St Arnaud, VIC - Christ Church Anglican

Year Built: 1864

Denomination: Anglican

Address: Corner Queens Avenue & Raglan Streets, St Arnaud, Victoria, 3478

Architect: F.M. Moore

Architectural Style: Gothic Early English

Traditional Owners: Dja Dja Wurrung people

Last Updated: 21/02/2024

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History and Architecture:

Early in 1862 a committee was formed to establish how many followers of the faith were in the region. By April of the same year an application for a grant of land was made. Monthly services were commenced and conducted by Reverend T.B. Garlick on Avoca and Reverend W. Hall of Kingower.*

Tenders were called in 1864 for a church that could hold 250 persons, should not exceed 800 the walls needed to be 22 Inched thick and the roof made of slate. The Foundation stone was laid on 16 September 1864. The Architect were Freemasons Dean and Clergy and the builder was William Kell.*

The first service in the new church was held on 23 July 1866.

Clergy:

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

Years Name Annotation D.o.B D.o.D
1862 - 1865 Rev H J. Edwards
1866 - 1893 Rev John Bettridge Stair 1814 1898
1893 - 1895 Rev Edwin Allanson 1851 1916
1896 - 1904 Rev Robert John Thwaites 1852 1904
1904 - 1910 Rev William Dalton 1857 1939
1910 - 1916 Rev W Davison
1916 - 1919 Rev Frederic Boyling 1859 1924
1918 - 1923 Canon Frederick William Coupe 1872 1952
1923 - 1925 Canon Egidius C.W. Fleischer 1874 1925
1926 - 1926 Rev Hubert Allan Brooksbank 1861 1942
1926 - 1935 Canon C. C. Mcmichael
1928 - 1929 Rev Alfred Adams deacon 28
1935 - 1938 Archdeacon Herbert Douglas Campbell 1887 1960
1939 - 1941 Archdeacon Edmund Franklin Cooper 1897 1963
1941 - 1945 Archdeacon A. Gearing
1945 - 1954 Canon Albert Lewis Donald Rivett 1904 1997
1951 - 1954 Rev Robert George Long 1915 2000
1955 - 1956 Canon Clement Arthur Grey 1901 1956
1957 - 1962 Canon R S Halls
1959 - 1962 Rev Donald Bruce Corneliuos PTO 1933
1962 - Canon W. A. Reid
1965 - Rev R. O Clayton
1965 - 1969 Rev James Reginald Gorrie 1923
1966 - Rev James Alenson Greenshields 1933
1966 - 1974 Rev John Aylmer Leaver 1930
1968 - 1970 Rev Henry Hugh Girvan 1919
1969 - Rev John William Harley
1969 - 1970 Rev Douglas John Stevens PTO
1971 - Canon R. M. Davis
1973 - 1976 Rev David Hubert Shand Bp
1974 - 1975 Rev J. B. MacGlashan
1979 - 1980 Rev P J. Huggins
1983 - 1986 Rev L Nyman
1986 - 1991 Rev Roger William Ross
2019 - Rev Canon Jan Harper

Organ:

Built in 1868 it was in St Mary's Church Caulfield until 1875. It was re built by George Fincham and offered to St Arnaud for £160.*

Source:

1. A Living Temple Grows. Christ Church St Arnaud. 1864 - 1964. LTP 283.9458S3R
2. Cable Clerical Index.