Kew, VIC - Baptist

Year Built: 1923

Denomination: Baptist

Address: 10 Highbury Grove, Kew, Victoria, 3101

Architect: Unknown

Traditional Owners: Wurundjeri people

Last Updated: 12/11/2022

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History and Architecture:

The first church was wooden and erected in St John's Parade in 1854 and was enlarged in 1859. A brick church was later erected in Cotham Road in 1882 and was later named Newnham Hall after Reverend Newnham. In 1921 land was purchased in Highbury Grove at a cost of £602.00. Messer's E & F Ratten donated 6 feet of land beside this new purchase which allowed for a frontage 79 feet.

In 1890 Sunday School hall erected in St John's Parade (later called the junior Hall) and by 1905 a hall was erected on the site of original wooden church which was sold and moved to Richmond.

The Foundation stone of the current church was laid on 14 October 1922 by Councillor F.R. Patten J.P. The church was opened on 9 June 1923.

Clergy:

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

Years	Name	Annotation	D.o.B	D.o.D
1856 - 1879	Rev J. Foy
1880 - 1882	Rev H. Marsden			1882
1882 - 1892	Rev J. Blaikie
1892 - 1894	Rev J. B. Gillison
1894 - 1900	Rev S. Howard
1901 - 1912	Rev W. H. Holdsworth
1912 - 1915	Rev Morris Morris
1915 - 1920	Rev W. M. Cartwright
1920 - 1926	Rev E. S. Tuckwell
1926 - 1941	Rev J. E. Newnham			1967
1941 - 1944	Rev F. W. Boreham
1944 - 1952	Rev Leslie J. Gomm
1946 - 1966	Rev J. E. Newnham	Asst		1967
1951 - 1953	Rev J. H. Kitchen	Asst		1980
1953 - 1968	Rev A. Wilkins
1962 - 1963	Rev A. Holmes	Asst
1967 - 1968	Rev J. Hicks	Asst
1968 -	Rev P. D. Manton		1937	1985
1981 -	Rev Nguyen Huu Tin	Asst
2011 -	Rev Nicholas Tuohy

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. History of Kew Baptist Church 1856 - 1981 Jill L. Manton SLT 286.194511 K51m