Churches
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Denomination: Presbyterian
Eaglehawk, VIC - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1860
Address: 75A Victoria Street, , Eaglehawk Victoria, 3556
The Foundation stone was laid by "Bendigo Mac" i.e. Mr Lachlan McLachlan Police Magistrate of the district. The total cost of building the Church was £500. The Church plans were drawn by Mr Duncan who gave his services free and the Church was built by Messrs Griffiths and Co. On 1st April, 1860, three special services were held to…
East Melbourne, VIC - Cairns Memorial Presbyterian former
Year Built: 1883
Address: Corner Powlett & Hotham Streets, , East Melbourne Victoria, 3002
An article in the Melbourne Argus newspaper of 10 October 1881 reads, "A section of the congregation of Chalmera' Church having been granted permission by the Presbetry of Melbourne to form themselves into a separate congregation, they met for the first time yesterday morning, at the Orderly room, corner of Powlett-street and…
Elizabeth South, SA - Jean Flynn Presbyterian
Address: 103 Goodman Road, , Elizabeth South South Australia, 5112
A wall plaque reads, " To the Glory of God August 1957 and commemorating the first regular services of public worship in Elizabeth 19th March 1956". A further wall plaque reads, " To the Glory of God This plaque commemorates 150 years of continuous Presbyterian worship in the Northern District. John Strachan Moir was appointed by the Free…
Ellinbank, VIC - Anglican & Presbyterian
Address: Korumburra Road, , Ellinbank Victoria, 3821
Eltham, VIC - Presbyterian
Address: 19 Batman Road, , Eltham Victoria, 3095
The site of the Church was purchased in 1958 by the Presbyterian Church of Victoria. Services began in April 1958 in a nearby home. For more information visit the church website here.
Elwood, VIC - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1939
Address: Corner Scot & Tennyson Streets, , Elwood Victoria, 3184
The Foundation stone was laid on 10 December 1938 by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne Councillor Arthur W. Coles J.P.
Epping Forrest, TAS - Presbyterian (Former)
Year Built: 1924
Address: Midland Highway, , Epping Forrest Tasmania, 7211
A Foundation stone reads, "A.M.D.G. JD Foster 1924". The church is now in private hands.
Epping, NSW - Presbyterian
Address: 9 Bridge Street, , Epping New South Wales, 2121
Early services were held in Walker’s Hall, which was opposite the School of Arts in Oxford Street, and also in the residence of Mr Vollmer. A number of Memorial and Foundation stones are attached to the Church wall and include, "Memorial stone laid 28th Novr 1896 reset by Mrs J. Kirkland 5.12.1936". A plaque reads, " Commemorating…
Epping, VIC - Presbyterian
Address: 771 High Street, , Epping Victoria, 3076
The land upon which the church stands was first reserved for the Presbyterian Church on 27 February 1865, although it was not until 1870 that the land was formally granted by the Lands Department. The foundation stone was laid by Mr Brock, J P, on 4 November 1867 following a tea meeting at 4 pm. Thomas Mitchell, who erect the adjacent…
Everton Park, QLD - Presbyterian Reformed (Former)
Address: 55 Gearside Street, , Everton Park Queensland, 4053
Finley, NSW - Scot's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1919
Address: Corner Denison & Wollamai Streets, , Finley New South Wales, 2713
The land was purchased from William Tindale for £60. The Builder was Mr. J.T. Close. The total cost of the Church, including furniture, was approximately £2600 and 67,000 bricks were used. The Foundation stone was laid by Mrs C McAlister 29 October 1919.
Fitzroy, VIC - Presbyterian (Former)
Year Built: 1871
Address: 124 Napier Street, , Fitzroy Victoria, 3065
The foundation stone of the first Presbyterian Church in Fitzroy was laid by Rev Ramsay in 1849 on the corner of Gertrude and Napier street. By 1870 the site was deemed too noisy for worship due to the traffic noise coming from Gertrude street and plans were commenced to build a new church on a site about 100 meters further down Napier…
Flemington, VIC - St Stephen's Presbyterian
Address: 31 Norwood Street, , Flemington Victoria, 3031
Forbes, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1862
Address: Harold Street, , Forbes New South Wales, 2871
A wooden church was erected at the corner of Cross and Clear Streets in 1862 but was destroyed by a storm and replaced by another. St Andrew's Presbyterian Church was erected in 1877 at a cost of £1,300. Reverend Arthur Aspinall was the first resident Presbyterian clergyman in Forbes (1874-87) and he established the present church; the…
Forrest, ACT - St Andrews Presbyterian
Year Built: 1934
Address: 1 State Circuit, , Forrest Australian Capital Territory, 2603
A sandstone Church in an adaptation of the Gothic Revival style. The side tower is square with a sandstone spire. The interior fills the usual sanctuary area and has fine joinery, particularly in the pulpit and screens. It contains many memorials of National importance. The Foundation stone was laid on 27 November 1929 by His Excellency…
Fortitude Valley, QLD - Presbyterian (Former)
Year Built: 1885
Address: 28 Warner Street, , Fortitude Valley Queensland, 4006
The Fortitude Valley Presbyterian Church was started ia a very modest way on 14th February, 1866, when a congregation was formed in the Valley and met in a small cottage in Ann Street, near Morgan Street. When, in 1883, the Reverend W. Anson Smith was called to minister to the congregation, it was decided to build a church on land…
Frankston, VIC - Presbyterian (former)
Year Built: 1923
Address: 6 Davey Street, , Frankston Victoria, 3199
The Church was built in 1923 and the Sunday School was opened 10 yeas later. A former Presbyterian Church it was re located to High Street Frankston and later became an Uniting Church. The Frankston Standard Newspaper of June 1947 reported that a building fund had been set up for a new Manse. It was to be located at 4 Nolan Street…
Freemantle, WA - Scot's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1890
Address: Corner Norfolk & South Tce, , Freemantle Western Australia, 2795
The church is constructed from ashlar limestone with red-brick quoins on the buttresses and window edges. The steeply pitched roof is constructed from timber originally with jarrah shingles but most recently with terra cotta tiles. When originally built the church consisted of a nave and an aisle on the north western side; the vestry is…
Freshwater, NSW - St Peter's Presbyterian (Former)
Year Built: 1917
Address: Cnr Albert and Ocen View Road, , Freshwater New South Wales, 2096
The church was built in 1917, the land at the corner of Albert St and Oceanview Rd at Freshwater was bought in April 1911 after local residents asked the Presbyterian Church in Manly in 1910 if services could be held in their area. The architect chosen to design the church was Frederick Trenchard Smith, who had been elected to Manly…
Garah, NSW - St David's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1929
Address: 1 Benarba Street, , Garah New South Wales, 2405
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this stone was laid by Ioan Williams on 5th February 1929".
Gardenvale East, VIC - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1933
Address: North Road, , Gardenvale East Victoria, 3185
The Foundation stone was laid 16 December 1933 by Miss L.A. Nicoll a foundation member of the church.
Geelong West, VIC - Presbyterian
Address: 105 - 107 Packington Street, , Geelong West Victoria, 3218
Geelong, VIC - Free Presbyterian (Former)
Year Built: 1858
Address: 2 Myers Street, , Geelong Victoria, 3220
Built of stone in 1858. It now holds Costa Pty Ltd.
Geelong, VIC - St George's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1861
Address: Corner La Trobe Tce & Ryrie Streets, , Geelong Victoria, 3220
St George's Presbyterian Church was formed in 1861 by a breakaway group from the St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Yarra Street. The large and finely constructed Church reflects the wealth of many of the Church's foundation patrons, which included Francis Ormond and other western district squatters. The Church is a significant and intact…
Gilgandra, NSW - St Stephen's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1912
Address: 42 Myrtle Street, , Gilgandra New South Wales, 2827
By 1912 the Presbyterians of Gilgandra were in a position to construct a church building and decided to ‘build one that would meet the requirements of a growing congregation for some time’. A building capable of seating 250 people was designed by Messrs. Power and Andrews of Sydney. Mr. R. J. Carson undertook construction under the…
Gisborne, VIC - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1871
Address: Fisher Street, , Gisborne Victoria, 3437
The present church was opened in August 1871 after the first church proved to be too small, coinciding with the opening of the new Catholic church. The noted architect, Lloyd Tayler, had called tenders for the erection of a Presbyterian Church at Gisborne at the end of 1870. The cost was £1350. The Manse was build in 1908 and sold in…
Gladesville, NSW - GladesHill Presbyterian
Year Built: 1889
Address: 2 Pittwater Road, , Gladesville New South Wales, 2111
In November 1887 preparations were commenced to build a church, the site was donated by Mrs Harriet Miller. The total cost of the building was £1384.0.0. On Saturday July 6,1889, the church was opened by the Right Reverend, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the Colony of New South Wales, The Reverend Archibald Gilchrist, MA,…
Gladstone, QLD - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1955
Address: 149 Goondoon Street, , Gladstone Queensland, 4680
Construction on a meeting place in the heart of Gladstone began in 1867, and the original foundation stone is still there today. This building was destroyed by a cyclone in March 1949. We rebuilt on the same site and the current building was finished in 1956. A Foundation stone reads, " AD 1867 This is the Foundation stone of the…
Glebe, NSW - Presbyterian (Former)
Year Built: 1879
Address: 175 Bridge Road, , Glebe New South Wales, 2037
This church was originally built in 1876-80 at the corner of Parramatta and Glebe Point Roads to the design of Thomas Rowe. Faithfully re-erected on this present site in 1927. High Victorian Gothic church built of fine sandstone, with thin plate tracery and a notable broached spire, also stone built. The building and grounds were…
Glen Innes, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1981
Address: 10 Heron Street, , Glen Innes New South Wales, 2370
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this stone was set by Rt Rev. Campbell Egan BA BD Mth Moderator of NSW on 19th April 1980- St Andrew's Presbyterian Church". A plaque reads, "This Church of St Andrew's was opened and dedicated to the Glory of God by the Presbytery of New England on 12th December 1981 - P.E. Lush MA PhD…
Goondiwindi, QLD - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Address: 31 Herbert Street, , Goondiwindi Queensland, 4390
In September 1962 tenders were called for a new Church and T F Woollan and Son Pty Ltd of Brisbane were successful on 24 September 1962 in obtaining the commission to build the church at a cost of £20,875. Work commenced on 2 October 1962. The Foundation Stone for the new Church was laid by the Moderator Right Rev A R Wilson on…
Goulburn, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1924
Address: 25 Clifford Street, , New South Wales, 2580
By order of the Governor in 1839, 2 acres of land for a church, schoolhouse and manse were marked off in the area today bounded by Sloane, Bradley and Craig Streets,and on 21st June, 1839, the first stone of the church was laid. The architect was William Hume, and the cost was £685. After the failure of the first builder to fulfil his…
Grafton, NSW - Free Presbyterian
Address: 172 Fitzroy Street, , Grafton New South Wales, 2460
The Church was commenced in 1941.
Grafton, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1886
Address: 116 Oliver Street, , Grafton New South Wales, 2460
The Church dimensions are 64ft. 6in. in length x 36ft. in width. The foundations were concrete, 4ft. wide and 2ft. 9in. thick. The walls are of brick. 24ft. in height averageing 18in, cemented inside and out. having 2 rows of galvanised loop iron built in every 8th course, with 6 buttresses on each side projecting 18in. beyond the walls.…
Grenfell, NSW - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1870
Address: Weddin Street, , Grenfell New South Wales, 2810
The Foundation stone was laid on 7th December 1870 by Miss Kilpatrick.
Griffith, NSW - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1982
Address: Blumer Road, , Griffith New South Wales, 2680
The Foundation stone was laid on 12 June 1982 by The Right Reverend James Mullan Moderator General of the Presbyterian Church.
Guildford, NSW - Merrylands East Presbyterian
Address: 130 Excelsior Street, , Guildford New South Wales, 2161