Tarrington, VIC - St Michael's Lutheran
Year Built: 1927
Denomination: Lutheran
Saint: Michael
Address: 7901 Hamilton Highway, Tarrington, Victoria, 3301
Architect: Unknown
Architectural Style: Gothic Revival
Traditional Owners: Inc Gunditjmara people
Last Updated: 26/04/2024
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History and Architecture:
The first Church was built about 1854, was a pug and timber framed church with a thatched roof, the second was a bluestone church, built in 1858 and the third, also bluestone, built in 1863, which was burnt down in 1944.
The present church was erected in 1927. It is built of pressed red bricks with unpainted render details in a late but conservative version of the Gothic revival style. Its complicated plan and forms include a nave under the main roof separated by columns and arches from the side aisles, which are roofed by three gables on each side. There is a square chancel and additional rooms used as vestries and porches, again with separate roofs. The chancel roof is hipped but includes a gablet with a circular window. The gablet and the main gable terminate with crosses.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853 - 1893 | Pastor Clamor Wilhelm Schuermann | BL to 55 | 1815 | 1893 |
| 1893 - 1909 | Pastor E. E.C. Darsow | ELSA | 1856 | 1934 |
| 1909 - 1910 | Pastor Walter Herbert Paech | ELSA | 1894 | 1984 |
| 1910 - 1916 | Pastor Emil Paul Kriewaldt | ELSA | 1870 | 1916 |
| 1917 - 1923 | Pastor T. A.F.W. Nickel | ELSA | 1865 | 1953 |
| 1923 - 1948 | Pastor Walter Herbert Paech | ELSA | 1894 | 1984 |
| 1935 - 1936 | Pastor Georg August Doecke | ELSA | 1910 | 1984 |
| 1949 - 1964 | Pastor Hogo Franz Quast | ELSA | 1910 | 1989 |
| 1964 - 1967 | Pastor D. T. Strelan | ELSA | ||
| 1968 - 1976 | Pastor C. D. Traeger | LCA | ||
| 1977 - 1982 | Pastor G. N. Zweck | LCA | ||
| 1983 - 1988 | Pastor M. C. Heinrich | LCA | ||
| 1989 - 1993 | Pastor Michael Llewellyn Whitfield | LCA | ||
| 1994 - 1999 | Pastor Martin Neville Kriewaldt | LCA | ||
| 2000 - 2007 | Pastor L. D. Priebbenow | LCA | ||
| 2008 - 2009 | Pastor M. A. Henderson | LCA | ||
| 2010 - 2014 | Pastor P. T. Kerber | LCA | ||
| 2017 - 2019 | Pastor R. J. Norris | LCA | ||
| 2021 - | Pastor N. M. Guthrig | LCA |
Organ:
The original organ from St Michael's is now housed at the Museum o f German Heritage, Tanunda in South Australia. The present organ is by George Fincham & Sons and dates from 1927. It was rebuilt in 1958 by Hill, Norman & Beard. The organ was again conserved in 2003 by Ken Falconer.
Source:
1. Lutheran Archives with permission.
2. South Grampians Heritage Study.
3. Victorian Heritage Database.