Wilmot, TAS - Uniting
Denomination: Uniting
Address: 54 Main Road, Wilmot, Tasmania, 7310
Previous Denomination: Methodist
Architect: Unknown
Last Updated: 26/06/2023
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History and Architecture:
At a meeting, held on March 23, 1898 at the home of Mr. J.T. Brain to arrange for the building of a Wesleyan Church, those present were Rev. C.O. Lelean, Messrs Quaile, J. Geale, J. and G. Kerkharn, Brain (3) and W. Evans.
A piece of land was offered by Mr. Geale for a church site on the Sheffield Road. The building committee was to comprise Rev C.O. Lelean, W.C. French, J. Brain, W. Evans, J. and G. Kerkham and G. Williams. Mr George Williams (senior) was elected treasurer on April 15, 1898.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 - 1904 | Gilbert E. Moore | Home Mission | ||
| 1904 - 1905 | Thomas James Jenkin | Home Mission | ||
| 1905 - 1906 | L. Howard | Home Mission | ||
| 1906 - 1909 | Rev Dazely | |||
| 1909 - 1910 | V. Hall | Home Mission | ||
| 1910 - 1912 | W. T. Baker | Home Mission | ||
| 1912 - 1914 | Mr Cowie | Home Mission | ||
| 1914 - 1918 | Rev Hooper | |||
| 1918 - 1920 | J. S. Fletcher | Home Mission | ||
| 1920 - 1922 | Rev Frank Clarenette | |||
| 1922 - 1923 | W. J. Stephen | Home Mission | ||
| 1923 - 1925 | Ron Griggs | Home Mission | ||
| 1925 - 1928 | Lewis E. Barnard | Home Mission | ||
| 1928 - 1929 | Mr William | Home Mission | ||
| 1929 - 1930 | W. J. Wilson | Home Mission | ||
| 1930 - | G. E. Hyde | Home Mission | ||
| 1930 - 1932 | Oscar James | Home Mission | ||
| 1932 - 1934 | G. G. Pullen | Home Mission | ||
| 1934 - | William J. Wilson | Home Mission | ||
| 1935 - 1939 | Reginald G. Trebilco | Home Mission | ||
| 1939 - 1941 | R. F. Heath | Home Mission | ||
| 1941 - 1942 | Mr Hawkey | Home Mission | ||
| 1942 - 1945 | Percy Howard | Home Mission | ||
| 1945 - 1948 | Arnold Long | Home Mission | ||
| 1948 - 1949 | Sydney T. Lucas | Home Mission | ||
| 1949 - 1951 | George Webb | Home Mission | ||
| 1951 - 1952 | Reginald Waler | Home Mission | ||
| 1952 - | Charles Chilcott | Home Mission | ||
| 1952 - 1954 | Rev Ken Fawdrey | |||
| 1954 - | Rev Alvin Higgs |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Source:
1. A Century of Memories The Centenary of the Wilmot Uniting Church 1899 - 1999. Len Fisher. 287.93094633 FIS