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State: South Australia
Aberfoyle Park, SA - Baptist
Address: 70 Manning Road, , Aberfoyle Park South Australia, 5159
Aberfoyle Park, SA - Happy Valley Church of Christ
Address: 179 Hub Drive, , Aberfoyle Park South Australia, 5159
Aberfoyle Park, SA - Our Saviour Lutheran
Address: 32 Taylors Road West, , Aberfoyle Park South Australia , 5159
A wall plaque reads, " Christ Jesus came into the World to save sinners 1. TIM 1;15 14th Nov 1982".
Aberfoyle Park, SA - St Aidan's Anglican
Address: 14 Homestead Drive, , Aberfoyle Park South Australia, 5159
Aberfoyle Park, SA - Uniting
Address: 42 Sunnymead Drive, , Aberfoyle Park South Australia, 5159
Adelaide, SA - Baptist
Year Built: 1863
Address: 65 Flinders Street, Adelaide, South Australia , 5000
A Foundation stone was laid by Rev Isaac New on 18 December 1861. Robert G. Thomas, the architect who would later be responsible for the Stow Memorial Church (now Pilgrim Uniting Church), was selected to design the building, which is of Gothic revival style in bluestone and sandstone with elaborate capitals on the columns, a rose…
Adelaide, SA - Bethlehem Lutheran
Year Built: 1872
Address: 170 Flinders Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5011
The beginnings of the Church can be traced to 1860 when about six families withdrew membership from Pastor Borgelt's Klemzig congregation on scriptural and confessional grounds. With several families who had been members of the Trinity congregation, as well as a number of others who were not affiliated with any group, they formed the…
Adelaide, SA - Cathedral of Archangels Michael and Gabriel Greek Orthodox
Year Built: 1967
Address: 286 Franklin Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
The Church is circular in plan, with an inner circle forming the gallery and an arc forming the Sanctuary. It is a reinforced concrete structure with brick walls which allows a band of windows at the base of the Dome. The roof is covered with sheet copper. The freestanding Bell Tower was constructed under a later contract.
Adelaide, SA - Church of Christ (Former)
Year Built: 1925
Address: 100 Grote Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
The Church ceased to be used for religious purposed in the late 20th Century, when its Sunday school was demolished for a car park, but the building survived under a heritage listing (2001) that acknowledges its origins with Adelaide’s Scotch Baptists. Howard Culley, volunteered to draw up plans for a gothic-style chapel in 1921.…
Adelaide, SA - Holy Trinity Anglican
Year Built: 1887
Address: North Terrace, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
The first Foundation stone was laid on 28 January 1838 by the Governor of South Australia Governor Hindmarsh. A subsequent Foundation stone was laid on 7 May 1887 by George Mayo F.R.C.S England. Other Foundation can no Man lay than that is laid which is Jesus Christ. This is the first church in South Australia. The original structure…
Adelaide, SA - Pilgrim Uniting
Year Built: 1867
Address: 12 Flinders Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
Pilgrim Church traces its roots back to Adelaides early Wesleyans and Congregationalists. A Wesleyan chapel in Pirie Street was opened in 1851 and became known as the Pirie Street Methodist Church. Stow Memorial Congregational Church, in Flinders Street, was dedicated in 1867. The two churches were back-to-back and were divided by a high…
Adelaide, SA - Scots Uniting
Year Built: 1851
Address: 237 North Terrace, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
Scots Church Adelaide was originally called Chalmers Free Church. It was built by a group of Presbyterians who supported the Free Church of Scotland. They called Reverend John Gardner from Scotland to establish a church in South Australia. He arrived in Adelaide in March 1850 and immediately set about purchasing the land on the corner of…
Adelaide, SA - St Francis Xavier Catholic Cathedral
Year Built: 1851
Address: 33 Wakefield Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
Built progressively, from the laying of the original foundation in 1851 to the completion of the bell-tower in 1996, this cathedral is considered a major Australian work of the Gothic Revival style. It is linked with a number of designers and builders, including the eminent English architects Charles Francis Hansom and Peter Paul Pugin.…
Adelaide, SA - St John the Evangelist Anglican
Year Built: 1839
Address: 14 St John Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
The land on which the church is built was donated by Osmond Gillies to the Church of England. The Foundation stone was laid on 19 October 1839 by Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler, Governor of the Province. The church was opened on Sunday, 24th October, 1841 by the Rev C.B. Howard assisted by the Rev Jas. Farrell. In 1886 the original…
Adelaide, SA - St Luke's Anglican
Year Built: 1855
Address: 21 Whitmore Square, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
The Church is one of the most significant in Adelaide. The first part of it was built in 1855. It remains one of the earliest Anglican Churches in Adelaide. Divine Service appears to have been first conducted in a Schoolroom in Hobson's Place, between Sturt and Wright Streets. In December, 181-)3, a meeting was held in Hole Trinity…
Adelaide, SA - St Mary Magdalene Anglican
Year Built: 1841
Address: 26 Moore Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
1841 - 1846 One of the oldest buildings in South Australia, the church was originally built in 1841 on the site on which St John's, Halifax Street now stands where it was commonly known as "St John's in the Wilderness" for its remoteness from the busier northern part of Adelaide. The church was poorly built, for it was condemned and…
Adelaide, SA - St Patrick's Catholic
Year Built: 1912
Address: 261 Grote Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
After the original church, that was located in West Terrace became too small it was decided to build a new one in Grote St. St Patrick’s Church was the principal place of Catholic worship in Adelaide until St Francis Xavier Cathedral opened on Wakefield Street in 1858. Alterations to the simple stone building of St Patrick’s Church…
Adelaide, SA - St Stephen's Lutheran
Year Built: 1848
Address: 152 Wakefield Street, , Adelaide South Australia, 5000
This congregation was founded by about 20 families from Mecklenburg and Hanover and remnants of the older congregation. The original congregation of this church was formed in Klemzig in 1848. They remained there until 1862 when their first church was built in Pirie Street. The congregation increased again in size and it was at this point…
Albert Park, SA - Gateway Baptist
Address: Jervois Street, , Albert Park South Australia, 5014
Albert Park, SA - Good News Lutheran
Year Built: 1962
Address: 57 Botting Street, , Albert Park South Australia, 5014
The Church was called the Redeemer Migrant Congregation from 1951 to 1994. The first migrant church property was sold in 1957 and another church erected nearby. A Foundation stone reads, " The Lord Your Redemer Isiah 48"17. Laid to the Glory of God by Pastor C.G. Schmidt 2nd December 1962".
Albert Park, SA - Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic
Year Built: 1993
Address: 104 Botting Street, , Albert Park South Australia, 5014
A Foundation stone reads, " Blessed and Dedicated by Archbishop Leonard Faulkner 26th September 1993 "Peace be to this House". A further Foundation stone reads, " Church of Our Lady of Peace blessed and laid by Archbishop Leonard Faulkner 27 March 1993 Peace to God's people on Earth".
Alberton, SA - Baptist (Former)
Year Built: 1863
Address: 234 Port Road, , South Australia, 5014
The first Baptist Congregation in the Port Adelaide District, was established in 1862. The Foundation stone was laid on 31 August 1863 by Rev George Stonehouse, and opened on 10th January 1864. Previously the congregation met in Mr W W Leslie’s schoolroom, in Queenstown. Reverend Webb held the first service on July 20 1862. The…
Alberton, SA - Calendar Church of St Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox
Address: 11A Sussex Street, , Alberton South Australia, 5014
Alberton, SA - St George's Anglican
Address: 88 Port Road, , Alberton South Australia, 5014
Alberton, SA - Trinity Uniting
Year Built: 1880
Address: Station Place, , Alberton South Australia, 5014
The Foundation stone was laid by J Formby Esq on 6 April 1880.
Alberton, SA - Uniting (Former)
Year Built: 1905
Address: 184-188 Port Road, , Alberton South Australia, 5014
The Church was constructed of random rubble stone with rendered coining and detailing. A Foundation stone reads, "This stone was laid by Jno Bawden Esqre Sept 9 1905".
Aldgate, SA - Church of Christ
Address: 54 Strathalbyn Road, , Aldgate South Australia, 5154
Aldgate, SA - Church of the Ascension Anglican
Year Built: 1892
Address: 4 Arkaba Road, , Aldgate South Australia, 5154
The Foundation stone of the church was laid on October 22 1892. The Church is a simple stone and brick building 20 feet x 30 feet. An extension of just over 3 meters was made at the eastern end, and a porch and vestry were added in 1961. The Architect for this was Dean W. Berry and the builder was H.J. Were. Architectural: Random…
Aldgate, SA - Sunset Rock Uniting
Address: Sherlaw Avenue, , Aldgate South Australia, 5154
Aldinga, SA - St Anne's Anglican
Year Built: 1866
Address: Main South Road, , Aldinga South Australia, 5173
In 1866 residents of Aldinga called a meeting to consider the advisability of erecting a Church. An acre of land was presented by the South Australian Company and the foundation stone was laid by Mrs Short. Total cost was £785. Building opened for service by Dean Farrell and was consecrated. The Church is a simple stone chapel derived…
Aldinga, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1863
Address: Old Coach Road, , Aldinga South Australia, 5173
The Uniting Church was constructed as the Aldinga Methodist Church and opened in 1863 during a period of active church building throughout the district. Services for Methodists in the Aldinga area had been held in other locations previously, but this church was the focus of their worship from the 1860's onwards. Stone church with brick…
Angaston, SA - Church of St Hugh Anglican
Year Built: 1931
Address: Schilling Street, , Angaston South Australia, 5353
The Foundation stone was laid on 31 January 1931 by Lord Bishop of Adelaide Arthur Nutter. The Architect was Dean W Berry.
Angaston, SA - Methodist (Former)
Year Built: 1863
Address: 18 Murray Street, , Angaston South Australia, 5353
The Methodist Church was built circa 1863 with money donated by local people. Edwin Davey, founder of the Angaston Flour Mill, donated funds for the rear hall in 1911. The first service was held in 1864. Prior to that the Wesleyan Methodists had commenced their own worship services in 1861 in the Blacksmith shop in Angaston. In 1867 this…
Angaston, SA - St Faith's Anglican (Former)
Year Built: 1874
Address: 475 Eden Valley Road, , Angaston South Australia, 5353
Formerly known as the Collingrove Chapel, it was built in 1874. Services were conducted by Congregational ministers for the Angas family and employees on their estate. It became Anglican in 1911 and was known as St Faith's Collingrove, although it is now deconsecrated.
Angaston, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1878
Address: Corner Fyfe & Sturt Street, , Angaston South Australia, 5353
Formerly a Congregational church the first church was a red brick chapel built in 1861 at the rear of the current church. The foundation stone of this church was laid by Mr J H Angas Esq J.P. on 13 May 1878. It cost £2162.00. It is of Gothic Revival style with bluestone walls and rendered dressings. The leadlight windows were shipped…
Angaston, SA - Zion Lutheran
Year Built: 1861
Address: 85 Murray Street, , Angaston South Australia, 5353
The Church was originally built for joint use however by 1861 there was a divide and only the Baptists kept using it until 1929. For the next 12 years it was used by building contractor G.N. Dallwitz. A Lutheran Church had been built in Hill street but when that was destroyed by fire in 1941 Dallwitz offered this building to the…
Angle Park, SA - St Paul's Lutheran
Year Built: 1988
Address: 32 Parker Street, , Angle Park South Australia, 5010
The Congregation is know as Ferryden Park in Angle Park. A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God 31st July 1988 One Flock one Shepherd John 10 : 16".
Angle Vale, SA - Uniting (Former)
Year Built: 1924
Address: 62 Angle Vale Road, , Angle Vale South Australia, 5117
Appila, SA - Holy Trinity Lutheran
Year Built: 1901
Address: 1581 Pine Creek Road, , Appila South Australia, 5480
The location was founded in 1872. It was originally known as Yarrowie. (Aboriginal word for hunting ground, language unknown). For a while it was known as Appila-Yarrowie, to distinguish it from nearby Yarcowie, which was renamed Whyte-Yarcowie. A Foundation stone reads in German, " Dieser Stein Wurde Celect 13 Maerz 1901". The Church…