Churches
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Denomination: Roman Catholic
Blackmans Bay, TAS - St Pius X Catholic
Year Built: 1957
Address: 98 Chennel Highway, , Blackmans Bay Tasmania, 7052
The Church was designed by the well known Tasmanian architect J.H.E. Dorney and constructed in 1957.
Blampied, VIC - St Joseph's Catholic (Former)
Year Built: 1869
Address: 3478 Midland Highway, , Blampied Victoria, 3364
Of Gothic revival and constructed of bluestone the Church consists of a nave of five bays, a large chancel and lateral sacristies with a double gable, not often seen on country churches. The Church was sold in 2021.
Bomaderry, NSW - Sacred Heart Catholic
Year Built: 1962
Address: 46 Bunberry Street, , Bomaderry New South Wales, 2541
Bombala, NSW - St Mary's Catholic
Year Built: 1941
Address: 30 Queen Street, , Bombala New South Wales, 2632
The first St Mary's was built in 1867. Father Patrick Newman was the first resident priest in 1864. Prior to this, priests travelled from Queanbeyan and Cooma.
Bondi Junction, NSW - Holy Cross Catholic
Year Built: 1907
Address: 15 Adelaide Street, , Bondi Junction New South Wales, 2022
The original church was built in 1907 and enlarged twice. The present church (AUSTIN MACKAY) was opened in 1940 and is of Art Deco style with Romanesque windows and prominent stained glass depicting the 14 Stations of the Cross. The Foundation stone was laid in 1939.
Bookham, NSW - St Colmuba's Catholic (Former)
Year Built: 1910
Address: Fagan Drive, , Bookham New South Wales, 2582
A Foundation stone reads, " St Columba's Church Foundation stone blessed and laid 14th Aug 1910 by Right Rev J. Gallagher D.D. Bishop of Goulburn Rev John Sharkey Rector". Today the Church is in private hands.
Boonah, QLD - All Saints Catholic
Year Built: 1961
Address: John Street, , Boonah Queensland, 4310
The first Catholic church was opened on 1 November 1887. This is the third church and was opened on 29 October 1961.
Boorowa, NSW - St Patrick's Catholic
Year Built: 1877
Address: Queen Street, , Boorowa New South Wales, 2586
The church was established in 1865 and construction of the current church was completed in 1877. The first Mass was conducted in fact iin 1837 by Father Brennan from Yass. Its a Gothic church of blue granite and sandstone both locally quarried. Its 35m in length by 19m wide with ceiling and rafters made from stained timber. The roof is…
Boort, VIC - St Patrick's Catholic
Year Built: 1928
Address: 110 Lake View Street, , Boort Victoria, 3537
A Foundation stone reads, "This Church was blessed and opened by the Most Reverend D. Foley D.D. Bishop of Ballarat January 1st 1928 Rev C.J. Kelly P.P."
Booval, QLD - Sacred Heart Catholic
Year Built: 1915
Address: 19 Cothill Road, , Booval Queensland, 4304
The Church was established in 1912. By 1914, the foundation stone for a church was laid on 4.5 acres of land, generously donated by Dean Andrew Horan of St Mary's Parish Ipswich. A Heritage plaque reads, " Sacred Heart Church was constructed and opened by Archbishop Duhig in 1915 and from 1931 to 1997 Booval House opposite was used as…
Bordertown, SA - St Mary's Catholic
Year Built: 1969
Address: Victoria Parade, , Bordertown South Australia, 5268
The Foundation stone was laid on 16 February 1969 by the Archbishop of Adelaide the most Reverend J.W. Gleeson D.D.
Bothwell, TAS - St Andrew's Catholic
Year Built: 1939
Address: 19 Patrick Street, , Bothwell Tasmania, 7030
The Church at Bothwell was given a two-acre grant by the Colonial Government. In May 1864 permission to quarry stone on Mount Adelaide near Bothwell, "towards the completion of a church at Bothwell for the use of the Roman Catholic community". At this stage, the church was well advanced, but the private quarry from which stone had been…
Bowning, NSW - Catholic
Address: Silver Street, , Bowning New South Wales, 2582
May have been sold. No other information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Bowral, NSW - St Thomas Aquinas Catholic
Year Built: 1986
Address: 2 Bendooley Street, , Bowral New South Wales, 2576
A plaque reads, St Thomas Aquinas Church Bowral dedicated by the Bishop of Wollongong the Most Reverend William E. Murray DD Dsc. STOC on 9th November 1986 Parish Priest: Father John Higgins PP. Builder: Mr. Barry Howard Design and Project Manager: Mr. -Frank McCormack - Volunteers: with thanks to all."
Box Hill North, VIC - St Clare's Catholic
Address: 138 Woodhouse Grove, , Box Hill North Victoria, 3129
Founding of St Clare's North Box Hill was in 1957.
Box Hill South, VIC - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic
Address: 299 Elgar Road, , Box Hill South Victoria, 3128
In 1952, the property at the corner of Bentley and Erasmus Streets was purchased by Fr Timothy Fitzpatrick, Parish Priest of Our Holy Redeemer Parish, Surrey Hills. This property consisted of a large two storey house, a coach house and stable, and an acre and a half of land. In 1954, the coach house and stable were converted into the…
Box Hill, VIC - St Francis Xavier Catholic
Year Built: 1926
Address: Corner Dorking & Whitehorse Roads, , Box Hill Victoria, 3128
The Foundation stone was laid by the most Reverend D Mannix D.D. Archbishop of Melbourne on 11 July 1926.
Brandon, QLD - St Patrick's (former)
Address: Spiller Street, , Brandon Queensland, 4808
The former St Patrick's Catholic Church, Brandon, is a timber church originally constructed in 1910 when Brandon was part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton. It ceased to be used by the Church in 1974 and following severe cyclone damage in 1989. The building lost much of its roof cladding and was moved from its foundations…
Braybrook, VIC - Christ the King Catholic
Address: 65 Churchill Avenue, , Braybrook Victoria, 3019
Towards the middle of 1952, a section of the Parish of Our Lady's at Sunshine and a section of St. John's, West Footscray, were combined to form the new Parish of Braybrook under the title of Christ the King. It included the residential district of Braybrook, part of Maidstone and part of Tottenham, extending just beyond the railway…
Bremer Bay, WA - Holy Cross Catholic & Anglican
Address: 11 Mary Street, , Bremer Bay Western Australia, 6338
In 1849 the Western Australian Surveyor General, John Septimus Roe, named the tiny port after Sir James John Gordon Bremer, the captain of the HMS Tamar. Roe had served under Bremer from 1824-1827.
Bridgewater on Loddon, VIC - St Peter's Catholic
Year Built: 1926
Address: 50 Eldon Street, , Bridgewater on Loddon Victoria, 3516
A Foundation stone read, "A.M.D.G. This stone was laid by the Right Rev John McCarthy DD Bishop of Sandhurst on the 17th Jan 1926 Rev J Duggan Pastor".
Bridgewater, SA - St Matthew's Catholic
Year Built: 1966
Address: 1 Wembley Avenue, , Bridgewater South Australia, 5155
The Foundation stone was laid on 27 March 1966 by the most Reverend J.W. Gleeson C.M.G. Co Adjutor Archbishop of Adelaide.
Bright, VIC - Our Lady of the Snows Catholic
Year Built: 1966
Address: Coronation Avenue, , Bright Victoria, 3741
A Foundation stone reads, " Our Lady of the Snows, This Church was consecrated by The Most Rev Francis Thomas DD BA DOEC Bishop of Geraldton W.A. on the 1st May 1966 in the presence of The Most Rev Bernard D. Stewart DD LLB Bishop of Sandhurst Rev B.A. Thomas P.P.".
Brighton, SA - St Joseph's Catholic
Year Built: 1964
Address: Strathmore Terrace, , Brighton South Australia, 5048
The Foundation stone was laid on 22 November 1964 by the Right Reverend W.J. Russell V.G.
Brighton, VIC - St Joan of Arch Catholic
Year Built: 1938
Address: 118 New Street, , Brighton Victoria, 3186
The Foundation stone was laid on 13 November 1938 by the Most Reverend D Mannix D.D. Archbishop of Melbourne. The Architect was P.J. O'Connor.
Brisbane, QLD - St Stephen's Catholic Cathedral
Address: 249 Elizabeth Street, , Brisbane Queensland, 4000
Work began on the little stone church in November 1848, using a design of Gothic revival architect, AWN Pugin. The first St Patrick’s Church in Fortitude Valley was a wooden structure built around 1860 with a frontage in Wickham Street, opposite where Duncan Street now adjoins it. The Church Cathedral is a gothic revival cathedral…
Broome, WA - Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic
Year Built: 1963
Address: 34 Weld Street, , Broome Western Australia, 6725
The Church was blessed and dedicated on 8 September 1963 by the Most Reverend John Jobst Vicar of the Kimberley.
Broomehill, WA - Our Lady of Fatima Catholic
Address: Ivy Street, , Broomehill Western Australia, 6318
Brunswick North, VIC - St Margaret Mary's Catholic
Year Built: 1920
Address: 51 Mitchell Street, , Brunswick North Victoria, 3056
St Margaret Mary's was originally part of the parish of St Ambrose in Brunswick. It was first known as St Matthew's and was established in 1913. The original St Matthew's church, built the previous year, served as a church, school and hall. A Foundation stone reads, " A.O.D.G. To the worship of God under the invocation of Saint…
Bulleen, VIC - St Clement of Rome Catholic
Year Built: 1962
Address: Egan Drive, , Bulleen Victoria, 3105
Construction of the present church commenced in 1962.
Bundaberg, QLD - Holy Rosary Catholic
Year Built: 1888
Address: 22 Barolin Street, , Bundaberg Queensland, 4670
The first original timber church still stands in the Bundaberg Catholic Cemetery. The proprietor then was Walter Adams, Bundaberg’s first member to the Queensland Legislative Assembly. In 1876 the Sisters of Saint Joseph, founded by Saint Mary MacKillop, arrived in Bundaberg ahead of Father Rossolini who moved his residence from Mt…
Bungalow, NSW - St Kevin's Catholic
Year Built: 1935
Address: 1 Deacon Street, , Bangalow New South Wales, 2479
A Foundation stone reads, "D O M This foundation stone of St Kevin's Church was laid in 20th January 1935 by the Most Rev John Carroll D.D. Bishop of Lismore Ven Archdeacon Scott PP". A plaque on a rock at the steps to the Church reads, "Church of St Kevins Bangalow Blessed by Bishop P Farrelly 16th June 1935. Archdeacon B Scott PP.…
Bungaree, VIC - St Michael's Catholic
Year Built: 1910
Address: 184 Bungaree Wallace Road, , Bungaree Victoria, 3352
The Parish was established in 1890. A few years before in 1878 Dean Moore purchased a block of land for a church and school. This land now holds the Bungaree hall and some adjoining houses. The first recorded baptism in Bungaree was that of Ellena Rice performed by Fr J Cleary on 31 August 1890. When Fr Linane retired in 1965 Fr…
Bungendore, NSW - St Mary's Catholic
Address: Turallo Terrace, , Bungendore New South Wales, 2621
Burleigh Heads, QLD - Infant Saviour Catholic
Address: 4 Park Avenue, , Burleigh Heads Queensland, 4220
Burleigh Waters, QLD - Mary Mother of Mercy Catholic
Address: 237 Burleigh Connection Road, , Burleigh Waters Queensland, 4220