10 Facts About Montsalvat

Montsalvat is an artists' colony in Eltham, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

All of Montsalvat's buildings were designed and built by residents using materials from a variety of sources, including Victorian era buildings then being demolished in the city centre.

Today Montsalvat is a popular tourist attraction and the entire complex is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

Montsalvat is the creation of Justus Jorgensen and the work of many hands.

Montsalvat dispatched Arthur Munday, to the State Library in Melbourne to research the technique.

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Montsalvat was fortunate in that Whelan the Wreckers were demolishing the charming Royal Insurance Building which stood at 414, Collins Street, Melbourne, which contained the limestone windows and the stone balconies carved in the Gothic manner, that now adorn the Great Hall and give it its unique character.

In 1975, Montsalvat became a Charitable Trust with Jorgensen's youngest son Sigmund as the chairman of the Trust and its administrator.

In 1989 the work at Montsalvat was recognised by the Victorian Government when the property was placed on Heritage Victoria's Register, soon followed by a classification by the National Trust of Victoria.

Montsalvat today is a place where emerging and established artists can present and perform their work.

Montsalvat was used as an abandoned monastery in episode 4 of Neighbours in 1985.