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

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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.