Clunes, VIC - St Paul's Anglican

Year Built: 1870

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: Paul

Address: 9 Templeton Street, Clunes, Victoria, 3370

Architect: Thomas Austin

Traditional Owners: Dja Dja Wurrung people

Last Updated: 05/12/2023

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History and Architecture:

The former church was built in 1859-60 on a different site, in Fraser Street, and as a single nave. The later church, built in 1870-71 of bluestone with cement dressings, is in the Decorated Gothic mode, and is the only identifiable Australian work of the architect Thomas Austin of Austin and Johnson. The style is Later Gothic.

Clergy:

These names are now in the Database and can be searched individually.

Years	Name	Annotation	D.o.B	D.o.D
1859 - 1866	Rev George Pollard		1823	1895
1865 - 1870	Rev Thomas Middleton Phillips		1837	1899
1870 - 1876	Rev John Edward Herring		1836	1896
1876 - 1884	Rev Henry Edward Cooper		1845	1916
1878 - 1881	Rev Edmund John Franklin	Curate 79 - 81 Deacon	1851	1936
1884 - 1885	Rev Henry Finter		1845	1923
1886 - 1886	Rev John Frederick Dewhurst		1845	1893
1903 - 1907	Rev John Alfred Cue	Curate	1872	1960
1907 - 1912	Rev Frederick William Coupe		1872	1952
1912 - 1915	Rev Frederick Thomas Charles Reynolds		1862	1942
1916 - 1924	Rev Charles Edward Smith		1870	1963
1924 - 1925	Rev Norman Alexander McLean		1879	1961
1926 - 1928	Rev William Auguste Wilson		1879	1949
1928 - 1933	Rev Frank Girdler		1879	1935
1933 - 1933	Rev Walter Richardson		1872	1956
1945 - 1945	Rev Walter Richardson		1872	1956
1945 - 1948	Rev James Henry Duffy		1885	1962
1948 - 1957	Rev Harold Sydney James Bodley		1887	1957
1958 - 1963	Rev Arnold Oswald Mott		1913	1963
1966 - 1969	Rev George Eric Mutten		1899	1996

Organ:

The organ was built by Hamlin & Son, 8 Brook Street, Euston Road, London, around 1860 for unknown private client. Installed in 1881 in the Methodist Church, Daylesford. Installed in the present location in 1888. Restored in 2018 by the Australian Pipe Organs Pty Ltd.
A full description and photos can be seen here.

Source:

1. Cable Clerical Index with permission.
2. Organ Historical Trust of Australia with permission.