Inverleigh, VIC - St Paul's Anglican

Year Built: 1889

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: Paul

Address: 23 - 41 High Street, Inverleigh, Victoria, 3321

Architect: A.E. Clarke

Architectural Style: Gothic Early English

Traditional Owners: Wadawurrung people

Last Updated: 22/02/2024

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History and Architecture:

A Foundation stone reads 1858 however it was re laid on 16 July 1889 by Mrs Moriarty. One of the few and earliest church building complexes in the Golden Plains Shire, comprising a distinctive and predominantly intact Victorian Early English Gothic styled church building, moderately intact Victorian styled Vicarage and rudimentary Victorian styled timber hall (al be it altered). Initially established on another site in 1858, the existing church was built in 1889 to a design by the Melbourne architect, A.E.Clarke.

Initially established on another site in 1858, the existing church was built in 1889 to a design by the Melbourne architect, A.E.Clarke.

Stone from the original building was used in the construction of the new church that was largely funded by the generous benefactor And parishioner, Mrs Mary Moriarty.

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
1858 -	Rev A. F. Donaldson
1860 - 1861	Rev Willoughby Bean
1860 - 1861	Mr R. Shackelton
1860 - 1861	Mr George Poynter		1868	1931
1885 - 1886	Rev W. T. Price
1886 - 1887	Rev J. Cameron
1889 - 1903	Rev Alexander Maxwell		1856	1933
1903 - 1905	Rev Harry Joseph Harvey		1865	1950
1905 - 1919	Rev Arthur Rae Campbell		1864	1935
1919 - 1922	Rev Alexander James Pearce		1862	1938
1922 - 1929	Rev Charles John Peterson		1875	1954
1929 - 1931	Rev M. U. Britten	Locum
1931 - 1935	Rev D. D. Curruthers
1935 - 1936	Rev Thomas Tinniswood		1868	1948
1936 - 1942	Rev Robert Campbell Findlay		1903	1989
1942 - 1945	Rev A. G. Reynolds
1945 - 1949	Rev Leslie Llewellyn Elliott		1914	1980
1949 - 1951	Rev Tamillas Robert Mappin		1892	1965
1952 - 1954	Rev Raymond Arthur Nicholls		1915	2009
1954 - 1956	Rev Vernon L. Cohen		1926
1957 - 1960	Rev Alexander Lake Mills		1913	1990
1960 - 1961	Rev L. H. Williams
1961 - 1964	Rev U. R. Dowell
1964 - 1969	Rev L. C. Bond
1969 - 1970	Rev H. Scott
1970 - 1981	Rev G. Gason			1983
1981 - 1984	Rev Donald Cameron Fairlie		1949
2019 -	Rev Phil Jacobson

Source:

1. Trove
2. Heritage Victoria.
3. Anglican's in Geelong 1842 - 1990 283. 945 ROB