922] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11790859?utm_medium=rss Public land is just that - for the public!

]]> Sun, 4 Dec 2011 06:59:14 UTC 11790859 Anonymous [Signature #921] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11790061?utm_medium=rss The community would not allow a state public school to go on this site, why then a private school on public land? No not on this site please.

]]> Sun, 4 Dec 2011 05:07:30 UTC 11790061 MS Anonymous [Signature #920] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11772583?utm_medium=rss WHAT A PREPOSTEROUS PROPOSAL!!
Born of an over-inflated sense of self-entitlement??
Should we ask
+ WHO OWNS THIS STEINER SCHOOL?
+ WHO EXACTLY are THE FACES BEHIND
THIS GREEDY GRAB?
Public space in inner urban locales is particularly sacred and must be preserved for the restful recreation of sanity and wellbeing in all citizens ...not just an exclusive handful!!

WAKE UP VICTORIA! WAKE UP MELBOURNE!!

THE TWIST FROM INNOCUOUS TENANT TO SUBVERSIVE TYRANT can happen in an instant!!

]]> Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:57:06 UTC 11772583 Mr Lloyd Churches [Signature #919] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11770584?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Dec 2011 04:01:50 UTC 11770584 Mr. Peter Kiernan [Signature #918] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11765585?utm_medium=rss This land is a vital section of inner-city space and is a secure part of Melbourne's history and must not be restricted or limited in any way.

]]> Thu, 1 Dec 2011 02:37:39 UTC 11765585 Mr Anonymous [Signature #917] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11764704?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:17:02 UTC 11764704 ms krishna sen [Signature #916] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11764673?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:10:29 UTC 11764673 Mrs Julie Lasya [Signature #915] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11744737?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:50:17 UTC 11744737 Ms Marg Pekin [Signature #914] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11730307?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:30:49 UTC 11730307 Paul Mees [Signature #913] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11719379?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:02:27 UTC 11719379 mrs Yvonne Patton [Signature #912] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11693912?utm_medium=rss This land should be used for the recreation of the thousands of families who visit the convent site each year. A picnic area with lots of trees to give shade , and a rest area for the huge number of cyclists who use the bike track is the proper use, By what right can the convent management give away our land ! Keep it green !

]]> Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:41:22 UTC 11693912 Ms Meredith Lewis [Signature #911] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11693715?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:06:25 UTC 11693715 Anonymous [Signature #910] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11689452?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:03:34 UTC 11689452 moose garage [Signature #909] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11689060?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:36:42 UTC 11689060 Anonymous [Signature #908] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11688835?utm_medium=rss The Winds are changing... the people speak.
It is a fool who does not listen,

]]> Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:18:29 UTC 11688835 Mr Jason Willowbury [Signature #907] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11671122?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:52:51 UTC 11671122 robert sublet [Signature #906] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11658580?utm_medium=rss A private enterprise, the Steiner school, should not be allowed to profit from the use of public lands - the application, if approved, will be detrimental to the amenity of the area and is not in the best interests of the Convent community.

]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:24:42 UTC 11658580 Mr Michael Naismith [Signature #905] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11652636?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:07:24 UTC 11652636 Janet Williams [Signature #904] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11618677?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:38:31 UTC 11618677 Anonymous [Signature #903] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11610612?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:25:50 UTC 11610612 Ms Llewella bates [Signature #902] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11510384?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:03:04 UTC 11510384 Ms Lara Small [Signature #901] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11509661?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Nov 2011 09:44:19 UTC 11509661 Nick Greer [Signature #900] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11509098?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:14:18 UTC 11509098 Mr Harry Kirchner [Signature #899] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11508911?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:02:49 UTC 11508911 mrs robyn wall [Signature #898] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11508728?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:59:44 UTC 11508728 Ms Eileen Sheridan [Signature #897] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11505505?utm_medium=rss Allowing this land to be used for private use would surely be a crime for the citizens of Melbourne. Our forbears had the forsight to maintain public land along the Yarra river for public use. This area is used by many thousands of people and should never be handed over to private use.

]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:50:23 UTC 11505505 Ian Barralet [Signature #896] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11505115?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:18:53 UTC 11505115 ms mary rhodes [Signature #895] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11504239?utm_medium=rss this public land must remain accessible to all melbournians

]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:00:14 UTC 11504239 Ms Donna Ribton-Turner [Signature #894] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11504031?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:01:53 UTC 11504031 Mr Steve Balmforth [Signature #893] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11503906?utm_medium=rss I object

]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:17:49 UTC 11503906 Dr Darren Walsh [Signature #892] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11498526?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:22:02 UTC 11498526 Ms Natalie Davey [Signature #891] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11493921?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:28:32 UTC 11493921 Ms Marion Lock [Signature #890] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11493123?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:29:13 UTC 11493123 Ms Catherine McMahon [Signature #889] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11489453?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:37:15 UTC 11489453 Ms Lisa Claiborne [Signature #888] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11487842?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Nov 2011 08:07:37 UTC 11487842 David Fawkner [Signature #887] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11482971?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:20:37 UTC 11482971 Flora Nicoletti [Signature #886] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11482966?utm_medium=rss Do you ever stop trying to take OUR land!

]]> Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:18:34 UTC 11482966 Mr Bruce McNicol [Signature #885] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11482803?utm_medium=rss I taught in Collingwood in the seventies, when some of the original buildings were demolished. Once public land has gone it will never be available again. This is a dense area, so please . . .

]]> Tue, 8 Nov 2011 11:08:38 UTC 11482803 MR Matthew Hall [Signature #884] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11482071?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 07:18:50 UTC 11482071 Ms Danielle White Hall [Signature #883] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11482067?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 07:18:07 UTC 11482067 Ms Anonymous [Signature #882] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11478474?utm_medium=rss Iam a bit of a fan of Steiner education but I believe the development of the site runs contrary to what I believe is the caring attitude of Steiner and is not in the broader public interest.

]]> Tue, 8 Nov 2011 07:43:10 UTC 11478474 Ms Kylie Reid [Signature #881] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11477607?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 04:36:35 UTC 11477607 Mr David Kemp [Signature #880] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11477249?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 03:20:59 UTC 11477249 mrs Tia Paraskevopoulos [Signature #879] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11475822?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Nov 2011 07:52:33 UTC 11475822 Ms Rachel Atkinson [Signature #878] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11470517?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Nov 2011 03:29:43 UTC 11470517 Mr Michael Minutoli [Signature #877] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11469249?utm_medium=rss the community campaigned over 10 years (1997- 2007) to protect from development and keep in public hands for all to enjoy.

]]> Sun, 6 Nov 2011 10:42:15 UTC 11469249 ms Anonymous [Signature #876] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11469020?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 09:38:57 UTC 11469020 Mr Jasper Brown [Signature #875] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468492?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 07:07:06 UTC 11468492 Mr Cooper Brown [Signature #874] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468489?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 07:06:35 UTC 11468489 Ms Imelda Brown [Signature #873] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468437?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 06:50:50 UTC 11468437 Mr Jonathan Buck [Signature #872] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467978?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 04:49:07 UTC 11467978 Mr Jonathan Buck [Signature #871] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467977?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 04:49:03 UTC 11467977 katherine pye [Signature #870] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467592?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 03:26:03 UTC 11467592 Mr Logan Shield [Signature #869] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467358?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 02:35:49 UTC 11467358 Rosie Parkinson [Signature #868] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467315?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 02:27:58 UTC 11467315 Ms Margaret Shield [Signature #867] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467311?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 02:26:37 UTC 11467311 ms Alisha Bormann [Signature #866] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11467078?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 01:44:26 UTC 11467078 Tamarin Morley [Signature #865] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11462278?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 12:45:21 UTC 11462278 Jan Shield [Signature #864] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11461499?utm_medium=rss Dear Premier and Minister Guy, there is precious little open space around the Yarra and even less in Abbotsford. I appeal to you to save the open space around the Abbotsford Convent which will become even more important in coming years with higher density development surrounding this unique and beautiful area. Kind regards, Jan Shield

]]> Sat, 5 Nov 2011 07:45:06 UTC 11461499 Mr Thomas Reid [Signature #863] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11460930?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Nov 2011 04:59:36 UTC 11460930 Mr Matthew Lennon [Signature #862] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11460881?utm_medium=rss One of my favourite places in Melbourne. It would be a tragedy to loose public access to this part of the grounds. I love to bring my god daughter here on weekends to visit the animals and play alongside the river.

]]> Sat, 5 Nov 2011 04:51:55 UTC 11460881 ms Caroline Little [Signature #861] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11460599?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Nov 2011 03:43:32 UTC 11460599 Glen Clark [Signature #860] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11456999?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Nov 2011 07:17:17 UTC 11456999 Peter Radloff [Signature #859] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11454555?utm_medium=rss I question the need for this School in its current green position to wish to encroach upon resources that properly belong to the wider community. Every organization wishes to grow, often at the cost of its own effectiveness. This particular bend of the Yarra deserves a special non development preservation order. developing

]]> Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:29:50 UTC 11454555 mr justin pegg [Signature #858] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11453864?utm_medium=rss SAVE PUBLIC LAND AT ABBOTSFORD CONVENT

]]> Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:22:32 UTC 11453864 Ms Leneen Forde [Signature #857] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11453546?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:09:25 UTC 11453546 Mr Sunny Nyssen [Signature #856] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11452858?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 07:15:19 UTC 11452858 lic. iur. Josef Steiner [Signature #855] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11442787?utm_medium=rss We’ve visited the wonderful publicly accessible area ("Abbotsford Convent") 2 years ago,when we visited Australia as tourists. We were impressed by the stories associated with this place. We've been told that a school plans to construct buildings on the riverside; this would be a great loss to our eyes! Therefore,we kindly ask you to consider the interests of tourists,enjoying the natural beauty of this place every year in the thousands and to conserve the convent in its current,natural state.

]]> Fri, 4 Nov 2011 02:10:47 UTC 11442787 Gillian Cochrane [Signature #854] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11440775?utm_medium=rss Despite the need to increase inner city density, open spaces are essential for our well being. The children whether at the Steiner school or not ALL benefit from the open spaces the Convent and Collingwood Children's Farm provide. Removing them is detrimental for all concerned.

]]> Thu, 3 Nov 2011 08:09:15 UTC 11440775 Mrs Andrea Gowers [Signature #853] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11440048?utm_medium=rss Open space is precious and will never be available again in inner Melbourne. Private greed should never outweigh public need. Schools can buy other existing sites they have no right to public land. The convent lands are an asset to melbourne

]]> Thu, 3 Nov 2011 04:59:34 UTC 11440048 Mr Mark Schulze [Signature #852] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11439811?utm_medium=rss Such a wonderful historic riverside site should remain accessible to Melbourne public whom already appreciate and enjoy this unique place.

]]> Thu, 3 Nov 2011 04:12:03 UTC 11439811 Fiona Morris [Signature #851] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11439661?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 03:47:12 UTC 11439661 Ms Christine Noveloso [Signature #850] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11438946?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 01:32:06 UTC 11438946 Mrs Inez Grigg [Signature #849] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11437346?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 07:22:29 UTC 11437346 Ms Elizabeth Scott [Signature #848] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11437296?utm_medium=rss Keep this land accessable to everyone, and respect the historical significance of this site.

]]> Thu, 3 Nov 2011 07:08:02 UTC 11437296 Dr David Daly [Signature #847] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11437084?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 06:01:40 UTC 11437084 Mr Ken Cantrill [Signature #846] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436805?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 04:32:36 UTC 11436805 mrs nic forbes [Signature #845] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436801?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 04:31:03 UTC 11436801 ms jane urquhart [Signature #844] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436792?utm_medium=rss I strongly belief in maintaining the historical integrity of the Convent site, the premise on which the site was saved from re-development and thus it should be protected from any re-development within the grounds. The site is unique for it's history, it's landscape and aesthetic sense, in conjunction with the Children's Farm, particularly being inner city. In my opinion it is inappropriate for a privately run school to be expanding on a site saved for community use.

]]> Thu, 3 Nov 2011 04:25:30 UTC 11436792 Ann Standish [Signature #843] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436484?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 01:58:49 UTC 11436484 Penny Watson [Signature #842] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436442?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 01:30:37 UTC 11436442 mr shane smith [Signature #841] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436392?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 01:04:19 UTC 11436392 Ms Fiona Martin [Signature #840] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436311?utm_medium=rss It is appalling that a private, exclusive school can take up land that has been assigned for public use for it's own purposes.

]]> Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:07:44 UTC 11436311 Kate Seabrook [Signature #839] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436305?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:03:47 UTC 11436305 mr peter graham [Signature #838] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436292?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Nov 2011 11:59:41 UTC 11436292 Mr Simon Strong [Signature #837] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436287?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Nov 2011 11:56:52 UTC 11436287 Alexis Shub [Signature #836] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436244?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Nov 2011 11:37:08 UTC 11436244 Ms Joanna Searle [Signature #835] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436235?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Nov 2011 11:30:39 UTC 11436235 Ms Vivienne Halat [Signature #834] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11436089?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Nov 2011 10:23:35 UTC 11436089