Carnegie, VIC - St Peter's Anglican

Year Built: 1924

Denomination: Anglican

Address: 371 Neerim Road, Carnegie, Victoria, 3163

Architect: Unknown

Traditional Owners: Wurundjeri people

Last Updated: 03/11/2021

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History and Architecture:

A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this Foundation stone of the Parish Church of St Peter's built for the worship of God and the teaching of the Catholic faith was laid by Harrington Clare Archbishop of Melbourne on Whitsun Eve A.D. 1924. Pasce Oves Meas. Louis R Williams Architect, R,J, Werner Builder".

Clergy:

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

Years Name Annotation D.o.B D.o.D
1915 - 1917 Rev Arthur Ernest Ingham 1878 1960
1930 - Rev Herbert Davies Reader 1906 1990
1933 - Rev Arthur Joseph Gray Reader 1907 1984
1935 - Rev Thomas Russell Hope Clark Reader 1912 1998
1926 - 1927 Rev John Stuart Roach Curate 1889 1958
1927 - 1936 Rev William Charles Meredith 1888 1944
1936 - 1942 Rev Harry Robert Potter 1892 1958
1957 - 1966 Rev Kenneth Paul Goodisson 1900 1984
2020 - Rev Lawrance Anbalagan

Organ:

Built around 1900-1910 by Andreas Svensson, Melbourne. In 1970, St Peter's Church acquired a larger organ from Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, Wangaratta, which had been displaced by an organ built by Alexander Young & Sons, Manchester that had been obtained from the UK. A full history can be seen here.