Kyogle, NSW - Gateway Presbyterian
Year Built: 1939
Denomination: Presbyterian
Address: Cnr Groom & Stratheden Street, Kyogle, New South Wales, 2474
Architect: Unknown
Traditional Owners: Bundjalung people
Last Updated: 02/08/2024
History and Architecture:
The Church dates from 1903, when a timber church was opened. The foundation stone of the present brick church was laid by the Moderator, the Right Reverend Norman McGhie, on Friday 3 March 1939. The church was opened and dedicated on Saturday 2 December 1939.
The Foundation stone in part reads, This stone was set by Mrs W J Irwin on March 3rd 1939".
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1913 - 1914 | Rev John Black McKissock | 1870 | 1949 | |
1915 - 1921 | Rev William KcKay Herd | 1866 | 1926 | |
1929 - 1932 | Rev James Allan | 1879 | 1950 | |
1932 - 1936 | Rev George Oswald Clifford Bartlett | 1881 | 1958 | |
1936 - 1941 | Rev Howard Wesley Deall | 1902 | 1997 | |
1941 - 1948 | Rev Robert Ritchie Martin | 1902 | 1972 | |
1948 - 1954 | Rev Henry William Aubrey Wilson | 1903 | 1995 | |
1954 - 1959 | Rev John Hunter Gowdie | 1911 | 1978 | |
1959 - 1960 | Rev Reginald Leslie Maddigan | Home Mission | 1927 | 1994 |
1960 - 1965 | Rev Benno Joachim Tautorat | 1906 | 1965 | |
1967 - 1971 | Rev Louis Kitchener Ollett | 1915 | 2003 | |
1972 - 1977 | Rev George Albert Morrow | 1915 | 2007 | |
1978 - 1982 | Rev Charles Douglas Sydney | Supply | 1886 | 1973 |
1983 - 1992 | Rev William Matherson Lockhart | 1939 | 2021 |
Organ:
The Organ was built by Whitehouse Brothers of Brisbane in 1952. Additions were made in 1956 by Whitehouse Brothers of Brisbane. The Organ has 1 manual, 4 speaking stops, 3 couplers, tubular-pneumatic action.
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Source:
1. The Organ Trust of Australia.
2. Biographical Register of Presbyterian Ministers in Australia 1901-1977 New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia with permission Rowland Ward and Malcolm Prentis.