Rockhampton, QLD - St Paul's Anglican

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: Paul

Address: 75 William Street, Rockhampton, Queensland, 4700

Architect: Annersley Voysey

Traditional Owners: Darumbal people

Last Updated: 05/08/2023

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History and Architecture:

The original building was of wood and was situated about where the present bell-tower stands. It was used by Anglicans and Presbyterians and was available to other protestant denominations. The present building was described, during its construction, in 1881, as having a "... uniformity of decoration ..." and that, as a result, "... no one part is highly ornate to the detriment of other parts, so that it matters not at what point the church is viewed from, it is beautiful from all; and there is a quiet dignity and stateliness about it, which is very impressive.

It was designed principally by Annersley Voysey and built from 1883 to 1953. It is also known as St Paul's Church of England and St Paul's Church of England Cathedral.

The building is constructed from rock faced evenly coursed sandstone and has smooth faced sandstone detailing including windows surrounds, base course, string coursing and buttress caps. The building has a rectangular plan, with apsidal chancel and rectangular gabled porched entrance.

Clergy:

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

Years	Name	Annotation	D.o.B	D.o.D
1888 - 1889	Rev William Henry Warrington	Curate	1857	1941
1891 - 1899	Canon Alfred Richards	Honorary
1894 - 1900	Rev F. J. Abe	Curate
1895 - 1896	Rev A. N. Garrett	Curate
1898 - 1901	Canon Thomas Brownbill Parker	Honorary	1859	1935
1899 - 1903	Canon Alfred Henry Julius	Honorary	1851	1934
1902 -	Rev Joseph Broadhurst Brocklehurst	Asst	1877	1957
1903 - 1904	Rev Horace Ernest West	Deacon	1873	1958
1903 - 1904	Rev James Grindrod	Curate	1869	1933
1903 - 1907	Rev Charles Herbert Lewin	Curate	1872	1947
1907 - 1930	Canon Alfred Lee Kenny	Honorary	1861	1948
1908 - 1910	Rev William Uphill	Curate	1881	1974
1910 - 1912	Rev Thomas Herbert Pitt	Curate	1880	1957
1912 - 1913	Canon Walter John Scott	Honorary	1875	1953
1910 - 1918	Rev Bertram Stanley Hammond	Curate	1885	1962
1912 - 1915	Rev Edgar Robert. Streeten	Curate	1881	1943
1913 - 1916	Rev William Edward Cargill	Curate	1876	1942
1915 - 1917	Rev Arthur Augustus Fellows	Curate	1882	1975
1915 - 1930	Canon Charles Maurice Evelyn Hicks	Honorary	1880	1957
1917 - 1919	Canon Arthur Harold Barlee	Honorary	1875	1964
1919 - 1920	Rev Ernest Robinson	Curate	1890	1977
1921 - 1924	Rev Frederick Richard Bishop	Curate
1921 - 1925	Canon John Alfred Cue	Honorary	1872	1960
1921 - 1925	Rev Walter Adam Fletcher	Curate	1878	1939
1924 - 1925	Rev John Spencer Booth	Curate	1890	1958
1925 - 1930	Rev Henry Sydenham Hannaford	Curate	1897	1975
1926 - 1930	Rev Percival John Demuth	Curate	1889	1969
1929 - 1932	Rev Richard Edgar Simons	Curate	1906	1977
1929 - 1932	Rev John Colin Thomson	Curate	1902	1983
1931 - 1933	Rev R. H. Ford	Deacon	1906	1983
1933 - 1933	Rev Robert Joseph MacKenna	Curate	1873	1934
1934 - 1934	Rev Frederick Leslie Irwin	Curate	1906	1994
1934 - 1937	Rev Harold Worsley Palmer	Curate	1899	1962
1934 - 1940	Rev Rowland Borrowman Davison	Hon Canon 34 - 37	1884	1960
1935 - 1953	Rev A. A. Fellows		1882	1975
1937 -	Rev R. V. Burrowes	Hon Canon	1894	1943
1938 - 1939	Rev Robert Flooks Kirby	Curate	1907	1987
1938 - 1941	Rev Cyril John Coupe	Curate	1906	1970
1939 - 1940	Rev George Vivian Syer	Curate	1911	1995
1940 - 1942	Rev Edward Herbert Strong	Hon Canon	1877	1960
1940 - 1942	Rev Edgar Allan Wight	Hon Canon	1887	1958
1940 - 1962	Rev John Edwin Dale	Hon Canon	1884	1965
1941 - 1941	Rev Charles Emil Torlach	Curate	1900	1996
1941 - 1942	Rev Robert Oliver Bodey	Curate	1915	1989
1942 - 1947	Rev Joseph Forster	Curate	1912	1982
1945 - 1946	Rev William Vernon Rymer	Hon Canon	1892	1985
1948 - 1949	Rev Robert James Oscroft	Curate
1950 - 1951	Rev John Oliver Rymer	Curate
1954 - 1957	Rev C. J. Brown	Curate
1955 - 1955	Rev Robert Clarence Johnston	Hon Canon	1892	1959
1955 - 1956	Rev A. R. May	Hon Canon	1908	1966
1956 - 1958	Rev J. Bayton	Curate
1956 - 1965	Rev Charles Emil Torlac	Hon Canon	1900	1996
1958 - 1958	Rev Robert James Oscroft	Curate
1958 - 1959	Rev John Henry Haywood	Curate
1958 - 1962	Rev Rex Littledale Burrell	Curate
1959 - 1962	Rev K. W. Raff	Curate
1960 - 1960	Rev A. G. Sapsford	Curate
1960 - 1962	Rev Edward Ullock	Hon Canon	1908	1962
1960 - 1964	Rev J. A. Warby	Curate
1962 - 1963	Rev Gordon Danby Steele	Curate
1962 - 1963	Rev Selwyn Cowen	Hon Canon	1906	1990
1962 - 1963	Rev W. Houghton	Curate
1963 - 1967	Rev R. A. Keyes	Curate
1964 - 1964	Rev G. H. Jarrett	Curate
1965 -	Rev Philip John Boulsover	Hon Canon
1966 - 1969	Rev T. B. Hall Matthew	Curate
1969 - 1972	Rev I. C. Trevor	Curate
1970 -	Rev Coaldrake			1970
1970 - 1972	Rev G. H. Perry	Curate
1971 -	Rev Davies	Hon Canon
1971 -	Rev Raff	Hon Canon
1971 -	Rev R. H.H. Philip
1972 - 1973	Rev J. R. Dixon	Curate
1973 - 1975	Rev R. D. Cameron	Curate
1975 - 1976	Rev D. A. Vanderwolf	Curate
1976 - 1980	Rev D. Passi	Curate
1976 - 1980	Rev Donald Kinglake Dunn	Hon Canon	1914	1988
1979 -	Rev John Alfred Warby	Hon Canon
1979 -	Rev B. G. Farran	Hon Canon
1981 - 1982	Rev P. S.B. Elson	Curate
1982 -	Rev P. A.B. Gribble	Hon Canon
1983 -	Rev R. J. Paschke
2022 ? -	The Very Rev Melusi Sibanda

Organ:

The first Organ was built by Joshua Porritt of Leicester in 1883. Installed in 1883 by T.C. Christmas of Brisbane. It had 2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, mechanical action. Rebuilt in 1938 by Whitehouse Brothers of Brisbane. It had 2 manuals, 17 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action. Removed and broken up in 1966. The present Organ was built by J.W. Walker & Sons Ltd, Ruislip, 1965. It has 2 manuals, 6 ranks extended & mixture, electric action.
For a full description and photos click here.

Source:

1. Organ Historical Trust of Australia with permission.
2. Cathedral Parish of St Paul the Apostle Rockhampton CQ 283.9435 PHIL
3. Cable Clerical Index.