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Geelong East, VIC - Fenwick Memorial Baptist (Former)

Geelong East, VIC - Fenwick Memorial Baptist (Former)

Year Built: 1925

Address: 56 St Albans Road, , Geelong East Victoria, 3219

The Foundation stone was laid in June 1925 and the Church was officially opened in December of that year. The Church is now in private hands.

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Gilgandra, NSW - St Ambrose Anglican

Gilgandra, NSW - St Ambrose Anglican

Year Built: 1921

Address: 94 Wambon Street, , Gilgandra New South Wales, 2827

The Church was designed by Louis R. Williams of North and Williams and built from 1921 to 1922 by J. D. Ryan. It is also known as Cooee Church and Church of St. Ambrose. The Foundation stone was laid by Governor of New South Wales, Sir Walter Edward Davidson, on 22 November 1920 with the words, "In the faith of Jesus Christ; in…

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Gilgandra, NSW - St John's Lutheran (Former)

Gilgandra, NSW - St John's Lutheran (Former)

Year Built: 1925

Address: 15 Elizabeth Street, , Gilgandra New South Wales, 2827

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Gladesville, NSW - Grace Life

Gladesville, NSW - Grace Life

Year Built: 1922

Address: Pearson Lane, , Gladesville New South Wales, 2111

A Foundation stone reads, " This stone was laid by Albert Guthery J.P. June 17 1922".

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Gladstone, SA - St Peter's Catholic

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.

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Glen  Huntly, VIC - St Agnes Anglican

Glen Huntly, VIC - St Agnes Anglican

Year Built: 1924

Address: 112 Booran Road, , Glen Huntly Victoria, 3163

The first church was opened in 1888. The Church was built in 1924 and subsequently to the design of the noted firm of Melbourne architects, Grainger, Little, Barlow and Hawkins. It is historically and aesthetically significant. Of the Italian Romanesque style which is enhanced by the high level of integrity of the place, the…

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Glen Innes, NSW - Methodist (Former)

Glen Innes, NSW - Methodist (Former)

Year Built: 1929

Address: 143 Church Street, , Glen Innes New South Wales, 2370

Originally built as a Methodist church in 1885, it was purchased in 1983 by the Glen Innes Arts Council Inc. A Foundation stone reads, " This stone was laid to the Glory of God by E.C. Sommerlad J.P. on 28th Jan 1929 Rev V.T. Smith Minister".

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Glenellen, NSW - Bethal Trinity Lutheran

Glenellen, NSW - Bethal Trinity Lutheran

Year Built: 1926

Address: 595 Bethal Road, , Glenellen New South Wales, 2642

A Foundation stone reads, " This stone was laid in Triune God by Rev C Simphendorper and Rev J Stolz 4 March 1926 Gen 28 V 18 ISA 22 A".

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Glenunga, SA - Uniting

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.

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Gnowengerup, WA - St Margaret's Anglican

Gnowengerup, WA - St Margaret's Anglican

Year Built: 1930

Address: 7 Youngenup Road , , Gnowengerup Western Australia, 6335

Church services were held in the Agricultural Hall prior to a church being built. This church was built of local stone (possibly granite) in 1930. It has a tile roof and small arched steel casement windows. Funds raised by the congregation paid for the church to be built.

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Goorambat, VIC - Uniting

Goorambat, VIC - Uniting

Year Built: 1924

Address: 97 Halls Road, , Goorambat Victoria, 3725

Formerly a Methodist it was opened in 1865. The current church was erected in 1924. A mural by the name of 'Sophia' came into being in 2017 after acclaimed street artist Adnate approached the Uniting church community to host one inside the church itself as part of the Wall to Wall festival.

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Goulburn, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian

Goulburn, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian

Year Built: 1924

Address: 25 Clifford Street, , New South Wales, 2580

By order of the Governor in 1839, 2 acres of land for a church, schoolhouse and manse were marked off in the area today bounded by Sloane, Bradley and Craig Streets,and on 21st June, 1839, the first stone of the church was laid. The architect was William Hume, and the cost was £685. After the failure of the first builder to fulfil his…

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Grafton, NSW - Uniting

Grafton, NSW - Uniting

Year Built: 1923

Address: 126 Prince Street, , Grafton New South Wales, 2460

Formerley a Methodist Church built in 1923.

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Greenthorpe, NSW - Uniting

Greenthorpe, NSW - Uniting

Year Built: 1928

Address: Collon Street west, , Greenethorpe New South Wales, 2809

Formerly a Methodist church the foundation stone was laid on 21 March 1928 by John Fisher.

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Grenfell, NSW - Uniting

Grenfell, NSW - Uniting

Year Built: 1927

Address: Camp Street, , Grenfell New South Wales, 2810

In February, 1867, the Primitive Methodists erected a small iron building at a cost of £75 and conducted a Sunday School in it. On September 4, 1867, tenders were called for the erection of the first Wesleyan Church to be built of pine slabs with a shingle roof. However during the ministry of Rev. R. V. Danne, this building was later to…

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Guyra, NSW - St Columba's Presbyterian

Guyra, NSW - St Columba's Presbyterian

Year Built: 1926

Address: 9/21 Tenterden Street, , Guyra New South Wales, 2635

The Architects of the current Church were Powers, Adams and Munnings. The Builder was F. Mott. A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this stone was laid by Mrs Marjory Jackson 31st March 1926 - Rev E Norman McKie B.A. Minister". A Foundation stone on the church halls reads, " To the Glory of God in Memory of Rev E. Norman…

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Guyra, NSW - Uniting

Guyra, NSW - Uniting

Year Built: 1928

Address: 56 Ollera Street, , Guyra New South Wales, 2365

The Church was opened in 1928. A Foundation stone reads, "This stone was laid by Rev R.J. Williams on the 28th September 1927". A second foundation stone reads, " This stone was laid by Mrs William Moore on the 28th September 1927".

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Hampton, VIC - Baptist

Hampton, VIC - Baptist

Year Built: 1929

Address: 136 Thomas Street, , Hampton Victoria, 3188

A Foundation stone was laid on 7 December 1929 by Evan Rees Esq. The Architects were P Laisted and Warner and the builder was C Lawrence. The Church Hall was built in 1951 and a foundation stone was laid on 14 July by the first Sunday School Superintendent W.R. Walkley.

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Hampton, VIC - Holy Trinity Anglican

Hampton, VIC - Holy Trinity Anglican

Year Built: 1928

Address: 19 Thomas Street, , Hampton Victoria, 3188

The first church was built of timber and used until the present brick church was completed in 1928. The Foundation stone was laid on 1 September 1928 by the Dean of Melbourne.

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Hampton, VIC - St Mary's Catholic

Hampton, VIC - St Mary's Catholic

Year Built: 1925

Address: 59 Holyrood Street, , Hampton Victoria, 3188

In 1924 the Sandringham parish priest, Father Mangan, bought land for this purpose at a cost of £2,000. The land Father Mangan had to purchase was part of the Margarita Estate, approximately 20 acres of land stretching from South Road to Holyrood Street. Dr Henry Backhaus, a priest who had moved to the area from Bendigo upon his…

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Harris Park, NSW - St Oliver Plunkett Catholic

Harris Park, NSW - St Oliver Plunkett Catholic

Year Built: 1929

Address: 35 Wigram Street, , Harris Park New South Wales, 2150

The Freemans Journal of 17 October 1929 described the laying of the foundation stone as thus, The building is of brick and is being built on a block of ground adjacent to the home of the Sisters of Mercy, who have their College at Parramatta. The ground, which is about three-quarters of an acre, was bought for £1254, and the building,…

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Hawthorn, SA - Uniting

Hawthorn, SA - Uniting

Year Built: 1923

Address: 13 Hampton Street, , Hawthorn South Australia, 5062

Formerly a Presbyterian Church. This Neo Gothic brick and sandstone building was erected in 1923. Additions on two sides made in 1971.The Foundation stone was laid by Reverend J.A. Mc Lellan on 15 September 1923. The Architect was Hubert Henry Cowell.

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Hedley, VIC - Church of the Transfigeration Anglican

Hedley, VIC - Church of the Transfigeration Anglican

Year Built: 1922

Address: 6584 South Gippsland Highway, , Hedley Victoria, 3967

A Foundation block reads, " This Foundation Block was laid by Rev H.O. Watson Rector on 12th April 1922". The church was designed by Gawler and Drummond and constructed in 1922. A small weatherboard gable structure with a projecting gable side porch towards the front and a projecting gable vestry at the other side and a gabled chancel…

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Henley Beach, SA - St Michael and All Angels Anglican

Henley Beach, SA - St Michael and All Angels Anglican

Year Built: 1922

Address: Corner Military Road & South Street, , Henley Beach South Australia, 5022

The Foundation stone was laid on 11 February 1922 by John Barker Esq.

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Henley Beach, SA - Uniting

Henley Beach, SA - Uniting

Year Built: 1922

Address: Corner Durham & Military Road, , Henley Beach South Australia, 5022

In May, 1883, a block of land was purchased, and a small church built at a cost of £640, which was opened in November of the same year. The original Foundation stone was laid on 25 November 1922 by G.S. Wright and Jas Shearing. The Henley Fulham Congregation was formed on 31st October 1999 from an amalgamation of three congregations:…

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Henty, NSW - Uniting

Henty, NSW - Uniting

Year Built: 1928

Address: Ivor Street, , Henty New South Wales, 2658

The Foundation stone was laid by Reverend W Brown on 28 March 1928.

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Hornsby, NSW - St Peter's Anglican

Hornsby, NSW - St Peter's Anglican

Year Built: 1923

Address: 207 Peats Ferry Road, , Hornsby New South Wales, 2077

A Foundation stone reads, " This stone was laid to the Glory of God by John Charles Wright Archbishop of Sydney 27th October 1923." A further stone reads, " 27th February 1898".

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Hurlstone Park, NSW - St Stephen's Greek Orthodox

Hurlstone Park, NSW - St Stephen's Greek Orthodox

Year Built: 1924

Address: 650 New Canterbury Road, , Hurlstone Park New South Wales, 2193

The church building was purchased from the Anglican Church in 1984 and refurbished for Orthodox worship with the financial assistance of the parishioners. The official opening was blessed by His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos on Sunday 9th May 1999. A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this stone was laid by Deborah Louise…

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Hurstbridge, VIC - Uniting

Hurstbridge, VIC - Uniting

Year Built: 1925

Address: Main Road, , Hurstbridge Victoria, 3099

The Diamond Creek Methodist Mission commenced services in a hall in Hurstbridge around 1912. The Church was built in 1925 with a vestry added in 1949. In 1985 the church hall was transported from Plenty to the Hurstbridge site to create the current complex. The Church is Heritage listed. Walls are of timber stud construction,…

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Invermay, TAS - Praise Methodist

Invermay, TAS - Praise Methodist

Year Built: 1925

Address: 100 Invermay Road, , Invermay Tasmania, 7248

Formerly an Anglican Church. A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this stone was laid by Mrs Charles Kent June 20th 1925".

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Ivanhoe, VIC - Baptist

Ivanhoe, VIC - Baptist

Year Built: 1926

Address: Corner Livingston Street & Waterdale Road, , Ivanhoe Victoria, 3079

Designed in a free interpretation of the Gothic style, the Baptist Church is of red brick construction with a steeply pitched, terracotta shingled gabled roof. Window openings along the side elevations are positioned between stepped buttresses, and have cement rendered hoods, sills and Perpendicular Gothic style tracery. The corner square…

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Ivanhoe, VIC - Knox Presbyterian (Former)

Ivanhoe, VIC - Knox Presbyterian (Former)

Year Built: 1927

Address: 10 Noel Street , , Ivanhoe Victoria, 3079

Originally a Presbyterian Church and later a Uniting Church. Prior to the construction of the Knox Presbyterian Church services were held by the Rev. Alex Hardie. in the Old State School, Ivanhoe, in the Old State School during March 1908. Rev. Hardie had been inducted to Heidelberg in September 1907. In April 1908, a Presbyterian school…

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Ivanhoe, VIC - St Stephen's Anglican (Former)

Ivanhoe, VIC - St Stephen's Anglican (Former)

Year Built: 1926

Address: 22 Merton Street, , Ivanhoe Victoria, 3079

The Architect was Louis R. Williams who designed this church in 1926 in an unusual and inventive Arts and Crafts style.Built by T.H. Rowe for its opening by Archdeacon Hindley in April 1927.1 St Stephen's was the second Anglican church built in the Ivanhoe Parish. A vestry was added in 1929. Constructed of clinker brick, the church…

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Ivanhoe, VIC - Uniting

Ivanhoe, VIC - Uniting

Year Built: 1925

Address: Seddon Street, , Ivanhoe Victoria, 3079

In August 1890 Messrs. Thomas Latham and A, R, Fenton made their homes in Ivanhoe, having moved from Collingwood where they were active workers in the Sackville Street, Wesleyan Church, At that time there were no means of public worship in Ivanhoe and the nearest church was the Alphington Wesleyan, about a mile distant. On the 5th…

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Junee, NSW - St Joseph's Catholic

Junee, NSW - St Joseph's Catholic

Year Built: 1929

Address: Kitchener Street, , Junee New South Wales, 2663

The Foundation stone was laid on 10 March 1929 by the Right Reverend J.W. Dwyer Bishop of Wagga Wagga.

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Kangaroo Flat, VIC - St Monica's Catholic

Kangaroo Flat, VIC - St Monica's Catholic

Year Built: 1926

Address: 97 High Street, , Kangaroo Flat Victoria, 3555

A Foundation stone reads, " This Memorial stone of St Monica's Church was blessed and laid on Sunday 16th May 1926 by Most Rev John McCarthy D.D. Bishop of Sandhurst".

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Kaniva, VIC - Church of Christ

Kaniva, VIC - Church of Christ

Year Built: 1929

Address: 106 Commercial Street, Kaniva, Kaniva Victoria, 3419

The history of the Church goes back to 1885. Meetings were held in the homes of Bren Russell, Rossell, Sen, and Charles Crouch near Miram. Bro Bren Russell removed to Kaniva, and on the 14th of March 1889 a meeting was held in the home of Bro. W.H. Rich to consider the desirability of forming a church in Kaniva. Services were held in…

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Kaniva, VIC - St Michael's Catholic

Kaniva, VIC - St Michael's Catholic

Year Built: 1930

Address: Roache Street, , Kaniva Victoria, 3419

The Foundation stone was laid on 29 December 1929 by Right Reverend Dr Folly Bishop of Ballarat.

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Katanning, WA - St Patricks Catholic

Katanning, WA - St Patricks Catholic

Year Built: 1923

Address: 37 Amhurst Street, , Katanning Western Australia, 6317

The first wood and iron Catholic Church, St Patrick’s, was opened in 1893. The new church was opened on 19th August, 1923, with Father Reidy having been a major force behind the project, and the church was blessed by Archbishop Clune. The Architect was M F Cavanagh and the builder was Alex Thomson.

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Katanning, WA - St Stephen's Lutheran

Katanning, WA - St Stephen's Lutheran

Year Built: 1926

Address: 19 Hassell Street, , Katanning Western Australia, 6317

The first Lutheran Church was erected in 1905 in corrugated iron and wood on the site where the present hall now stands. This hall was originally built as a church in 1926 to replace the original church. A third church, the current one was erected in 1964, next-door to the second church, on the site of a house. The second church (1926)…

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