Eden, NSW - St George Uniting

Year Built: 1866

Denomination: Uniting

Saint: George

Address: Chandos Street, Eden, New South Wales, 2551

Previous Denomination: Presbyterian

Architect: Unknown

Last Updated: 07/08/2023

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History and Architecture:

The Foundation stone was laid on 24th May, 1865 and the Church was opened for services on 24th May 1866.

It was the first church built after the Union of the Presbyterian Churches in NSW in 1865. The building was first cement rendered in 1931 due to crumbling of the original brickwork and the original roof replaced in 1961. In 2007, the original bell tower was restored and erected on the roof with the assistance of the local council Heritage Grant. The second aspect is that St George’s land was not dedicated by the government, but donated to the church by local resident, George Barclay.

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
1865 - 1866	Rev Alexander Boddie	P
1869 - 1872	Rev William Thom	P
1885 - 1920	Rev James L. Forbes	P
1931 - 1935	Rev Ralfe Maidment	P	1892	1987
1936 - 1937	Rev Hughes Jones	P
1937 - 1941	Rev H. Perkins	P
1941 - 1945	Rev Hugh F. Peak	P
1945 - 1948	Rev A. Balmer	P
1948 - 1953	Rev Gordon R. George	P		2003
1954 - 1957	Rev James S.F. Buck	P
1958 - 1962	Rev John Broadhead	P
1963 - 1966	Rev Russell McKinnon	P
1967 - 1972	Rev William Palmer	P
1973 - 1976	Rev J. Eddy	P
1976 - 1978	Rev John Marton	U
1978 - 1983	Rev Janes Curtis	U
1984 - 1990	Pastor Keith Hilder	U
1990 - 1994	Rev Philip Kellaway	U
1995 - 2001	Rev Margaret Moon	U
2001 - 2004	Pastor J. Goode	U
2004 - 2010	Pastor Judith Dalton	U
2011 - 2017	Pastor Pam Skelton	U
2017 -	Rev Michael Palmer	U

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. Church website. Visit it here for more history.
2. Ryerson Index.