Mount Tamborine, QLD - Presbyterian

Denomination: Presbyterian

Address: 34 Main Street, Mount Tamborine, Queensland, 4272

Architect: Unknown

Traditional Owners: Wangerriburra people

Last Updated: 12/08/2024

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History and Architecture:

The first church built specifically by and for the Presbyterian congregation was built on the corner of Main and Geissmann Streets and opened and consecrated in June 1931.

Clergy:

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

Years	Name	Annotation	D.o.B	D.o.D
1926 - 1930	Rev Robert Kerr	Baptist
1926 - 1930	Rev O. H. Purnell	Congregational
1929 -	Rev Bruce Masson
1930 -	Rev Dodds
1931 - 1932	Rev Mervyn Woodcraft Roberts	Lay Reader	1910	1993
1931 - 1932	Rev A. J. W. Scott
- 1935	Rev Edward Lawrence Thompson		1891	1947
1936 - 1937	Rev Henry McNeil Saunders		1904	1978
1937 - 1939	Rev Arthur North		1913	2006
1940 -	Rev Eric Ballinger
1941 - 1942	Rev Edwin Francis Farquarson		1900	1978
1942 - 1944	Rev Andrew Edward Dempster		1913	1992
1944 -	Rev Ken Stevens
1943 - 1944	Rev Clifford Harold Skerman		1910	1983
1945 - 1946	Rev Roland Everitt	Lay Reader	1905	1972
1946 -	Mr Picton	Lay Reader
1946 -	Rev Robert Noel Riek		1917	2013
1949 - 1950	Rev Alan North
1951 - 1952	Rev Norman Thomas Baker
1952 - 1953	Rev James Robert Cooper
1955 - 1956	Rev John Edward Gillanders		1929	2017
1956 - 1957	Rev Christie Wi
1957 - 1961	Mr Duncan Filmer
1961 - 1962	Rev Joe Ogden
1964 - 1965	Rev Alexander Borthwick Innes		1900	1995
1967 - 1969	Rev Bill Gilmour
1970 - 1992	Mr George Bartel
1992 -	Rev Kim Dale March

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. Church History. Click here to read the full story.
2. Ryerson Index.
3. Biographical Register of Presbyterian Ministers in Australia 1901-1977 New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia with permission Rowland Ward and Malcolm Prentis.