Queanbeyan, NSW - Uniting

Year Built: 1846

Denomination: Uniting

Address: 13 Rutledge Street, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, 2620

Previous Denomination: Methodist

Architect: Unknown

Last Updated: 04/01/2021

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History and Architecture:

Formerly a Methodist church. Methodist started in the Queanbeyan district in the 1840's through the work of Thomas Southwell, a farmer. The pioneer efforts of this family are well recognised in the area. The Rev William Lightbody, a school teacher who established his methodist credentials in the Hunter Valley was appointed as the minister to travel the southern circuit. As a result he was the first Wesleyan Methodist itinerant preacher and minister in the Queanbeyan area.

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
1849 - 1850 Rev William Lighbody M
1850 - Rev Jas Somerville M
1850 - 1851 Rev William S. Byrnes M
1851 - 1852 Rev William Schofield M
1852 - 1854 Rev Benj. Hurst M
1853 - Rev James Somerville M
1922 - 1923 Rev Ronald M. Page M
1926 - 1931 Rev Edward Leslie Vercoe M 1973
1934 - 1938 Rev Ewart E. Chapman M
1941 - 1945 Rev Harold R. Arthur M
1945 - 1949 Rev George A. Knight M
1949 - 1953 Rev Eben E. Newman M
1953 - 1957 Rev Linden Webb B.A. M
1957 - 1960 Rev Rex C. Mathais M
2016 - Rev Amy Junor U

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

Queanbeyan Methodists 1847 - 1977