Waverley, NSW - Jubilee Church

Year Built: 1897

Denomination: Protestant

Address: 32 Victoria Street, Waverley, New South Wales, 2024

Previous Denomination: Presbyterian

Architect: Unknown

Traditional Owners: Bidjigal, Birrabirragal & Gadigal people

Last Updated: 03/04/2024

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History and Architecture:

The first service in the then Presbyterian Parish of Waverley was held in the Oddfellows Hall, Church Street, Waverley on 17 January 1885. A site for the new church was soon selected and purchased in Victoria Street and on 7 November 1885. The Cornerstone of the first Presbyterian Church in Waverley was laid by Mrs. William Grahame.

A Foundation stone reads, " Grahame Memorial Presbyterian Church Waverley this stone was laid by Mrs William Grahame "Strathearn" Waverley 8th May 1897 Rev John Macaulay MA Minister".

Clergy:

This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.

Years	Name	Annotation	D.o.D
1885 - 1888	Rev John McNeil	P
1891 - 1927	Rev John Macaulay	P
1927 - 11949	Rev H. E. Hulme	P	1958
1929 - 1929	Rev J. McIntyre	P
1929 - 1931	Rev Louis Anderson	P
1933 - 1934	Rev G. Trevor Hughes	P
1935 - 1939	Rev A. Sealey Hutchings	P
1937 - 1963	Rev A. W. E. Seal	Asst
1940 - 1941	Rev Alexander J.W. McAllister	P
1942 - 1943	Rev D. G. Cole	P
1944 - 1944	Ken Fox	P
1945 - 1945	John Mallon	P
1946 - 1946	Reg G. Davidson	P
1947 - 1949	William Pollak	P
1950 - 1950	B. J. Molloy	P
1950 - 1957	Rev Keith Burton	P
1952 - 1952	Rev William Duffy	P
1955 - 1960	Oscar M. Piggott	P
1961 - 1962	G. Treuren	P
1963 - 1974	Rev Victor A. Csorsz	P
1975 - 1975	John Martin	P
1976 -	Rev Raymond Charles Green	P

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. Grahame Memorial Church, Waverley : centenary history, 1885-1985 via Illuminate Recollect.