Port Adelaide, SA - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1905
Denomination: Anglican
Saint: Paul
Address: 1 Church Place, Port Adelaide, South Australia, 5015
Architect: Unknown
Architectural Style: Gothic
Traditional Owners: Kaurna people
Last Updated: 29/01/2025 - changes incl, year church built & additional clergy names added
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History and Architecture:
Services were first held of the site commencing 16 May 1841. Four churches have been erected on the site since that date. The first was 1841 - 1851 then 1852 - 1864, 1861 - 1905 and finally 1905 to today. The church erected in 1905 was as a result of an earthquake in 1902. It was felt the church needed significant renovation and as a result of a significant gift from Mr Z. Tysack, a new building was erected.
Of Gothic design, and built of brick, it has a nave of 19m x long by 12m wide, and a chancel, 11m by 7m.
A Foundation stone was laid by 13 May 1905 by Mrs McFarlane. A further Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God in honour of our Lady and in memory of the men who died for their country in the great European War. This stone was laid by the Rector the Rev M. Williams B.A. September 11th 1915 Greater Love hath no Man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1841 - 1843 | Rev Howard | |||
| 1843 - 1846 | Dean Farrell | |||
| 1846 - 1849 | Rev George Cobb Newenham | 1821/1822 | 1853 | |
| 1849 - 1857 | Rev Edward Bayfield | 1810 | 1857 | |
| 1857 - 1868 | Rev Charles Marryatt | |||
| 1864 - 1865 | Rev Henry Martyn Pollitt | Curate | 1837 | 1908 |
| 1868 - 1893 | Rev Samuel D. Green | 1830 | 1879 | |
| 1882 - 1887 | Rev James Orchard | locum tenens | 1841 | 1908 |
| 1889 - 1898 | Rev Henry Martyn Pollitt | Rural Dean | 1837 | 1908 |
| 1893 - 1901 | Rev Frederick William Samwell | 1861 | 1925 | |
| 1895 - 1896 | Rev Walter Henry Thompson | Curate | 1864 | 1927 |
| 1901 - 1905 | Rev Charles Soward Hornabrook | 1859 | 1922 | |
| 1903 - 1903 | Rev Albert Charley Waller | Curate | 1865 | 1934 |
| 1906 - 1908 | Rev George Edward Young | 1852 | 1937 | |
| 1908 - 1910 | Rev Gilbert Montagu Searcy | Curate | 1883 | 1933 |
| 1908 - 1920 | Rev Matthew Williams | |||
| 1912 - 1915 | Rev Harold Eustace Sexton | Curate | 1888 | 1972 |
| 1921 - 1927 | Rev Walter Franz Wehrstedt | |||
| 1922 - 1924 | Rev Arthur Kenneth Shrewsbury | locum tenens | 1887 | 1953 |
| 1927 - 1928 | Rev Donald Llewellyn Redding | Curate | 1898 | 1969 |
| 1927 - 1949 | Rev Stephen James Houison | |||
| 1949 - 1956 | Rev Colin Carew Chittleborough | 1901 | 2001 | |
| 1956 - 1968 | Rev W. C.S. Johnson | |||
| 1968 - 1972 | Rev Graham Harry Cooling | 1936 | ||
| 1973 - 1977 | Rev Peter John Wheatley | |||
| 1978 - 1980 | Rev Peterson Hunter | |||
| 1981 - 1988 | Rev John Leonard Beiers | 1937 | ||
| 1988 - 1993 | Rev Graham John Ross | |||
| 1996 - 1997 | Rev Michael Julian Godfrey | Hon Asst | ||
| 2009 - 2012 | Rev John Stephenson | |||
| 2012 - | Rev Graeme Kaines | locum tenens | ||
| 2013 - 2014 | Rev Neil Mathieson |
Organ:
The Organ was built by W.C. Mack in 1865 and enlarged by Fincham & Hobday in 1887.
Source:
1. In good faith from the Church's own web site and other sources