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Denomination: Anglican
Pontville, TAS - St Mark's Anglican
Year Built: 1839
Address: 2 Kimberley Street, , Pontville Tasmania, 7030
The first known divine service was held in a stable adjoining the Military Barracks at Pontville, in 1829, and in a record, amongst the church papers, it is said that the service was not well attended because of nature of the building. Services were also held at the Brighton :schoolhouse, and in 1831 a meeting was called to discuss the…
Poowong, VIC - All Saints Anglican
Year Built: 1967
Address: Poowong Ranceby Road, , Poowong Victoria, 3988
Land around Poowong was opened up for selection in 1874. The Foundation stone for the current church was laid on 31 May 1962 by the right Reverend D.A. Garnsey Bishop of Gippsland. The building had been relocated parallel to the road behind the cream brick church constructed in 1967 to the design of Louis R Williams, Architect. This…
Port Adelaide, SA - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1841
Address: 1 Church Place, , Port Adelaide South Australia, 5015
Services were first held of the site commencing 16 May 1841. Four churches have been erected on the site since that date. The first was 1841 - 1851 then 1852 - 1864, 1861 - 1905 and finally 1905 to today. The church erected in 1905 was as a result of an earthquake in 1902. It was felt the church needed significant renovation and as a…
Port Albert, VIC - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1856
Address: 20 Raglan Street, , Port Albert Victoria, 3971
The first Church was built in 1856 and is currently the oldest Church in Gippsland. The Gippsland Standard on 17th June 1885 reported that the new church at Port Albert is rapidly approaching completion, and Mr. Avery is to be complimented upon the swiftness with which he is carrying out the construction. His tender for painting the…
Port Arthur, TAS - St David's Anglican
Address: Church Street, , Port Arthur Tasmania, 7182
Port Elliot, SA - St Judes Anglican
Year Built: 1859
Address: 159 Arthur Street, , Port Elliot South Australia, 5212
At a public meeting held in Port Elliot on 27 January, 1854, a committee was formed to progress the building of a church, to be chaired by Mr Buxton Forbes Laurie. The Foundation stone was laid by Dean Farrell on 22 June 1854 and by December the structure was so far completed that divine service was held there on Christmas Day 1854,…
Port Melbourne, VIC - Holy Trinity Anglican
Year Built: 1852
Address: 162 Bay Street, , Port Melbourne Victoria, 3207
Port Melbourne was settled in 1839, four years after Melbourne was founded. Its first settler was Wilbraham Liardet, who established a jetty and hotel on Hobsons Bay. The area became commonly known as Liardet's Beach, despite officially being named Sandridge.* A committee was formed in 1852 with the intention of establishing a school…
Portarlington, VIC - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1883
Address: Corner Brown & Fenwick Streets, , Portarlington Victoria, 3223
A meeting of local residents in the Portarlington Mill in 1874 eventually resulted in plans being produced seven years later for a wooden church building when Mr James Austin gave the church half an acre. In September of 1883 the Foundation stone of the new Church of England (now Anglican) was laid by Rev H.B. Macartney D.D. Dean of…
Pottsville, NSW - St Mark's Anglican
Address: 15A Coronation Avenue, , Pottsville New South Wales, 2489
Prahran, VIC - St Matthew's Anglican
Year Built: 1878
Address: 157A High Street, , Prahran Victoria, 3181
St Matthew's was built to the designs of architects Terry & Oakden, the contractors were Purves and Rankine. Building commenced in July 1877 and the foundation stone was laid by Bishop James Moorehouse on Saturday the 1st of September 1877. It was formally opened by Bishop Moorehouse on the afternoon of Friday 28th June 1878.. A…
Primrose Valley, NSW - St Thomas' Anglican
Year Built: 1874
Address: 1909 Captains Flat Road, , Primrose Valley New South Wales, 2621
The church building was opened on 29th November 1874 by the Rev A D Soares, and consecrated on 12th November 1876. The church building was erected on land donated by Mr Thomas Rutledge Esq., JP of Carwoola. The total cost of the church was £1,000.
Proserpine, QLD - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1958
Address: 8 Main Street, , Proserpine Queensland, 4800
Church plans were drawn when Messrs. Tunbridge, Tunbridge & Lynch were instructed to draw up plans for the proposed Church of England. The Building Committee asked Thomas Heron of Bowen to do a rough plan. He was well-known and respected, as he had been contracted to build many buildings in the Proserpine district. Mr. Heron was given…
Prospect, NSW - St Bartholomew Anglican (Former)
Year Built: 1841
Address: Ponds Road, , Prospect New South Wales, 2148
It is one of few remaining buildings of pure Georgian character, has most important associations with many notable pioneering families such as Lawson, Weston, Bettington and represents a community effort in early colonial period to produce, without very skilled architectural aid, a building of Georgian character. The building is a…
Prospect, SA - St Cuthbert's Anglican
Year Built: 1915
Address: 2 Ballville Street, , Prospect South Australia, 5082
The Foundation stone was laid on 10 April 1915. The Church is an example of late Gothic Revival. The architect was Louis Laybourne Smith. The church is of high integrity and retains the original layout except for the addition of a small altar in the sanctuary.
Pymble, NSW - St Swithuns Anglican
Year Built: 1940
Address: 2a Telegraph Road, , Pymble New South Wales, 2073
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this stone was set by His Grace The Lord Archbishop of Sydney The Most Rev H.W.K. Mowll DD February 24 1940. Rector Ven Archdeacon A.L. Wade MA BD".
Pyramid Hill, VIC - St Thomas' Anglican
Address: Durham Ox Road, , Pyramid Hill Victoria, 3575
A plaque reads, " Erected to the Glory of God and as a memorial to those who gave their lives in the cause of his peace and to those whom have served him in this place. Dedicated by Ronald 5th Bishop of Bendigo 14th May 1972".
Queanbeyan, NSW - Christ Church Anglican
Year Built: 1859 - 1861
Address: 39 Rutledge Street, , Queanbeyan New South Wales, 2620
The Original church was opened on 25 December 1844 and was demolished in 1859. The Foundation for this church was laid on 25 August 1859 and it was opened 30 October 1861. A large stone Church with a tower and spire, one of Canon A. D. Soares'. The foundation of this, the second Church in Queanbeyan, was laid in July, 1859. The…
Queenscliff, VIC - St George the Martyr Anglican
Year Built: 1863
Address: 22 Hobson Street, , Queenscliff Victoria,
In 1858 Wesleyan ministers visited the town and services were held at Pilot Reid's home. and also at Mr Simpkin Snr's home. The congregation soon became too large to meet in private homes, and so the Queenscliff Reading Room was rented for services. The Rev. Francis Tuckfield arranged to build a wooden church measuring 18 feet by 30 feet,…
Quirindi, NSW - St Alban's Anglican
Address: 108 Henry Street, , Quirindi New South Wales, 2343
The Quirindi Parish was created when it was separated from the Gunnedah Parish in 1882. The first service in the newly-constituted Parish of Quirindi was held 1st November, 1882 in the Union Church Chapel. In the service, the Rev. A.W. King recorded that ‘the congregation was good, the weather was fine and the collection amounted to…
Randwick, NSW - St Jude's Anglican
Year Built: 1865
Address: 106 Avoca Street, , Randwick New South Wales, 2031
The site was originally a portion of a grant issued to Captain Francis Marsh, an officer of Her Majesty's 80th Regiment of Foot, on 21 September 1847. A Victorian Gothic church built in 1865 on land donated by Simeon Pearce. Some of its interior fittings were designed by Edmund Blacket and the church contains the only ringable steel…
Ranelagh, TAS - St James Anglican
Year Built: 1896
Address: 1 Louisa Street, , Ranelagh Tasmania, 7109
In 1853 a there was a bark church built for a hundred people was built at Victoria and consecrated in June 1854. The Church Chronicle reported in December 1878, "Victoria church to be built at In 1853 a hear bark church for a hundred people was built at Victoria and consecrated in June 1854. The Church Chronicle reported in December 1878,…
Rankins Springs, NSW - Anglican
Address: Uldola Street, , Rankins Springs New South Wales, 2669
Ravensthorpe, WA - St Andrews Anglican
Address: 32 Dunn Street, , Ravensthorpe Western Australia, 6346
Red Cliffs, VIC - St Mark's Anglican
Address: 25 Heath Street, , Red Cliffs Victoria, 3500
The first recorded service of the parochial district of Red Cliffs was held on Sunday 14 May 1922 on church land n the open air, with the congregation of forty sitting on logs from the newly pulled trees.This service was conducted by the founder priest of the Parish the Reverend N.S. Fettell. A Foundation stone was laid by Bishop of St…
Red Hill, QLD - St Barnabas Anglican
Address: 1 Lintern Street, , Red Hill Queensland, 4059
St Barnabas Anglican Church has been a place of worship and friendship since 1888.
Red Hill, VIC - St Georges Anglican
Year Built: 1979
Address: 201 Arthurs Seat Road, , Red Hill Victoria, 3937
In March 1948 the first recorded Anglican service took place when the priest from the Parish of Flinders celebrated Holy Communion in the Mechanic's Hall, Red Hill. St. George's was adopted as the name for the future church. The current church was dedicated by the Regional Bishop on Dedication Day in 1979.
Redland Bay, QLD - All Saints' Anglican
Address: 17 Gordon Road, , Redland Bay Queensland, 4165
Reservoir, VIC - St George's Anglican
Year Built: 1964
Address: Corner of Ralph & Byfield Streets, , Reservoir Victoria, 3073
The Foundation stone was laid by his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne the Most Reverend Frank Woods M.A. D.D. on 14 November 1964.
Revesby, NSW - St Mark's Anglican
Address: 91 The River Road, , Revesby New South Wales, 2212
Rheola, VIC - St John the Baptist Anglican (Former)
Year Built: 1871
Address: Inglewood Rheola Road, , Rhoela Victoria, 3517
Richmond, QLD - St John the Baptist Anglican
Address: 55 Crawford Street, , Richmond Queensland, 4822
Richmond, TAS - St Luke's Anglican
Year Built: 1834
Address: Church Street, , Richmond Tasmania, 7025
Of Georgian design the church is built of sandstone from a design by colonial architect John Lee Archer and erected between 1834 and 1836. The foundation stone was laid on 3 February 1834 by Governor Arthur. The church was still uncompleted when the sexton William Chambers and Mary Heyward were married on 11 March 1836. The subscribers…
Richmond, VIC - St Bartholomew's Anglican
Address: 300 Burnley Street, , Richmond Victoraia, 3121
Plans to erect a church were well underway by 1849 when the government granted land at the corner of Bridge Road and Church Street on which to build 'a church, school house, and parsonage'. In May 1870 land at the South East corner of Burnley and Swan Street, East Richmond, or Burnley as the area was becoming called, stretching back as…
Riddells Creek, VIC - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1864
Address: Mahoney's Road, , Riddells Creek Victoria, 3431
First services were held in the tent town south of the current location of the town. The first church was opened in 1864 and this was moved to its present site in 1858. A new church was opened in 1926 on land donated by John Carre Riddell who had a large land holding in the area.
Riverton, SA - Holy Trinity Anglican
Year Built: 1857
Address: Torrens Road, , Riverton South Australia, 5412
Construction of the church was commenced in 1857 on land donated by local citizens.
Robertson, NSW - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1876
Address: 64 Hoddle Street, , Robertson New South Wales, 2577
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this stone was set by John Missingham 28 . 2. 40". A further foundation stone reads, " St John's Church AD 1876". The Church was opened in December of that year.
Robinvale, VIC - St Peter's Anglican
Address: Bromley Road, , Robinvale Victoria, 3549
The Church was dedicated on Sunday 16 August 1936 by Bishop Melville Charles James