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State: Tasmania
Macquarie Plains, TAS - St Augustine's Anglican
Year Built: 1904
Address: 388 Gordon River Road, , Macquarie Plains Tasmania, 7140
The Foundation stone was laid by Rt Rev J Edward Mercer D.D. Bishop of Tasmania on July 20th 1904. Reverend Walter Hooker was inducted Rector on this day and he remained until 1908. As early as 1895 services were held in the railway waiting room while being financially supported by the New Norfolk parish with R.W.G. Shoobridge deeding…
Mangana, TAS - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic (Former)
Address: 26 Elizabeth Street, , Mangana Tasmania, 7214
The church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, also known as the ‘Cathedral of the Valley’, was opened in 1912. It was the second replacing an earlier church that was built by Father Michael Beechinor in 1869.
Margate, TAS - All Saints' Anglican (Former)
Year Built: 1933
Address: Corner Channel Highway & Van Morey Road, , Margate Tasmania, 7054
The Foundation stone was laid on 9 July 1933 by D.B. Blackwood Archdeacon and the church was consecrated the following November.
Marrawah, TAS - St Oswalds Anglican
Address: 773 Comeback Road, , Mallawah Tasmania, 7330
Frederick Wilbraham Ford of Marrawah gifted this land for the purposes of erecting a church building as a Memorial to those residents of Marrawah who lost their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918. The Church known as St Oswalds was erected and consecrated on the site and the building remains a Memorial to those residents of the Marrawah…
Mole Creek, TAS - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Address: 49 Caveside Road, , Mole Creek Tasmania, 7304
The Church was consecrated on the 12th of September 1932 and celebrated its 40th Anniversary in 1972.
Mole Creek, TAS - Uniting (Former)
Year Built: 1878
Address: 46 Pioneer Drive, , Mole Creek Tasmania, 7304
Construction of the church began on donated land, and an associated cottage in late 1876.] It was completed in 1878, then enlarged in 1880, at which time the original building was moved to the rear and used as a supper room. An adjacent church hall was added in 1919. The Wesleyan chapel was rented by the Government for a school from at…
Montello, TAS - Baptist
Year Built: 1957
Address: 43 Mace Street, , Montello Tasmania, 7320
A foundation stone reads, " Montello Baptist Church This stone was laid to the Glory of God by Lt Col, S.E. Joyce E.D. Pres Baptist Union of Tas, 8th June 1957. Minister Rev P Steel, Union Secretary re E.E. Watson".
Montrose, TAS - Glenorchy Anglican
Year Built: 1870
Address: 480 Main Road, , Montrose Tasmania, 7010
The land for the church was first purchased in 1834 after a discrepancy over the land where the church was to be built. The Foundation stone was laid on 22 June 1869 by Charles De Cane Esq Governor of Tasmania and the consecration service took place on 22 June 1870. Francis Butler designed the complete building and superintended the…
Montrose, TAS - Presbyterian
Address: Corner Islington & Walker Streets, , Montrose Tasmania, 7010
Moonah, TAS - Salvation Army
Address: 73 Hopkins Street, , Moonah Tasmania, 7009
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Moonah, TAS - St Theresa Catholic
Year Built: 1954
Address: 24 Hopkins Street, , Moonah Tasmania, 7009
The area, New Town to Bridgewater was part of St. Mary's Cathedral Parish until Archbishop W. Hayden made Moonah a parish in 1931. Catholics formerly went to Mass in those times, either to Sacred Heart Church, New Town (built in 1880), or to old St. John the Baptist Church, Main Road, Glenorchy, which was blessed and opened by Bishop…
Moonah, TAS - Uniting (Former)
Address: 148 Hopkins Street, , Moonah Tasmania, 7009
Land was purchased in 1923 for the Church. It was built in 1925 and closed in the late 1990's.
Mornington, TAS - Citywide Baptist
Address: 400 Cambridge Road, Hobart, Mornington Tasmania, 7018
New Norfolk, TAS - St Matthew's Anglican
Year Built: 1823
Address: 6 Bathurst Street, , New Norfolk Tasmania, 7140
Construction of the church commenced in 1823 under the direction of the Colonial Architect David Lambe. Plans were prepared in 1870 for an impressive bell tower and clock for the church and one was designed by Molesworth Jeffrey of "Bournbank". he clock was never installed and was later installed in the Invalid Hospital. The first…
New Norfolk, TAS - St Paul's Uniting (Former)
Address: 9 Burnett Street, , New Norfolk Tasmania, 7140
The Church was sold in 2022.
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…
New Town, TAS - Sacred Heart Catholic
Year Built: 1880
Address: 2 Cross Street, , New Town Tasmania, 7008
The church was established largely as a result of the work of Father P. R. Hennebry and took four years to complete. The church opened in 1880, and the sanctuary was completed in 1882.
New Town, TAS - St James Anglican
Year Built: 1916
Address: Rupert Street, , New Town Tasmania, 7008
William Gilchrist Watt and his wife Catherine came from Montreal, Canada, to Hobart in 1900 and bought a large house in Augusta. Road New Town. They had independent means and while in Canada were closely associated with the Church of England. After the death of her husband in 1914, Mrs Catherine Gilchrist Watt had the Church of St James…
New Town, TAS - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1834
Address: St John's Avenue, , New Town Tasmania, 7008
The initiative for the erection of St John's Church, the oldest church still in use for worship at Hobart, was taken by the Lieutenant - Governor, Colonel George Arthur. He stated that he and other gentlemen would subscribe towards the cost of the building. Built between 1834 and 1835 this neo Gothic church was designed by Colonial…
Newnham, TAS - St Barnabas Anglican
Year Built: 1906
Address: 17 George Town Road, , Newnham Tasmania, 7248
Now known as All Saint's or Barney's. The land, was purchased for £25 from Mr. J. C. McMichael. Tenders were called for the building of a structure to serve the purpose of hall and church. It was natural that, from the applicants, the tender of J. and T. Gunn was accepted. The plans for the modest weatherboard St. Barnabas only…
Newnham, TAS - Uniting
Year Built: 1903
Address: 128 George Town Road, , Newnham Tasmania, 7248
The Original Church was built in 1881 but destroyed by fire in 1903. A plaque on the building testifies to its origins.
Newstead, TAS - Baptist (Former)
Year Built: 1905
Address: 96 Elphin Road, , Newstead Tasmania, 7250
It was in 1905 that a group of dedicated Christian people from the Launceston Baptist Tabernacle in Cimitiere Street saw the need to extend the work of the Church into the suburbs. The fast growing "Elphin Rise" area, with its high proportion of young families, was chosen. A public ceremony was held in June 1905 when the foundation stone…
North Hobart, TAS - Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox
Year Built: 1841
Address: 50 Warwick Street, , North Hobart Tasmania, 7000
The foundation stone was laid in 1841. The bell tower is of international heritage significance, and it contains Australia's oldest bells, weighing over 2.5 tonnes. The bells were first rung on Regatta Day, 1847. Archdeacon Hutchins was the main proponent behind the construction of Holy Trinity Church. The church was designed by…
North Motton, TAS - St John's Anglican
The first Church services held at North Motton were conducted in a barn, on the property of Mr. Barrett, and later in the residence of a Mr. Cox, by the Rev. E. Champion. Some time after, steps were taken to erect a Church building, and having secured a suitable piece of land, many of the pioneer settlers cleared it by means of…
Northdown, TAS - St James Anglican
Year Built: 1878
Address: 829 Port Sorell Road, , Northdown Tasmania, 7307
The church was opened in May 1878 and the church and burial ground were consecrated on 30 January 1879 by Bishop Charles Bromby. One gate post has the inscription "To the glory of God" with the opposite post having the inscription, "And in memory of all those who served 1939 - 1945". The present church was built by public subscription…
Oatlands, TAS - St Paul's Catholic
Year Built: 1850
Address: Gay Street, , Oatlands Tasmania, 7120
St Paul's Church is a two-compartment church with nave, separately expressed chancel, south porch, a sacristy against the chancel north wall and a bellcote astride the nave west gable. It has a rood screen across the chancel arch, one of only seven surviving Pugin rood screens in situ anywhere in the world. The church is constructed…
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…
Oatlands, TAS - Uniting
Year Built: 1860
Address: 32 High Street, , Oatlands Tasmania, 7120
A plaque on the fence reads, " The Manse erected 1860 by George Wilson of Mt Seymour for his daughter, Margaret, who married Reverend Lauchlin McKinnon Campbell, first minister of the Oatlands parish from 1853 - 1889. After Reverend Campbell's death in 1907 the congregation purchased the Manse".
Old Beach, TAS - St George's Anglican
Address: 237 Briggs Road, , Old Beach Tasmania, 7017
One acre of land as a site for the church was given by J. F. Gage. This land had been part of 407 acres 2 roods formerly owned by his father, John Ogle Gage, and known as "Gagebrook". J. F. Gage had bought it at public auction for £ 1854.2.6 after the death of his father who had lived at Old Beach since 1824. The conveyance of the land,…
Orford, TAS - St Michael and All Angels Church (Former)
Year Built: 1927
Address: 30 Charles Street, , Orford Tasmania, 7190
A tiny wooden building served as the Orford Church for many years. Originally the timekeepers office at the Okehampton quarry for many years ntil it closed. The structure was taken intact to Crabtree Quarries, two miles south of Orford. The services were held there for some years. In 1883 the building was positioned just behind the…
Parattah, TAS - St George's Anglican (Former)
Address: 669 Tunnack Road, , Parattah Tasmania, 7120
The Foundation stone was laid in February 1903. The Church was sold in 2004 and is now a private dwelling.
Park Grove, TAS - Martin Luther Lutheran
Address: 14 Mooreville Road, , Park Grove Tasmania, 7320
Penguin , TAS - Uniting
Year Built: 1903
Address: 50 Main Road, , Penguin Tasmania, 7316
The original Primitive Methodist Church opened on 14 January 1866 but was later destroyed by fire. Prominent north-west architect and builder William Henry Morris created the current structure which opened on 10 May 1903.
Penguin, TAS - St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic
Address: 9 Braddon Street, , Penguin Tasmania, 7316
In the Advocate Newspaper of 18 November 1902 it states, On Sunday Rev Father O'Reilly celebrated Mass in the Town Hall, this being the first occasion on which the Catholics have had a Sunday Service in the town. A Foundation stone reads, "This stone was laid by the Right Reverend Monsionor Beechinor P.P. V.F. 18th October 1908".
Penguin, TAS St Stephen's Anglican
Address: Main Street, , Penguin Tasmania, 7316
In 1874 the original St. Stephen's church measuring twenty-five feet by fifteen feet, was opened. In that year Church News referred to St. Stephen's thus. 'Penguin Creek, old and very small and of Blackwood" In 1895 a new nave was built and the old church became the chancel and vestry having been sawn in half. The church has twice been…