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State: South Australia
Mt Barker, SA - Christ the King Anglican
Year Built: 1865
Address: Hutchison Street, , Mt Barker South Australia, 5251
The Church was dedicated in 1865 by Bishop Short. The chancel and sanctuary were added in 1886.
Mt Barker, SA - Dunn Memorial Uniting
Year Built: 1884
Address: 13 Mann Street, , Mt Barker South Australia, 5251
The church was a former Weslyan Methodist Church. The current Church hall was the first church. For more than 50 years John Dunn was actively committed to the church in Mount Barker and funded the total construction of this church named in his memory. At the time it was made, the gift of the church building was believed to be the…
Mt Barker, SA - Our Lady of Mercy Catholic
Address: 7 Mann Street, , Mt Barker South Australia, 5251
Mt Barker, SA - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Address: Hutchison Street, , Mt Barker South Australia, 5251
Mt Barker, SA - St Mark's Lutheran
Year Built: 1958
Address: 27 Hampden Street, , Mt Barker South Australia, 5251
The church first commenced its existence as an outreach project from Hahndorf with it first service held on 15 December in the Founders room of the local Mechanics Institute. During 1958 discussions were held with the Home Mission Committee to establish a properly constituted congregation. Also it was decided the Founders room at the…
Mt Pleasant, SA - St John the Evangelist Anglican
Year Built: 1860
Address: 3241 Eden Valley Road, , Mount Pleasant South Australia, 5235
On 16th December 1859 the foundation of a new church was laid on a piece of land originally vested for the purpose in the names of the Lord Bishop, Charles James Cook and Henry Giles, both of Mount Pleasant and William Forrest and John Bennett, both of South Rhine. The walls of the building were completed by March 1860 and the church…
Mt Pleasant, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1866
Address: 9 Saleyard Road, , Mount Pleasant South Australia, 5235
Formerly a Presbyterian Church the church was erected in 1866 following the destruction of the Mt Crawford church due to an earthquake. The Manse was built in 1867.
Murray Bridge, SA - Christ Church Lutheran
Year Built: 1882, 1938
Address: Swanport Road, , Murray Bridge South Australia, 5254
The first Lutheran services were held in 1882 in a shed used by railway construction employees. This continued until 1884 when Mr F.W. Jaench offered a room in his home. He later sold a piece of his land for a church and an even further offer was made by Johann Gottlob Jaensch who subsidsed 10 shillings for every 1.00 raised. The…
Murray Bridge, SA - Holy Cross Lutheran
Year Built: 1909
Address: Corner Florence & Charles Streets, , Murray Bridge South Australia, 5254
The first services were held in a local schoolhouse and then for two years in one of the local halls. The first Holy Cross church was erected in 1909 at the corner of Clara and McHenry Streets and was used up until 1925. The foundation stone was laid in May by Pastor Appelt and the church was dedicated on 31 October 1909. The…
Murray Bridge, SA - Holy Redemmer Catholic
Year Built: 1910
Address: 2 Park Terrace, , Murray Bridge South Australia, 5254
The builder of the Church was Mr F. Fricker of Adelaide. The contract was signed on 15 July 1910 for a cost of 1230.00 not including furnishings. The Foundation stone was laid on 4 September 1910. Built form Murray Bridge freestone the nave was to be 25ft wide while its length was to be 45ft with seating for 250 people. Mr T Bartlett…
Murray Bridge, SA - St John the Baptist Anglican
Year Built: 1887
Address: Mannum Road, , Murray Bridge South Australia, 5254
In 1884 Anglicans held services at the newly-opened Bridge-port Hotel. Their first Church, the Church of St. John the Baptist,was built in 1887 at a cost of £434-l0-0. It is a plain, small limestone building with an unfinished porch. For several years it was under the control of the River Murray Mission, which also used a steamboat…
Murray Bridge, SA - Uniting
Address: 1 Narooma Boulevard, , Murray Bridge South Australia, 5254
Myrtle Bank, SA - Glen Osmond Baptist
Address: 312 Glen Osmond Road, , Myrtle Bank South Australia, 5064
In 1882, it started as a preaching station out of Parkside Baptist and by 1884 it was recognised as a church in its own right and a member church of the South Australian Baptist Union (now Baptist Churches SA). The church was built in 1883, funded very largely by Mr G.S. Fowler, who also regularly provided funds for payment of its…
Naracoorte, SA - Church of Christ
Address: Jenkins Avenue, , Naracoorte South Australia, 5271
Naracoorte, SA - Church of Christ (Former)
Year Built: 1906
Address: 10 Robertson Street, , Naracoorte South Australia, 5271
The Church was erected in 1906 and is now the local Historical Museum.
Naracoorte, SA - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1858
Address: Church Street, , Naracoorte South Australia, 5271
The original church was built in 1858 and later became the Sunday School hall. The land was donated by Mr William McIntosh as was the church bell. The current church was erected in 1874 1875 at a cost of 3,000. The slate roof on the spire was replaced with aluminium in 1953 and again in 1990. Built in solid limestone structure of…
Naracoorte, SA - St John's Lutheran
Year Built: 1952
Address: 1 Magarey Crescent, , Naracoorte South Australia, 5271
The Foundation stone was laid on 23 November 1952 by Rev J.F. Hansen.
Naracoorte, SA - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1880
Address: Gordon Street, , Naracoorte South Australia, 5271
The Church was built of solid limestone in 1880. A Foundation stone was laid on 8 December 1968 by E. R. Lawson Esq.
Naracoorte, SA - St Thomas Aquinas Catholic
Year Built: 1937
Address: Gordon Street, , Naracoorte South Australia, 5271
The Foundation stone was laid on 7 March 1937 by the Most Reverend Andrew Killian D.D. Archbishop of Adelaide. The architect was Herbert H Jory.
Naracoorte, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1956
Address: 9 Foster Street, , Naracoorte South Australia, 5271
The Foundation stone was laid on 22 September 1956 by A.C. De Garis Esq J.P.
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.
North Adelaide, SA - Baptist
Year Built: 1850
Address: 146 Tynte Street, , North Adelaide South Australia, 5006
The history of this Church dates to 1848 when a group of 21 people left the Ebenezer Baptist Chapel, uncomfortable with the closed-mindedness of the majority of the congregation, and founded a new Church. In 1850, they built a chapel in Lefevre Terrace seating 350. When that proved too small, they acquired the acre of land in Tynte…
North Adelaide, SA - Christ Church Anglican
Year Built: 1848
Address: 35 Palmer Place, , North Adelaide South Australia, 5006
Plans for this Church were brought from England by Bishop Short the Anglo-Norman design was credited to local architects Henry Stuckey and William Weir. Romanesque in style it was constructed of limestone, brick and sandstone trim. It was begun in 1848 with the apse being built after the death of Stuckey in 1851. The foundation stone…
North Adelaide, SA - Immanuel Lutheran
Year Built: 1955
Address: 139 Archer Street, , North Adelaide South Australia, 5006
The church was founded in 1930 as a mission-outreach congregation and to serve the needs of the students and staff of the Immanuel Seminary and Immanuel College. After about 20 years of meeting in the old Methodist church building on Tynte Street, the congregation constructed a new building, designed by one of its young members, [Sir]…
North Adelaide, SA - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Address: 92 Archer Street, , North Adelaide South Australia, 5006
North Adelaide, SA - St Cyprians Anglican
Year Built: 1882
Address: 70 Melbourne Street, , North Adelaide South Australia, 5006
The land was purchased in 1872 and the construction took place between 1882 and 1883. The financing was orchestrated by the Christ Church North Adelaide. The Architect was Daniel Garlick a prominent South Australian architect. Most of the students and congregation were working class people who lived nearby, some of whom worked for the…
North Adelaide, SA - St Lawrence's Catholic
Year Built: 1867
Address: 134 Buxton Street, , North Adelaide South Australia, 5006
The Church was erected between 1867 and 1868 The Foundation stone was laid on 10 March 1867 and dedicated on 10 January 1869 by Bishop Lawrence Shiel. Additions and including the Sanctuary and piped organ were blessed on 13 February 1910.
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…
North Adelaide, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1860
Address: Brougham Place, , North Adelaide South Australia, 5006
Formerly a Congregational church established by the Reverend T.Q. Stow and the first Minster James Jefferis in the 1860's. Designed by Edmund Wright in partnership with E.A. Hamilton. A good example of the Victorian Free Classical style, which was frequently used for non-conformist churches and chapels in the nineteenth century.…
Norton Summit, SA - Baptist
Address: 1 Church Road, , Norton Summit South Australia, 5136
The first services were performed by Rev Thomas Playford during 1842 in Robert Norton's log cabin at Grassy Flat. As the congregation incresed by 1851 a roughly constructed stone building was built and furnished at Grassy Flat. The Foundation of the new church designed by David Williams Jnr was laid on Monday afternoon April 24 1882.…
Nuriootpa, SA - Holy Trinity Lutheran
Year Built: 1959
Address: Corner Penrice & Park Avenue, , Nuriootpa South Australia, 5355
The Foundation stone was laid on 26 July 1959.
Nuriootpa, SA - Our Lady of the Valley Catholic
Address: 28 Gawler Street, , Nuriootpa South Australia, 5355
Nuriootpa, SA - St Petri Lutheran
Year Built: 1961
Address: Corner First & Second Street, , Nuriootpa South Australia, 5355
The first St Petri church was opened in 1867. The tower was built in 1927 and a new church replaced the first church in 1961.
Nuriootpa, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1936
Address: 54 Murray Street, , Nuriootpa South Australia, 5355
Formerly a Methodist Church the foundation stone was laid 21 June 1936 by Sir Edward Lucas K.B. The church was called the Coulthard Memorial Church after William Coulthard who laid out the town of Nuriootpa.
Oaklands Park, SA - St Elizabeth of Hungary Anglican
Address: 12a Dwyer Road, , Oaklands Park South Australia, 5046
Oaklands Park, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1934
Address: 93 Oaklands Rd , , Warradale South Australia, 5046
Formerly a Methodist church. When the Methodists ceased their activities the Presbyterians moved in. The cost of the building including the church hall social room and porch was £650. The land was purchased for £250. The first service was held on December 5 1934 at 3pm. Mrs RB Smith was the first pianist.
Old Noarlunga, SA - St Philip and St James Anglican
Year Built: 1850
Address: Church Hill Road, , Old Noarlunga South Australia, 5168
Built in 1850 of local stone quarried from the cliffs on the Onkaparinga River in Old Noarlunga , hauled across the river and up the hill by bullock teams and hard sweat. Walls are of ironstone quarried from the cliffs of the Onkaparinga River and hauled to the site by a winch powered by bullocks. Simple buttresses divide the walls…