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Denomination: Presbyterian
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…
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…
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…
Glen Innes, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian
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 - Presbyterian
Address: 130 Excelsior Street, , Guildford New South Wales, 2161
Gulgong, NSW - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1909
Address: 46 Bayly Street, , Gulgong New South Wales, 2852
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this stone was laid by Mrs T.O. McCreadie 1st December 1909".
Guyra, NSW - St Columba's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1926
Address: 9/21 Tenterden Street, , Guyra New South Wales, 2635
The Architects of the current Church were Powers, Adams and Munnings. The Builder was F. Mott. A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this stone was laid by Mrs Marjory Jackson 31st March 1926 - Rev E Norman McKie B.A. Minister". A Foundation stone on the church halls reads, " To the Glory of God in Memory of Rev E. Norman…
Hawthorn East, VIC - Chalmers Presbyterian
Address: 14 Rathmines Road, , Hawthorn East Victoria, 3123
A Foundation stone reads, "Auburn Presbyterian Church This stone was laid by the Hon ble Wm Knox M.L.C. March 9 1901. Warden Carlton Architects Meyer and Mills Contractors".
Helensvale, QLD - Eternity Presbyterian
Address: 1 Shepparton Road, , Helensvale Queensland, 4212
Henty, NSW - St John's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1935
Address: Corner Ivor & Hay's Streets, , Henty New South Wales, 2658
The Foundation stone was laid by H.W. Taylor Esq on 5 June 1935.
Heywood, VIC - St Andrew's Presbyterian (Former)
Address: 3 Hunter Street, , Heywood Victoria, 3304
The last service was held in January 2023. The Church is now closed.
Hobart, TAS - St John's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1843
Address: 188 Macquarie Street, , Hobart Tasmania, 7000
A stone church in non-conformist neo-classical style. THE first service in Hobart was conducted by an ordained Presbyterian minister was in 1823 at the corner of Macquarie and Murray streets, and the first Presbyterian church was built at Bathurst Street. In 1840 a building committee was formed with ex-convict, architect James Thomson…
Horsham, VIC - Presbyterian
Address: 16 Kalhee Road, , Horsham Victoria, 3400
The first Minister was Mr Horatio Ellermann who presided over an evening church service on 14 January 1858. Formerly of Antwerp and North Melbourne. Rev Robert Hogg was the first Minister to take regular services in the Horsham area and these first services were conducted at the Court House and local School house.* By 1866 church…
Hurstville, NSW - St Giles War Memorial Presbyterian
Year Built: 1955
Address: Corner Park & McMahon Streets, , Hurstville New South Wales, 2220
The first Presbyterian Church in Hurstville was a wooden building built in 1904 in Forest Road. The second Church was built in 1923 and is now the Youth Centre opposite the current Church. The Foundation stone of the current church reads, " To the Glory of God this stone was set by Lieut General Sir John Northcott KCMC CVO OB 5th March…
Inverell, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1878
Address: 94 Vivian Street, , Inverell New South Wales, 2360
In the beginning, services were conducted in the home of Mr. Colin Ross until 1857. This continued for a mere three years until a move was made to build a church on a Crown grant of 1 acre 3 roods 32 perches, Suburban allotment 6, dated 24th August, 1859. This is the date of the Title Deed but the actual building commenced earlier. This…
Inverleigh, VIC - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1861
Address: Western Highway, , Inverleigh Victoria, 3321
Ipswich, QLD - St Stephen's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1864
Address: Corner Limestone & Gordon Streets, , Ipswich Queensland, 4305
St Stephens Presbyterian Church stands as the second church to be constructed on the current site in 1864 - 1865. This striking gothic style brick church was designed by architect Joseph Backhouse and continues to be the place of worship for one the oldest congregations in Ipswich. The first Presbyterian church service held in Ipswich was…
Ivanhoe, VIC - Knox Presbyterian (Former)
Year Built: 1927
Address: 10 Noel Street , , Ivanhoe Victoria, 3079
Originally a Presbyterian Church and later a Uniting Church. Prior to the construction of the Knox Presbyterian Church services were held by the Rev. Alex Hardie. in the Old State School, Ivanhoe, in the Old State School during March 1908. Rev. Hardie had been inducted to Heidelberg in September 1907. In April 1908, a Presbyterian school…