Burra, SA - St Mary the Virgin Anglican

Year Built: 1879

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: Mary

Address: 8 Market Street, Burra, South Australia, 5417

Architect: G.F. McLagan

Architectural Style: Gothic

Last Updated: 02/05/2024

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History and Architecture:

The original church of St Mary’s was located at the junction of Ware and Church Streets in 1849. The land for the present church was donated by the South Australian Mining Association. It was built in the Gothic style and by the local firm of Sara & Dunstan to the design by G.F. McLagan, who came to live in Kooringa from Melbourne. The present Church was completed in 1879.

Clergy:

This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.

Years	Name	D.o.B	D.o.D
1847 - 1854	Rev John Charles Bagshaw	1818	1899
1850 - 1854	Rev James Pollitt
1854 - 1861	Rev Denzel John Ibbetson	1823	1871
1861 - 1863	Rev John Fulford	1822	1905
1864 - 1874	Rev Lionel W. Stanton	1818	1897
1874 - 1885	Rev Henry Howitt	1838	1922
1885 - 1891	Rev James Stewart Wayland	1836	1904
1892 - 1899	Rev Arthur George King	1862	1941
1899 - 1904	Rev Wilfred George Murphy	1868	1939
1904 - 1906	Rev Humphrey Thomas Wightwick	1872	1939
1906 - 1910	Rev Harvey Langford Ebbs	1875	1947
1910 - 1918	Rev Sidney John Bloyd	1867	1941
1918 - 1921	Rev Henry Hopton Hopton	1881	1959
1921 - 1927	Rev Frank Beaumont Hewitson	1882	1958
1927 - 1933	Rev John Simpson Watt Coles	1871	1946
1933 - 1939	Rev Donald Llewellyn Redding	1898	1969
1939 - 1942	Rev William Christopher Gray	1909	2003
1942 - 1948	Rev Maxwell Pressland Cowle
1948 - 1953	Rev Reginald Stanley Pettett	1907	2000
1953 - 1958	Rev Lionel Rossiter Lenthall
1959 - 1964	Rev Thomas Godfrey Drought
1964 - 1968	Rev Geoffrey Dean Sibly
1968 - 1974	Rev John Henry Stephenson
1974 - 1975	Rev John Sydney Morley
1976 -	Rev Barry John May

Organ:

Built by Dodd Sons Gunstar Organ Works.

Contributions:

1. 2024 Anthony Katon for church photo

Source:

Church of St Mary the Virgin Burra. 1879 - 1979