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Saint: Paul
Arthur River, WA - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1884
Address: 16882 Albany Highway, , Arthur River Western Australia, 6315
The Taylor family donated the land for the church and £50 towards its construction. Construction commenced in 1882 and was completed n 1884. Construction was by FE Smith and AG Horley. Made of stone with wooden floorboards and a shingle roof. The floorboards came from the sawpits near Dardaline.
Ashgrove, QLD - St Paul's Anglican
Address: 286 Waterworks Road, , Ashgrove Queensland, 4060
Ballarat, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1864
Address: Humffray South Street Bakery Hill, , Ballarat Victoria, 3350
St Paul's is closely associated with the early Ballarat goldfields and mining at Bakery Hill. It features a plain exterior that hides an unusual internal structural timber post and truss system, extensive and intact 1860s stencilled decoration, and a magnificent and very early stained glass window. The congregation of St Paul's was…
Barmedman, NSW - St Paul's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1926
Address: Main Street, , Barmedman New South Wales, 2668
The first St Paul's Presbyterian Church Barmedman was a timber structure which was used from late 1890. The present brick structure was opened in March 1927. The Foundation stone was laid on 20 October 1926 by John Stewart.
Bendigo, VIC - St Paul's Anglican Cathedral
Year Built: 1873
Address: Myer's Street, , Bendigo Victoria, 3550
The cathedral was designed by the architect Robert A. Love. The nave was dedicated in November 1868, the bell tower in 1873 and the chancel and transepts in 1927. Originally a parish church, St Paul's became the diocese's cathedral in 1981. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings in an early Gothic style and is…
Birchip, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1988
Address: 1 Rundle Street, , Birchip Victoria, 3483
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this Anglican church of St Paul the Apostle was consecrated on 2nd October 1988 by the Rt Revd O.S. Heywood M.A. Bishop of Bendigo (Foundations were blessed on 8th November 1987) This building replaces the original which was dedicated 28 July 1896 by th RT Revd H.E. Cooper M.A. Assistant…
Boronia, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1971
Address: Corner Dorset Road & William Street, , Boronia Victoria, 3155
In 1923 the Boronia parish was part of the Ferntree Gully District. By 1937 the Ferntree Gully district was split into two. St Paul's remained part of this District.* In 1938 services were held in the Progress Hall by Reverend Brown. It seems they held services in a hall in Whitehorse Raod Ringwood which they later purchased for 25.00…
Camden, NSW - St Paul's Catholic
Address: 33 John Street, , Camden New South Wales, 2570
The Church was established in 1859 when the great Archbishop Polding was still in office as Archbishop of Sydney and the indomitable pioneer priest of the Australian Church, Father John Joseph Therry, who had certainly proclaimed the Word of God in the Camden area, was approaching the end of his days as Parish Priest of Balmain. Early…
Camperdown, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1863
Address: Corner Church & Fergusson Streets, , Camperdown Victoria, 3260
The building of St Paul's Parish Church commenced in 1863 with substantial contributions from families whose descendants still worship in the parish. With local tradesmen directing the stonework and carpentry, both the church and the vicarage were completed within four months. The Church was built in three stages with chancel and…
Canterbury, NSW - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1858
Address: Church Street, , Canterbury New South Wales, 2193
Built on part of Robert Campbell's Canterbury estate on land donated by his daughter Sophia Ives Campbell. The Church was designed by Edmund Blacket. Built from local sandstone it was completed between 1858 and 1859 and consecrated on 12 April 1860. Of Gothic Revival Church style with steeply pitched roof which was originally covered…
Carisbrook, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1864
Address: 4 Urquhart Street, , Carisbrook Victoria, 3464
Anglican services were first held in Carisbrook in 1851. In 1854 church services and a school were conducted in the Parish Hall. In 1864 - 1866 the present blue stone church was erected. The interior was renovated in 1966 and the vestry was added in 1972. On October 2015 St Paul’s Carisbrook was deconsecrated as a place of worship,…
Chiltern, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1870
Address: Albert Road, , Chiltern Victoria, 3683
During 1869 services were held in the Old Fellows hall. Erected over a period between 1870 and 1875, the design was adapted from a church in Ireland. Construction was by James Fitzpatrick. The Foundation stone was laid on 25 April 1870 by Sir William Foster Stawell Chief Justice of the Colony of Victoria. The architects were Pickersgill…
Clare, SA - St Paul's Lutheran
Year Built: 1947
Address: 5 Sabine Street, , Clare South Australia, 5453
On January 1, 1947 members of the UECLA living in the Clare district met in the home of Mr W.B. Wundke to discuss the formation of a Lutheran Church in Clare A building committee was formed in 1948 and plans for the church were already prepared by August of that year. The first sod was turned on 31 May 1951 with the Foundation stone being…
Coogee, NSW - St Paul's Anglican
Address: 5 Gregory Street, , South Coogee New South Wales, 2034
Corowa, NSW - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1883
Address: Federation Avenue, , Corowa New South Wales, 2646
The Church was built at Corowa on land donated by John Foord. The Church was opened in November 1883. The architects were Gordon and Gordon, of Albury and Corowa. Constructed in red brick, the building is designed in a Gothic style.
Culcairn, NSW - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1914
Address: Corner Balfour & Fraser Streets, , Culcairn New South Wales, 2660
The Foundation stone was laid by the right Reverend E.A. Anderson D.D. Bishop of the Riverina on 27 September 1914.
Darlington Point, NSW - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1923
Address: Carrington Street, , Darlington Point New South Wales, 2027
The Foundation stone was laid on 15 August 1923 by Ernest Augustus Anderson Bishop of Riverena.
Deans Marsh, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Address: Deans Marsh Road, , Deans Marsh Victoria, 3235
By 1883 the construction of a church on land donated by Robert Bell was underway. The builders were Thomas Hunt and John Anderson and the church was opened on 27 January 1884 and dedicated to St Paul by the Reverend W.E. Mantell. For the first twenty one years Readers in Charge conducted regular services under the Archdeacon of…
Dulwich Hill, NSW - St Paul of the Cross Catholic
Year Built: 1907
Address: New Canterbury Road, , Dulwich Hill New South Wales, 2203
In 1906 locals petitioned Cardinal Moran, the Archbishop of Sydney, to have their own church in the area. Approval was given and a block of land was purchased on New Canterbury Road in 1907. The Foundation stone was laid in April 1907 by Cardinal Moran Archbishop of Sydney and the church was completed in 1908. Today this is the parish…
East Devonport, VIC _ St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1879
Address: 15 Thomas Street, , East Devonport Tasmania, 7319
The Church was built between 1876-79 at a cost of £425 to the design of architect William Gadsby. It was opened in July 1879. A Foundation stone reads, " The Foundation stone reads thus, Church of St Paul foundation stone laid 13th December 1876 Consecrated March 1882 Rev G.F. (?Archer) Incumbent". An arson attack occurred in 2001…
Eildon, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Address: Corner High & Centre Streets, , Eildon Victoria, 3713
Enfield, SA - St Paul's Lutheran
Address: 44 Audrey Avenue, , Enfield South Australia, 5085
Euroa, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1884
Address: Clifton Street, , Euroa Victoria, 3666
The first Church of England service in Euroa was held in early 1854 by Reverend William Singleton who was currently stationed at Kilmore. By 1857 services were held in the Church of England school room which today is the Rectory kitchen. Built by the Brewer Brother's it was completed in 1884 at a cost of 800 and this part of the church…
Frankston, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1887
Address: Corner Bay & High Streets, , Frankston Victoria, 3199
The site was the location of the first church in Frankston in 1854. The foundation stone for a Church building was laid on 2nd February 1875 by Miss A.M. Baxter but the Church was not completed until 5th February 1887.
Geelong, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1851
Address: 194 LaTrobe Terrace, , Geelong Victoria, 3220
The Church was opened on 15 December 1935 by his Grace the most Reverend Daniel Mannix Archbishop of Melbourne. Click on this link for the full history of the church.
Gisborne, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1951
Address: Corner Fisher & Brantome Streets, , Gisborne Victoria, 3437
Founded in 1855. A foundation stone was laid on 21 October 1951 by his Honour Leut General Sir E. F. Herring Chief Justice of Victoria. The Foundation stone has a stone from Canterbury Cathedral inlaid into it. The last service in the old Church was held on 7 February 1949 and they continued in the Masonic Hall until the new Church was…
Griffith, NSW - St Paul's Lutheran
Address: 47 Sanders Street, , Griffith New South Wales, 2680
Grovedale, VIC - St Paul's Lutheran
Year Built: 1849
Address: Torquay Road, , Grovedale Victoria, 3216
The beginnings of this church go back to 1849 when five families were brought out to Geelong by the local Geelong Mayor Dr Thomson. The first church was in Church Street. The first service was held on 24 June 1854. Grovedale was called Germantown at the time but this changed in 1915. A Manse was built in 1855. In the following years…
Hahndorf, SA - St Paul's Lutheran
Year Built: 1859
Address: 10 Main Street, , Hahndorf South Australia, 5245
In 1838 a ship called the "Prince George" sailing from Tschichnrzig, not far from Zueaichau, between Brandenburg and Siiesia (Schleswig) in Germany, and berthed at Plymouth Sound, England, on its way to Australia. Here a pastor August Kavel joined the ship. It was this Pastor who was the founder of the congregation of St. Paul's,…
Haigslea, QLD - St Paul's Lutheran
Address: Haigslea Lawn Cemetery Road, , Haigslea Queensland, 4306
The Church was opened in April 1924 with 300 attending. The Church was dedicated by Pastor C. Gaustadt on 9 July 1873. A manse was erected beside the church in 1874 and a new manse was built in 1895 which was subsequently moved to Marburg in 1904. The church building was destroyed by a cyclone on 17 November 1923. A replacement church…
Henty, NSW - St Paul's Lutheran
Year Built: 1963
Address: Corner Comer & Lyne Street, , Henty New South Wales, 2658
The Foundation stone was laid on 12 May 1963.
Holbrook, NSW - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1887
Address: Young Street, , Holbrook New South Wales, 2644
Original built in 1887 the church was opened in 1887. A Sanctuary was added in 1967. Other alterations took place in 1958 and 1964. The Rev. Julius Scott took charge early in 1884, and appears to have been the first occupant of the Parsonage. He must have been a capable man and of strong personality, for it was he who had largely…
Inverleigh, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Address: 23 - 41 High Street, , Inverleigh Victoria, 3321
A Foundation stone reads 1858 however it was re laid on 16 July 1889 by Mrs Moriarty. One of the few and earliest church building complexes in the Golden Plains Shire, comprising a distinctive and predominantly intact Victorian Early English Gothic styled church building, moderately intact Victorian styled Vicarage and rudimentary…
Ipswich, QLD - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1859
Address: 124 Brisbane Street, , Ipswich Queensland, 4305
St. Paul’s Church of England was originally constructed in 1859, when Ipswich was still part of New South Wales. The revival gothic building is believed to have been designed by Edmund Blacket with the construction supervised by William Wakeling. The first Church of England services in Ipswich were said to have been conducted in…
Junee, NSW - St Paul's Uniting
Year Built: 1904
Address: Corner Dalley & Stewart Streets, , Junee New South Wales, 2663
The original foundation stone was laid on 2 August 1904 by P Boynton Esq. A subsequent foundation stone was laid on 17 December 1955 by Reverend W.J. Hobbin. Constructed as St Paul's Methodist Church in 1904 and this replaced the old wooden Church on the site. This structure was re-erected on the site behind the new church, facing…