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Leeton, NSW - St Peter's Anglican

Leeton, NSW - St Peter's Anglican

Year Built: 1973

Address: Corner Church & Oak Streets, , Leeton New South Wales, 2705

The first Church was opened in 1915. Its foundation stone was laid in 1913 and was constructed of sun dired mud bricks. The Foundation stone of the next Church was laid on 3 March 1973 by the Right Reverend B.R. Hunter Bishop of Riverena.

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Leongatha, VIC - St Peter's Anglican

Leongatha, VIC - St Peter's Anglican

Address: Corner Bruce & McCartin Streets, , Leongatha Victoria, 3953

It seems that the town of Leongatha had its beginnings just before the south Gippsland railway line reached that area in 1892. The first Church of England service in Leongatha was held in the home of Miss Shingler on 25 February 1890. It was conducted by Archdeacon Henry Langley and the Reverend C.J. Chambers from Foster.

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Linton, VIC - St Peter's Catholic

Linton, VIC - St Peter's Catholic

Address: Cumberland Street, , Linton Victoria, 3360

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Loxton, SA - St Peter's Lutheran

Loxton, SA - St Peter's Lutheran

Year Built: 1925

Address: 1B Falcon Ave,, , Loxton South Australia, 5031

The Church was first set up in 1897 by E.J.P. Kaesler before the town of Loxton was formally planned. It originally met for worship in the houses of John Drabsch of Loxton and A Stanitzki of Bookpurnong. In 1904, a stone church measuring 40ft x 20ft x 14ft (12.2m x 6.1m x 4.27m) at a cost of 180.00 having a seating capacity of 150 was…

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Mirian Vale, QLD - St Peter Chanel Catholic

Mirian Vale, QLD - St Peter Chanel Catholic

Address: 40 Roe Street, , Mirian Vale Queensland, 4677

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Moonbi, NSW - St Peter's Anglican

Moonbi, NSW - St Peter's Anglican

Address: 35 New England Highway, , Moonbi New South Wales, 2353

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Moorook, SA - St Peter's Lutheran

Moorook, SA - St Peter's Lutheran

Address: Gogel Road, , Moorook South Australia, 5332

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Mooroolbark, VIC - St Peter Julian Eymard Catholic

Mooroolbark, VIC - St Peter Julian Eymard Catholic

Address: 234 Hull Road, , Mooroolbark Victoria, 3138

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Morgan, SA - St Peter's Anglican

Morgan, SA - St Peter's Anglican

Year Built: 1894

Address: Fourth Street, , Morgan South Australia, 5320

The Church was founded in 1894 and was dedicated on June 15 of the same year.

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Mornington, VIC - St Peter's Anglican

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…

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Morwell, VIC - St Peter's Lutheran
Murrayville, VIC - St Peter's Lutheran

Murrayville, VIC - St Peter's Lutheran

Address: 9 Murrayville - Nhill Road , , Murrayville Victoria, 3512

The Church was erected in 1923 and constructed of limestone with brick quoins. Initially the Lutherans worshipped in a local house as early as 1910 or they journeyed to the Lutheran Church in Pinnaroo.

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Nana Glen, NSW - St Peter's Anglican (Former)

Nana Glen, NSW - St Peter's Anglican (Former)

Address: 47 Grafton Street, , Nan Glen New South Wales, 2450

The Church is now in private hands.

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New Norfolk, TAS - St Peter's Catholic

New Norfolk, TAS - St Peter's Catholic

Year Built: 1887

Address: 2 Hillside Crescent, , New Norfolk Tasmania, 7140

Archbishop Willson's first efforts to obtain priestly ministration for the Norfolk district dated from June 19, 1850, when he suggested to the Comptroller-General of convicts that Fr. Woolfrey or one of the chaplains employed in the convict department, be placed at New Norfolk to itinerate for the spiritual care of pass-holders and…

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Nimmitabel, NSW - St Peter's Anglican

Nimmitabel, NSW - St Peter's Anglican

Address: 23 Kirke Street, , Nimmitabel New South Wales, 2631

A plaque on the Church wall reads, " To the Glory of God St Peter's Church Nimmitabel was consecrated at the 125th anniversary service 19th October, 2003 by the Rt Rev'd George Browning ,Peter Haylock, Gaile Fitzgerald, Leon Weston, wardens Rev'd Kevin Stone, Rector".

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Normanville, SA - St Peter's Catholic

Normanville, SA - St Peter's Catholic

Year Built: 1858

Address: Willis Drive, , Normanville South Australia, 5204

Established in 1858. The Bishop of Adelaide, Bishop Murphy, in 1856 he and the other trustee priests Frs Ryan, Smyth and Fallon, purchased from Richard Connor, 'two acres more or less', being part of Section 1007, for £5 for the purposes of building a church. The church was dedicated on 1 January 1858 by Father Peter Hughes.

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North Adelaide, SA - St Peter's Cathedral Anglican

North Adelaide, SA - St Peter's Cathedral Anglican

Year Built: 1869

Address: King William Street, , North Adelaide South Australia, 5006

The first bishop of Adelaide, Augustus Short, brought with him in 1848, plans for a Cathedral. The plans had been drawn up by English architect William Butterfield and is in the Gothic Revival style. The Foundation stone was laid on 13 July 1869 by Bishop Short, the first Bishop of Adelaide. Designed by Butterfield but plans modified…

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Oatlands, TAS - St Peter's Anglican

Oatlands, TAS - St Peter's Anglican

Year Built: 1844

Address: Williams Street, , Oatlands Tasmania, 7120

At first services were held in the police barracks, then in a small stone and clay chapel. The stone church designed by John Lee Archer was begun in 1838 and the official opening service and dedication by Bishop Nixon was in 1844, though the church was used prior to that date. It was licenced in December 1846. In 1958 the church was…

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Ocean Grove, VIC - St Peter's Anglican

Ocean Grove, VIC - St Peter's Anglican

Year Built: 1896

Address: Draper Street, , Ocean Grove Victoria, 3226

The Foundation stone was laid on 8 May 1960 by General, the Honourable Sir Edmund Herring Governor and Chief Justice of Victoria. The first Church of St. Peter's was opened on 12 January 1896.

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Palmyra, WA - St Peter's Anglican

Palmyra, WA - St Peter's Anglican

Address: 2 Hammad Street, , Palmyra Western Australia, 6157

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Pambula, NSW - St Peter's Catholic

Pambula, NSW - St Peter's Catholic

Year Built: 1867

Address: 16 Monaro Street, , Pambula New South Wales, 2549

The first Catholic church was of slab construction near the bridge at Pambula. It was destroyed by huge floods in the early 1850's. A second timber church was built opposite Pambula Court House but was burnt down in the 1862 town fires. The present church was built in 1867. During the 1990's parishioners raised money by cutting…

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Paynesville, VIC - St Peter's by the Lake Anglican

Paynesville, VIC - St Peter's by the Lake Anglican

Address: 35 Newlands Drive, , Paynesville Victoria, 3880

The land upon which the Church of Peter-by-the Lake is built, was a grant from the Crown to th Church of England Trusts Corporation, for the Diocese Melbourne, on December 15, 1892. At the time Anglican services being held in the Methodist Church. When Reverend G.F.D. Smith, (who later became Canon of the Diocese of Gippslan( was…

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Pearcedale, VIC - St Peter's Anglican

Pearcedale, VIC - St Peter's Anglican

Address: Corner Pearcedale & Baxter Tooradin Roads, , Pearcedale Victoria, 3912

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Pittsworth, QLD - St Peter's Lutheran

Pittsworth, QLD - St Peter's Lutheran

Address: 31 Hadley Street, , Pittsworth Queensland, 4356

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Robinvale, VIC - St Peter's Anglican

Robinvale, VIC - St Peter's Anglican

Address: Bromley Road, , Robinvale Victoria, 3549

The Church was dedicated on Sunday 16 August 1936 by Bishop Melville Charles James

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Sandy Bay, TAS - St Peter's Anglican

Sandy Bay, TAS - St Peter's Anglican

Year Built: 1918

Address: Corner Lord & Grosvenor Streets, , Sandy Bay Tasmania, 7005

Services were first held in a school room and in St Mattias' Church (now a Baptist church). In 1917 the old Mariners Church of 1862 on the wharfwas pulled down. The stone and bricks costing 50 were brough by Mr ans Mrs Edward Pearce and were given for St Peter's which was erected in 1918 in memory of their son Clyde who was killed in…

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South Hobart, TAS - St Peter's Lutheran

South Hobart, TAS - St Peter's Lutheran

Year Built: 1870

Address: 207 Davey Street, , Hobart Tasmania, 7000

Formerly a Wesleyan Methodist Church. St. Peter's Lutheran Church (SPLC) is now located in Warrane, Tasmania. The church stands on the site of an 1838 Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School, one of about eight Methodist Sunday Schools in Hobart alone. Construction was by John Anderson. The Superintendent of Works was former convict Edward…

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South Tamworth, NSW - St Peter's Anglican

South Tamworth, NSW - St Peter's Anglican

Address: 66 Kathleen Street, , South Tamworth New South Wales,

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Southport-QLD, St Peter's Anglican

Southport-QLD, St Peter's Anglican

Address: 83 Nerang Street, , Southport , 4215

The Parish of St Peter’s, Southport had its formal beginnings as a new parish in 1886. The Church was built in 1959 and dedicated on 26 June 1960. Built as a Memorial Church to the fallen in World War II and all those who had gone before as pioneers in earlier generations. A Foundation stone reads, " A.M.D.C. This stone was laid on the…

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Springsure, QLD - St Peter's Anglican

Springsure, QLD - St Peter's Anglican

Address: Gap Street, , Springsure Queensland, 4722

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St Leonards, TAS - St Peter's Anglican

St Leonards, TAS - St Peter's Anglican

Year Built: 1869

Address: 313 St Leaonards Road , , St Leonards Tasmania, 7250

The first parish church, dedicated to St. Peter, was opened for service on April 18, 1847. The foundation stone having been laid by Archdeacon Marriott on December 9, 1846. The site was then in the middle of the sprawling "Mount Esk Estate (now Nazareth House). This advertisement appeared in "The Examiner" the following week: "Saint…

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Stawell, VIC - St Peter's Lutheran

Stawell, VIC - St Peter's Lutheran

Year Built: 1874

Address: 32 Scallon Street, , Stawell Victoria, 3380

This Church was built as the Congregational Church in 1874 to the design of the Reverend J.G. Wilson. Two groups of Congregational Church were in Stawell in the 1860's the English and the Welsh Independents. They came together a few years after, and on 13 September 1874 this substantial Church was opened. It accommodated 250 people…

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Surry Hills, NSW - St Peter's Catholic

Surry Hills, NSW - St Peter's Catholic

Address: 235 Devonshire Street, , Surry Hills New South Wales, 2010

The Catholic Church and parish of St Peter’s Surry Hills was established in 1880. It arose out of the need to serve a very densely settled and highly Catholic Surry Hills, which had a strong Irish population. On the 19th of September 1880, Archbishop Vaughan laid the foundation stone.

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Sutton, NSW - St Peter's Anglican

Sutton, NSW - St Peter's Anglican

Year Built: 1925

Address: Camp Street, , Sutton New South Wales, 2620

The Foundation stone was laid in September 1925 by Reverend A.H. Champion.

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Tocumwal, NSW - St Peter's Catholic

Tocumwal, NSW - St Peter's Catholic

Address: Charlotte Street, , Tocumwal New South Wales, 2717

A Foundation stone reads, " A.D. 4th May 1890".

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Toorak, VIC - St Peter's Catholic

Toorak, VIC - St Peter's Catholic

Address: 581 Toorak Road, , Toorak Victoria, 3142

The foundation stone of the present church was laid on 17 December 1933. The architect was O.H. Jorgensen. A Foundation stone reads, " His Grace Archbishop Simonds blessed this stone 27th June 1965".

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Victoria Park, WA - St Peter's Anglican

Victoria Park, WA - St Peter's Anglican

Address: 15 Leonard Street, , Victoria Park Western Australia, 6100

The Foundation stone was laid on 3 March 1935.

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Warwick, QLD - St Peter's Lutheran

Warwick, QLD - St Peter's Lutheran

Address: 1 Albert Street, , Warwick Queensland, 4370

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Wayville, SA - St Peter's Latvian Lutheran

Wayville, SA - St Peter's Latvian Lutheran

Address: Rose Terrace, , Wayville South Australia, 534

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Wedderburn, VIC - St Peter's Catholic

Wedderburn, VIC - St Peter's Catholic

Address: Chapel Street, , Wedderburn Victoria, 3518

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