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Bentleigh, VIC - St John's Anglican
Address: Corner Tucker & Centre Roads, , Bentleigh Victoria, 3204
Brisbane, QLD - St John's Anglican Cathedral
Year Built: 1909
Address: 373 Ann Stret, , Brisbane Queensland, 4000
St John's Cathedral is unique in Australia as the completion of the building design was achieved through collaboration between clergy, stonemasons and architects over a period of almost 100 years, as with Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals in the Middle Ages and, more recently, 20th-century cathedrals such as Liverpool Cathedral in England.…
Footscray, VIC - Baptist
Year Built: 1904
Address: 60 Paisley Street, , Footscray Victoria, 3011
A Foundation stone reads, " This memorial stone was laid by Rev S Pearce Carey M.A.. President of the Baptist Union of Victoria Aug 6th 1904". Another Foundation stone reads, " This memorial stone was laid by Mrs Westmore G Stephens Aug 6th 1904 - McKellar Architect - A Parker Contractor".
Forrest, ACT - St Christopher's Catholic Cathedral
Address: Franklin Street, , Forrest Australian Capital Territory, 2603
The Cathedral is a Romanesque style building made of brick. The Romanesque wall arches and window jambs are all formed of cream, rounded moulded bricks, as are the door architraves. Its south-east front is symmetrical, dominated by a large rose window above a decorative arched entrance in synthetic stone. Large recessed wall arches in…
Grafton, NSW - Christ Anglican Cathedral
Address: Duke Street, , Grafton New South Wales, 2460
The cathedral was designed by John Horbury Hunt and built from 1874 to 1884 by Reynold Brothers (brickwork) and G. J. T. Lawson (woodwork). Of Gothic architectural style the cathedral is built of local salmon-pink bricks, mainly in English bond. It consists of an eight bay nave, sanctuary, side aisles, a side chapel, a baptistry, clergy…
Lithgow, NSW - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1924
Address: Railway Parade, , Lithgow New South Wales, 2790
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this stone was laid by the Right Reverend C.M. Long D.D. Bishop of Bathurst November 1st 1924".
Malvern, VIC - St Joseph's Catholic
Year Built: 1908
Address: 47 Stanhope Street, , Malvern Victoria, 3144
The Very Rev. Father (afterwards Dean) Hegarty, parish priest of St. Kilda celebrated the first public Mass for the Catholics of Malvern in the new Malvern Town Hall on the third Sunday of September 1888. An earlier Mass had been said on the 3rd February 1888 at the recently established Convent of the Sacred Heart in Burke Road. In 1889,…
Mont Albert North, VIC - St Augustine's Anglican
Address: Corner Bundora & Rostrevor Parade, , Mont Albert North Victoria, 3129
Mornington, VIC - St Peter's Anglican
Year Built: 1861
Address: Queen Street, , Mornington Victoria, 3931
St Peter's Church of England, (Anglican) Queen Street, Mornington, is a brick Church designed by architect Leonard Terry and built in stages commencing in 1861. The Church was opened on 19 May 1861. Later extensions include remainder of the nave, chancel, sanctuary and distinctive porch, which may have been built 1863 and much altered or…
St Lucia, QLD - Christ Church Anglican
Year Built: 1962
Address: 3 Baty Street, , St Lucia Queensland, 4067
The Church was constructed in 1962. The side walls of the church are of a concertina form, blades of brick along the line of the building with short window walls across the line of the building, the glass facing the western front. The window walls are trimmed in light coloured bricks and provide light and ventilation to the interior, as…
Sydney, NSW - Scot's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1824
Address: 44 Margaret Street, , Sydney New South Wales, 2000
The Church was founded in the 1820's by the Reverend John Dunmore Lang and is the oldest Presbyterian Church in Australia. The foundation stone for the original church was laid by Governor Brisbane on 1st July 1824. A stone church, with a plain tower, seating 1000 people, was opened on 16th July 1826. The actual cost was 3000 and it…
Toowoomba, QLD - St Luke's Anglican
Address: Corner Ruthven & Herries Streets, , Toowoomba Queensland, 4350
A small school room was first erected on the site in 1857. In the 1860s, a fund was begun to finance a new and more substantial Church. Land situated near the new railway station was offered by the Honourable James Taylor and it was decided to use this land to erect the new Church, which was dedicated to St James in 1869. In 1894 plans…
Torquay, VIC - Uniting
Address: 28 Anderson Street, , Torquay Victoria, 3228
Formerly a Presbyterian church. In 1900 a building at New Manners Steightz was disassembled and moved to Torquay and re-erected and opened for services in April 1900. The church measured 23ft by 19ft with a porch measuring 7ft by 6ft. In September 1925 plans for a new church and Sunday school designed by Laird and Buchan of Geelong…
Warrnambool, VIC - Uniting
Address: 96 Koroit Street, , Warrnambool Victoria, 3280
Originally a Methodist Church.