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State: South Australia
Crystal Brook, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1912
Address: Adelaide Square, , Crystal Brook South Australia, 5523
Several foundation stones appear to have been laid on 6 June 1912. They include one by Si Day H Bosanquet Governor of South Australia. The others include one by Mr J.C. Symons, Mr F.J Johnson and Reverend Henry Howard. The adjacent Hall was opened in 1967.
Curramulka, SA - St Christopher's Anglican
Year Built: 1878
Address: 10 Dans Road, , Curramulka South Australia, 5580
Curramulka came under the care of the SYP missioners in 1878 and Reverend W F Marshall, who lived at Edithburgh visited the area on several occasion's. These and other services were conducted in the school, the institute or peoples homes. In 1910 Mr Talbot donated land for a church, and by 1914 the church was built. It was dedicated for…
Curramulka, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1911
Address: Fourth Street, , Curramulka South Australia, 5580
Formerly a Methodist Church the Foundation stone was laid on 5 September 1911 by Mrs C Lovelock.
Delamare, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1870
Address: Yoho Road, , Delamere South Australia, 5204
Formerly a Methodist church it was opened in 1858. The porch was opened in 1983. There is an ancillary cemented-stone building immediately to the north, as a hall and Sunday School room. [On that building is a white marble tablet, commemorating 70 years of Church life, at December 1928.
Delamere, SA - St James Anglican
Year Built: 1870
Address: Main South Road, , Delamere South Australia, 5204
Constructed in a local basalt-like stone with cut sandstone dressings to windows and quoins. Foundation stone was laid 19 September 1870 by Archbishop Bussel. It was dedicated and opened by Bishop Augustus Short, attended by the Governor of the State. The floor is well tiled, the font is from St Peter's, Britford and is over 200 years…
Edithburgh, SA - Uniting
Formerly a Methodist Church. The Original church was opened on Christmas day 1874. A second church was erected in 1909 and the foundation stone was laid on 3 November 1909 by Mr C.S. Roberts.
Edwardstown, SA - Baptist
Address: 21 Rothessay Avenue, , Edwardstown South Australia, 5042
In May 1905, the Edwardstown mission ceased and Edwardstown Baptist Church took its place. The church grew further over the years and in 1910, bought a piece of land on South Road, Edwardstown to build a new building. During the years the layout of the church property was a bit haphazard, with some buildings on South Road, some at…
Elizabeth, SA - Church of Christ
Address: Corner Short & Ashfield Roads, , Elizabeth South Australia, 5112
Elizabeth, SA - St Peter's Lutheran
Year Built: 1965
Address: 521 Main North Road, , Elizabeth South Australia, 5112
The Foundation stone was laid on 5 December 1965. The Hall foundation stone was laid on 8 June 1975.
Encounter Bay, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1919
Address: 30 Giles Street, , Encounter Bay South Australia, 5211
Called the Jeffries Memorial Church the foundation stone was laid on 1 November 1919 by Mr R.T. Sweetman. The connection with the Jefferis family was quite extensive. A photo of Dr Jefferis hangs in the church, the land was given by Mrs Jefferis and the preaching desk was also donated by Mrs Jefferis. The original Communion table…
Enfield Sefton Park, SA - Uniting
Address: 2 Park Street, , Enfield Sefton Park South Australia, 5083
Formerly a Methodist Church. The seeds that brought the Enfield Uniting Church into fruition were sown around 1853 when the Rev. D.J. Draper, from the Pirie Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, asked Mr. William Short, then aged 33 years, if he would conduct services in his home at California Street, Nailsworth as there was no Wesleyan…
Enfield, SA - St Paul's Lutheran
Address: 44 Audrey Avenue, , Enfield South Australia, 5085
Eudunda, SA - Church of St Hilda Anglican
Year Built: 1883
Address: Ward Street, , Eudunda South Australia, 5374
The Foundation stone was laid on 11 December 1883 and the church is the oldest stand church in Eudunda. The church was dedicated as St Trinitatis Lutheran Church in 1884. It was sold to the Church of England in 1888 and dedicated in 1889. The Vestry dates fr0m 1885.
Eudunda, SA - St John's Lutheran
Year Built: 1979
Address: Corner Hanna & Kapunda Streets, , Eudunda South Australia, 5374
A congregation was formed at Emmaus in 1870 by Pastor E.D. Appelt of the Nain-Gnadenberg Parish. The first service was held in the home of Mr. C. Ziersch. A church was built in 1872 at Emmaus during the ministry of Pastor R. Ey and an adjoining school was also built. Eudunda, which had originated with a wine store on busy cross roads…
Forster, SA - St John's Lutheran
Address: 5146 Angus Valley Road, , Forster South Australia, 5238
Frances, SA - Lutheran
The furniture for the church came from the Congregation at Robertstown as the first German settlers to Frances were the Pfitzner family from the Robertstown district.
Gawler, SA - Baptist
Year Built: 1866
Address: 18 Murray Street, , Gawler South Australia, 5118
The first Baptist services in Gawler were held in the old Odd fellows hall in 1866 with a church being formed in the same year. The first church was erected in 1870 as both a church and school. Additions were added in 1873, classrooms in 1879 and a lecture hall in 1903. The church has a distinctive appearance and is roughly symmetrical…
Gawler, SA - Immanuel Lutheran
Year Built: 1963
Address: Corner Second & Seventh Streets, , Gawler South Australia, 5118
The first church was erected in 1863. The Foundation stone for the current church was laid on 18 September 1962 and the building was dedicated on 12 May 1963.
Gawler, SA - St George's Anglican
Year Built: 1858
Address: Orleana Square, , Gawler South Australia, 5118
The Church was built where Colonel Light had planned. The first part of the church (the nave) was built in 1858-64. In 1885 the transept and chancel were added and the tower was finally erected in 1908, with the bells being installed in 1921. One of the largest parish churches in South Australia constructed of roughly coursed bluestone…
Gawler, SA - St Peter and Paul Catholic
Year Built: 1850
Address: 1 Parnell Square, , Gawler South Australia, 5118
The Gawler Catholic Mission began with the appointment of two English Cistercian Monks – Frs Norbert and Wolfrey, by Bishop of Adelaide, Doctor Murphy – and they arrived in Gawler in August 1848 from Tasmania. The church is built on the site of Gawler's first Roman Catholic church, built in 1850, which was South Australia's second…
Gawler, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1850
Address: 21 Tod Street, , Gawler South Australia, 5118
The first church was built in 1850 and that building still functions as the “Corner Shop” Opportunity shop. The church was quite small, 13.9m [40ft] by 7.6m [25ft], and seating 140 people. Constructed of hammer-dressed shale set on a cement-rendered plinth, the church is symmetrical about the central entrance of the south-facing…
Gladstone, SA - St Alban's Anglican
Address: Sixth Street, , Gladstone South Australia, 5473
Gladstone, SA - St Peter's Catholic
Year Built: 1928
Address: 7 West Terrace, , Gladstone South Australia, 5473
The Foundation stone was laid on 22 April 1928 by Reverend A Killian D.D.
Gladstone, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1920
Address: Corner High & Cross Streets, , Gladstone South Australia, 5473
Reverend T.G. White was the Architect of the Church.
Glenelg, SA - St Andrews Uniting
Year Built: 1879
Address: 92 Jetty Road, , Glenelg South Australia, 5045
The first church was built in Gordon Street and the builder was Mr J.J. Moseley. The second church was built in Jetty Road and the foundation stone was laid on 18 April 1859. The Architect was Mr James MacGeorge and built by Messrs Lines and Cook. The third and current church was built and the foundation stone for this building was laid…
Glenelg, SA - St Peter's Anglican
Year Built: 1961
Address: 1 Torrens Square, , Glenelg South Australia, 5045
The first church was built in 1852, designed by Edmund Wright and built by Henry Moseley. In 1881 it was announced that the old church was to be demolished. The replacement, again to the design of Wright, was to be built in sections commencing with nave and chancel. The western porch (1924) is the last structural addition. Squared…
Glenunga, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1927
Address: 138 L'Estrange Street, , Glenunga South Australia, 5064
A Foundation stone was laid 27 August 1927 by Mrs P.A. McBride.
Golden Grove, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1863
Address: Corner Golden Grove & Greenwith Road, , Golden Grove South Australia, 5125
In 1863 Mr Paul Roberts son of Thomas Roberts of Greenwith Farm donated the land for a Primitive Methodist church which later became known as the Greenwith Chapel. Before the church was built services were held in the cellar of the home of Thomas and Hannah Roberts. The Foundation stone was laid on 15 November 1863 by Mrs Thomas…
Goodwood, SA - Church of the Cross Catholic
Address: 33 Angus Street, , Goodwood South Australia, 5034
Goodwood, SA - St George's Anglican
Address: 117 Goodwood Street, , Goodwood South Australia, 5034
Goolwa, SA - Church of Christ
Year Built: 1902
Address: Porter Street, , Goolwa South Australia, 5214
The Goolwa Church of Christ was founded in 1902. The Foundation stone of the hall was laid on 4 October 1964 by Arthur Neighbour.
Goolwa, SA - Holy Evangelist Anglican
Year Built: 1867
Address: Cadell Street, , Goolwa South Australia, 5214
In August 1865, the Anglican residents of Goolwa resolved to make every effort to erect a church in Goolwa. A building committee was appointed, consisting of Dr. T. Taylor, Messrs B. Sunman, T. Goode (merchant), Alan Doke, Newell, B. Varcoe E. Dutton, Smyth, W. Ray, Baldock, Joseph Field (butcher), Laffin, Shettliffe (later Shetliff),…
Goolwa, SA - St John the Apostle Catholic
Year Built: 1967
Address: Partridge Street, , Goolwa South Australia, 5214
The Foundation stone was laid on 22 November 1967 by Rev Thomas Horgan P.A.
Goolwa, SA - St John the Apostle Lutheran
Year Built: 1967
Address: Partridge Street, , Goolwa South Australia, 5214
The Foundation stone was laid on 22 November 1967 by Rev Thomas Horgan P.A. The Lutheran's share this Catholic Church for services.
Goolwa, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1861
Address: Bingham Street, , Goolwa South Australia, 5214
The Church was built in 1861 with transepts added in 1881
Grange, SA - Baptist
Year Built: 1880
Address: Beach Street, , Grange South Australia, 5022
The Foundation stone was laid on 9 November 1880 by Mrs C Fowler.
Grange, SA - St Agnes Anglican
Year Built: 1885
Address: 200 Military Road, , Grange South Australia, 5022
The original foundation stone was laid by the Bishop on August 1 1885. The Jubilee Foundation stone was laid by the Very Reverend Dean Young on 15 September 1936.
Grange, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1881
Address: Beach Street, , Grange South Australia, 5022
The Foundation stone was laid on 9 November 1880 by Mrs C Fowler.
Greenacres, SA - Holy Trinity Lutheran
Address: Mullers Road, , Greenacres South Australia, 5086