Healesville, VIC - St John's Anglican

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: John

Address: Symons Street, Healesville, Victoria, 3777

Architect: Unknown

Traditional Owners: Wurundjeri people

Last Updated: 07/08/2023

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History and Architecture:

The first denominational building in Healesville was the (hunch of England. In the late 1860's on a plot of land ( CAll, ( CA 11, Section F ) donated in perpetuity by John Chandler, chandler and John Carter built a small paling and shingle church with timber cut from nearby trees; this is where the vicarage now stands. This building was opened by the Rev. R. Barlow on the first of January 1871 as part of the Parish of Lilydale. Services were irregular until, from August 1875, the Rev. Mr McCord began to came to Healesville twice a month to hold services in the afternoons. The Venerable Archdeacon Theodore C. B. Stretch came at intervals to administer the sacraments.*

Attendance in those days was more challenging than it is now; if it rained the roof leaked and the ladies put up their umbrellas to deflect the streams.*

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
1875 - Mr McCord
1883 - 1884 Mr N. Farrah
1884 - Mr Gladstone
1887 - 1889 Mr W. H. Brett
1889 - Mr W. C. Ferrell
1895 - 1902 Rev Edward Selwyn Chase Curate 1864 1950
1902 - 1905 Rev Alfred Charles Fenner Gates 1872 1935
1919 - 1923 Rev Thomas Wilkinson 1883 1963
1923 - 1928 Rev E. Warner 1887 1967
1929 - 1930 Rev Charles Henry Zercho 1866 1962
1930 - 1934 Rev Stephen Percy Hatherton Martin 1872 1957
1935 - 1936 Rev A. Townsend
1936 - 1941 Rev R. D. Lloyd 1911 1975
1942 - 1948 Rev Sydney James Muxworthy 1898 1996
1948 - 1955 Rev John Lindsay Hall 1898 1975
1955 - 1959 Rev R. C. Lovitt
1959 - 1968 Rev Cecil Victor Doig 1902 1989
1968 - 1973 Rev N. H. Lacey
1973 - 1977 Rev D. Lowe
1978 - 1984 Rev Gordon Russell Hargreaves
1978 - 1982 Rev Gordon Russell Hargreaves PiC
1984 - 1987 Rev P. Horman
1987 - 1999 Rev R. W. Johnstone
2019 - Rev Matthew Smith

Source:

St John's Healesville. Building the Church Building. LTP 283. 9452EV1S