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Balmain, NSW, St Andrews Congregational
Year Built: 1854
Address: 217 - 233 Darling Street, , Balmain New South Wales, 2041
The foundation stone was laid on 3 August 1854. The architects were Messrs Goold and Field. The Church building is an example of early sandstone Gothic Revival style constructed in 1854-55. It consists of nave with tower, two vestries. Diagonal buttresses clasp the tower and articulate the nave walls. Windows of two lights under…
Campbell Town, TAS - St Luke's Anglican
Year Built: 1835
Address: 70 National Highway, , Campbell Town Tasmania, 7210
From a plaque at the front of the church reads, "John Lee Archer the Civil Engineer under Governor Arthur had the plans drawn up for this church and the foundation stone was laid in 1835. It was then discovered that part of the base had been laid down with no foundations and a new contractor was called to complete the building which was…
Deloriane, TAS - St Mark's Anglican
Year Built: 1859
Address: 7 E Westbury Place, , Deloraine Tasmania, 7304
The foundation stone was laid by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese in 1856, but, from various causes incidental to a new country, the work was delayed much longer than Was at first anticipated. The exterior, however, is completed and interior in such a state of forwardness that it is expected it would be ready for opening about Christmas.…
Denman, NSW - St Matthias Anglican
Year Built: 1875
Address: 50 Palace Street, , Denman New South Wales, 2328
A Foundation stone reads, " A.M.D.G. This Centenary stone was blessed on 2-11-1975 by Ian Ninth Bishop of Newcastle to commemorate the consecration of this Church 4-11-1875 and the formation of the Parish of Denman 1-1-1876 J.H. West Th L Rector".
Evandale, TAS - St Andrew's Anglican
Year Built: 1871
Address: 6 High Street, , Evandale Tasmania, 7212
The earliest services were held in a barn and the first schoolroom chapel of brick was built in 1837. in 1931 the Bishop's charge notes Evandale was given the old St. David's font, which was made at Port Arthur. The second church was begun in 1841 and dedicated in April 1844. It was pulled down in 1871. The third and present church…
Hagley, TAS - St Mary's Anglican
Year Built: 1862
Address: Church Lane, , Hagley Tasmania, 7292
St Mary's Anglican Church is a bluestone Gothic Revival building that opened for services in 1862. The lands and a significant part of the church's funds were donated by Sir Richard Dry and later by his wife in her will.. Anglican services were first held in Hagley in a small brick church in the village which was the combined gift of…
Kangaroo Valley, NSW - Church of the Good Shepherd Anglican
Year Built: 1872
Address: 145 Moss Vale Road, , Kangaroo Valley New South Wales, 2577
Designed by John Horbury Hunt and built by John Tanner under the patronage of Isabel Osborne, in 1872. Constructed of brick and local sandstone, the Norman designed building had a thatched roof, which was replaced by shingles and then tiles. This was John Horbury Hunts’ first work and bears all of the structural honesty for which he was…
Reid, ACT - Korean Uniting
Address: 56 Coranderrk Street, , Reid Australian Capital Territory, 2612
The Church was opened by Rev John Wheen President General on 8 October 1927 and was the first Methodist church built in the Capital. The church, in red brick, was opened on 8/9 October, 1927, and four extensions have been added since, all in sympathetic style. The Architect appointed from Sydney was Mr JCR Mills of Concord. The…
Rockhampton, QLD - St Paul's Anglican
Address: 75 William Street, , Rockhampton Queensland, 4700
The original building was of wood and was situated about where the present bell-tower stands. It was used by Anglicans and Presbyterians and was available to other protestant denominations. The present building was described, during its construction, in 1881, as having a "... uniformity of decoration ..." and that, as a result, "... no…
South Brisbane, QLD - St Andrew's Anglican
Anglican services in South Brisbane were first conducted in St Thomas' Church, built in the 1850s on land granted in 1849 between Grey, Melbourne and Stanley Streets. The Church was constructed in several stages: 1878-1883, 1887, and 1931-1932, as funds became progressively available. The first Anglican church in South Brisbane, St…
Sydney, NSW - St Philip's Anglican
Year Built: 1848
Address: 3 York Street, , Sydney New South Wales, 2000
The original church was located in Lang Park across the road from the present church. No information available. The foundation stone of the current church was laid on 1 May 1848, by the Rector, Reverend William Cowper. In the Gothic Perpendicular style architectural style the church was designed by Edmund Blacket and cost £16,000. It…
Tamworth, NSW - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1881
Address: 102 Cathage Street, , Tamworth New South Wales, 2340
The Church was opened by Bishop James Turner, the Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, on Sunday 13 February 1881.
Wollongong, NSW - St Michael's Anglican
Year Built: 1859
Address: 75 Church Street, , Wollongong New South Wales, 2500
The Church was designed by Edmund Blacket and built from 1858 to 1859. The Church Hall was built on the corner of the site in 1908. In 1967 some significant work was carried out to the church buildings. Funded by the lease of the service station, the most obvious change was the blonde brick kindergarten extension to the 1925 hall,…