Drysdale, VIC - St James' Anglican

Year Built: 1871

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: James

Address: 43 Collins Street, Drysdale, Victoria, 3222

Architect: Andrew McWilliam

Architectural Style: Gothic Polychrome

Traditional Owners: Wadawurrung people

Last Updated: 26/02/2024

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History and Architecture:

The Foundation stone was laid by Bishop Perry. The actual foundations of the church were completed on 18 November 1871 and construction was completed the following year.

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
1853 - 1861	Rev A. Crawford
1860 - 1870	Rev Frederick Smith	Missionary	1818	1886
1861 -	Rev William Eric McJennett		1899	1973
1865 - 1878	Rev J. Firth
1875 - 1878	Mr Henry Kelly	Reader
1878 - 1881	Rev A. Turnbull
1881 - 1889	Rev George Nickells Bishop		1851	1939
1888 -	Mr George Alfred Munt	Reader	1864	104
1889 - 1903	Rev Thomas Quinton		1847	1935
1903 - 1905	Rev Alexander Maxwell		1856	1933
1910 - 1912	Rev William Thomas Roach		1861	1947
1912 - 1913	Rev Arthur Rufus Raymond		1857	1932
1925 - 1927	Rev Harry Johnstone Gauntlett		1868	1949
1936 -	Mr William Leon McSpedden	Reader	1907	1968
1948 - 1951	Rev Eric Royston Baldwin		1922
1954 - 1957	Rev Harold Duncan Scott		1905	1976
1958 -	Rev B. Ashworth	Asst
1960 - 1962	Rev Arthur Stuartvant Dence		1903	1968
1962 - 1965	Rev C. M. Dunce
1965 - 1970	Rev F. R. Kenny
1970 - 1972	Rev D. E. Marshall
1973 - 1980	Rev R. J. Donnelly
1980 - 1987	Rev J. H. Reynolds
1987 -	Rev P. A. Bignoux
2010 -	Rev Robert Myers

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. The Australian Anglican Directory 2000
2. Cable Clerical Index