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State: South Australia
Rowland Flat, SA - Trinity Lutheran
Year Built: 1853
Address: Barossa Valley Way, , Rowland Flat South Australia, 5352
Trinity Lutheran established itself after the disastrous flooding of the Hoffnungsthal settlement in 1853. In I855 the congregations of Holtnunesthal and Rosedale separated from Bethany. Around the same time the Hoffnungsthal members in the Rowland Flat area decided to form their own congregation. J.G. Schulz a member of the…
Saddleworth, SA - St Aidan's Anglican
Year Built: 1894
Address: 25 Burra Road, , Saddleworth South Australia, 5413
Of Gothic revival style this church was built in 1894 and designed by W.K. Mallyon. It cost £800.00 and could seat 150 people. The Foundation stone was laid on 10 April 1894. Local stone was used in its construction. Kerosene lamps were replaced by wall mounted gas lamps in 1910. A general meeting of the Church of England…
Saddleworth, SA - St Stephen's Catholic
Address: Barrier Highway, , Saddleworth South Australia, 5413
Saddleworth, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1861
Address: Spur Road, , Saddleworth South Australia, 5413
Formerly a Methodist church it was built in 1861 for a cost of 10.00. All the materials were provided free by local residents. It was used as the local school until that building was erected in 1870. Extensions were carried out in 1869 for a cost of 250.00. The porch was added in 1929.
Saddleworth, SA - Zion Lutheran
Year Built: 1905
Address: Corner Burra & Michael Streets, , Saddleworth South Australia, 5413
Pastor J. Homann began Lutheran services in the Saddleworth area in 1905. The first of these services was held on 3 March 1905, five families attending on that occasion. They first held services in the Institute or in the adjoining Lodge Room, and later the Baptist Church was hired until their own church was completed in 1925. Progress…
Salisbury, SA - St Augustine's Catholic
Year Built: 1851
Address: 23 Commercial Road, , Salisbury South Australia, 5108
The foundation stone was laid in 1851. Within a year the architect Walter Hunter and the builder Peter Walsh had died. Due to many problems and the Victorian gold rush the church was not completed until 1857.
Salisbury, SA - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1850
Address: Church Street, , Salisbury South Australia, 5108
John Harvey transferred an acre of Section 2191 between Lots 82 and 85 over to the Bishop of Adelaide in November 1850. The "original" St John's has an uncertain history. Inscribed above the door is the date 1846. This date is often contested, as the land was not given to the church until 1850. The foundation stone was laid in 1858. It…
Salisbury, SA - The Ark Lutheran
Address: 10 Waterloo Corner Road, , Salisbury South Australia, 5108
Salisbury, SA - Uniting
Address: Corner Park & Brown Terrace, , Salisbury South Australia, 5108
Seacliff Park, SA - All Saints' Anglican
Year Built: 1964
Address: Corner Brighton Road & Lamington Avenue, , Seacliff Park South Australia, 5049
The Foundation stone was laid on 19 April 1964 by the Right Reverend T.T. Reed Bishop of Adelaide.
Seacliff, SA - Living Water's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1963
Address: 29 Kaurie Parade, , Seacliff South Australia, 5049
The Foundation stone on the current building was laid on 3 February 1963 by the Right Reverend J.D. Bentley B.A. The Church Hall which was the original Church building was erected in 1924. That foundation stone was laid on 9 August 1924.
Seacliff, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1928
Address: 7 Wheatland Street, , Seacliff South Australia, 5049
The Foundation stone was laid on 25 February 1928 by S.W. Bailey Esq. The Memorial Hall was erected in 1956 and that foundation stone was laid by Mrs E.A. Story.
Seacombe Gardens, SA - Holy Spirit Catholic
Address: 29 Ramsay Avenue, , Seacombe Gardens South Australia, 5047
Seaton, SA - Baptist
Year Built: 1980
Address: 183 Trimmer Parade, , Seaton South Australia, 5023
The Church was opened for worship on 5 March 1980.
Seaton, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1972
Address: Corner Squires & Owen Avenues, , Seaton South Australia, 5023
The Foundation stone was laid on 16 April 1972.
Seaview Downs, SA - All Nations Baptist
Address: 168 Seacombe Road, , Seaview Downs South Australia, 5049
Sedan, SA - Pilgrims of Zion Lutheran
Year Built: 1914
Address: Sedan Hill Road, , Sedan South Australia, 5353
The first church services in the town were held in Pfeiffer House. The first Church was dedicated on the 23rd November 1873 with sixteen foundation members. It was also used as a Lutheran school until 1911. The second Church was built in 1914.
Semaphore, SA - Baptist (Former)
Address: 60 Semaphore Road, , Semaphore South Australia, 5019
This large two-storied structure of solid stone and built in Classical Renaisance style in 1883 as a church, with schoolrooms beneath. The complex expanded over the decades and in 1902, the fine organ was installed. The last church service was in the summer of 2000. The building initially housed The Urban Peasant and later a local MP's…
Snowtown, SA - St Canice's Catholic (Former)
Year Built: 1935
Address: Corner High Street West & Railway Parade, , Snowtown South Australia, 5520
The Foundation stone was laid on 11 August 1935 by the Most Reverend Andrew Killian D.D. Archbishop of Adelaide. The Church was put up for sale on 2023.
Snowtown, SA - St Luke's Lutheran
Year Built: 1966
Address: Tenth Street, , Snowtown South Australia, 5520
The first Lutheran settler in the Snowtown area was Gottlieb Ferdinand Welke who settled there in 1873. More families arrived in later years and formed the Condowie congregation. However the first Lutheran services in Snowtown were conducted in 1951 by Pastor R.F. Blaess of Balaclava under the ELCA banner. Numbers were small and…
Snowtown, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1909
Address: 15 Railway Terrace West, , Snowtown South Australia, 5520
Formerly a Methodist Church the Architect was C.H. Colhan. The first church foundation stone was laid on New Year's Day, 1880 by Mrs Gavin Freebairn of Condowie. It was completed several months later with many local people assisting the builder Mr W.H. Hall and making donations of materials: The Foundation stone of the current church…
Somerton Park, SA - St Philip's Anglican
Year Built: 1972
Address: 290 Brighton Road, , Somerton Park South Australia, 5044
The Foundation stone was laid on 11 June 1972 by the Right Reverend T.T. Reed Bishop of Adelaide.
South Kilkerran, SA - Lutheran
Address: 17 Point Pearce Road, , South Kilkerran South Australia, 5573
Spalding, SA - St Augustine Catholic
Address: 26 Main Street, Spalding, South Australia, 5454
Springton, SA - St John's Lutheran
Year Built: 1859
Address: Hamilton's Road, , Springton South Australia, 5235
Originally called Black Springs, Springton requested its first pastor in 1859 after the first arrivals came to the area in 1855. Pastor Hensel from the Blumberg parish was to conduct the first services for the community at a cost of £20.00 and 15 bushels of wheat per year. George Fife Angus donated four acres of land for a church…
St Mary's- SA - Edwardstown 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…
St Marys, SA - Anglican
Year Built: 1841
Address: 1167 South Road, , St Marys South Australia, 5042
The first St Mary's church was situated about 200 metres north of the present church, built and paid for by the pioneers of this district. John Wickham Daw who arrived in Adelaide on the Winchester on the 23rd September 1838 with his wife and six children gave one acre of land for the first church in 1841. He named it after his home…
St Marys, SA - Baptist
Year Built: 1956
Address: 5 Crystal Avenue, , St Marys South Australia, 5042
The Baptist Union granted a fellowship to the St Marys Baptist Congregation in 1953 with their first church being an iron and timber building relocated from Underdale to a site in St Marys. The current church was constructed adjacent to the original structure in 1965. The church operated a community kindergarten from 1953 to 1981. The…
St Peters, SA - All Souls' Anglican
Address: 47 Third Avenue, , St Peters South Australia, 5069
In 1883 the East Adelaide Land and Investment Company offered a site 150 by 150 feet for a church,' conditionally on the building being erected immediately. The Rev. Canon Arthur Dendy accepted the offer and shouldered the responsibility, not only of erecting and furnishing the church, but also of voluntarily providing his services for…
Stockwell, SA - St Thomas' Lutheran
Year Built: 1904
Address: Duck Ponds Road, , Stockwell South Australia, 5355
The Church was erected in 1904.
Strathalbyn, SA - Christ Church Anglican
Address: Corner East Terrace & Chapel Street, , Strathalbyn South Australia, 5255
The tower was erected in 1933.
Strathalbyn, SA - Church of Christ
Year Built: 1873
Address: Dawson Street, , Strathalbyn South Australia, 5255
The founder of the Church was an English born, American trained evangelist called Henry S. Earl. He was a highly gifted preacher and preached his first sermon at Strathalbyn in the Colman's grain store on October 3rd 1869. This resulted in an open air meeting on the banks of the Angus River. There were about 600 people in attendance…
Strathalbyn, SA - Church of the Good Shephers Catholic
Year Built: 1913
Address: Chapel Street, , Strathalbyn South Australia, 5255
A foundation stone was laid on 13 May 1913.
Strathalbyn, SA - Lutheran
Year Built: 1955
Address: Commercial Street, , Strathalbyn South Australia, 5255
A Foundation stone was laid on 16 May 1954.
Strathalbyn, SA - St Andrew's Uniting
Year Built: 1844
Address: 10 Alfred Place, , Strathalbyn South Australia, 5255
The first church was erected on this site in 1844 by Scottish Presbyterians. In 1859 the transepts were added to create more room. Edward Stirling donated a bell for the church which was cast in Sheffield England but it was too heavy so a Bell tower was erected in 1859. In 1895 Mrs E. J. Tucker decided the bell tower needed a clock so she…
Tailem Bend, SA - St Columbkille Catholic
Year Built: 1924
Address: 2 Station Drive, , Tailem Bend South Australia, 5259
The Foundation stone was laid on 24 February 1924 by the Right Reverend Monsignor P. Hurley P.P. V.G.
Tailem Bend, SA - St Luke's Anglican
Year Built: 1926
Address: North Terrace, , Tailem Bend South Australia, 5259
The Foundation stone was laid by Archdeacon Bussell on 8 August 1926.