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Birchip, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1988
Address: 1 Rundle Street, , Birchip Victoria, 3483
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this Anglican church of St Paul the Apostle was consecrated on 2nd October 1988 by the Rt Revd O.S. Heywood M.A. Bishop of Bendigo (Foundations were blessed on 8th November 1987) This building replaces the original which was dedicated 28 July 1896 by th RT Revd H.E. Cooper M.A. Assistant…
Birchip, VIC - Uniting
Address: 31 Duncan Street, , Birchip Victoria, 3483
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Birdwood, SA - Holy Cross Lutheran
Year Built: 1860
Address: 1 Church Street, , Birdwood South Australia, 2446
The town of Birdwood, formerly Blumberg,' was founded in January 1848 after the first settlers of Blumberg arrived from Hamburg, Germany in December of 1847. The first worship services of the congregation were held in the home of one of the elders of the congregation until his death in 1850. A small church was then built about 1.5km…
Birdwood, SA - St Matthew's Catholic
Address: Shannon Street, , Birdwood South Australia, 2446
Birdwood, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1957
Address: Main Street, , Birdwood South Australia, 2446
The Foundation stone was laid on 1 December 1956 by Mr E.T. Pflaum.
Birdwoodton, VIC - St Alban the Martyr Anglican Catholic
Address: 40 Mena Road, , Birdwoodton Victoria, 3505
Black Mountain, NSW - Baptist
Address: 857 Black Mountain Road, , Black Mountain New South Wales, 2365
An Historical Board in front of the Church reads, Thomas Llewellyn, a Baptist Evangelist, pionered the New England Baptist cause between 1877 and 1883. In 1880 he reported to the Baptist Union of NSW that a 'Sabbath School was conducted in Mr Enos Scott's home at Black Mountain'. Throughout the last 2 decades of the 19th Century…
Black Springs, SA - Trinity Lutheran (Former)
Address: Black Springs Road, , South Australia, 5413
Blackburn North, VIC - Newhope Baptist
Address: 3 Springfield Road, , Blackburn North Victoria, 3130
Blackburn North, VIC - St Alfred's Anglican
Address: 107 Springfield Road, , Blackburn North Victoria, 3130
In 1883 a building had been constructed on the corner of Whitehorse road and Francom Street. This became the main centre for Anglican worship but in 1889 it was moved to Box Hill and was later burnt down. The foundation meeting for an Anglican church in Blackburn was held in the home of Thomas Morton in Blackburn Road, was attended by…
Blackburn North, VIC - St Philip's Catholic
Address: 60 Junction Road, , Blackburn North Victoria, 3130
Blackburn South, VIC - St Luke the Evangelist Catholic
Year Built: 1999
Address: 46 Orchard Grove, , Blackburn South Victoria, 3130
A wall plaque reads, " This Church was blessed by Most Reverend T. F. Little D.D. KBE Archbishop of Melbourne on the Feast of St Luke October 18 1999".
Blackburn, VIC - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1890
Address: 5 Queens Street, , Blackburn Victoria, 3130
The Government granted land in 1861 to the Church of England in Bedford Street - an area which stretched From the present Bedford Street, Box Hill to Canterbury Road, then called Delaney's Road. Charles Bedford was Secretary to the Vestry of the local Church of England for many years. The Bedford Road Church was a brick building also used…
Blackburn, VIC - The Avenue Uniting
Year Built: 1960
Address: Corner The Avenue & Blackburn Road, , Blackburn Victoria, 3130
The first Presbyterian Church was erected in 1926. In the 1950's there was already a small brick Presbyterian Church , but with post war expansion this proved inadequate. The worshipping community worked hard to give expression to an expanded vision for the area and the "new" Presbyterian church. The foundation stone of the current…
Blackmans Bay, TAS - Salvation Army
Address: 3 Opal Avenue, , Blackmans Bay Tasmania, 7052
Blackmans Bay, TAS - St Peter's Anglican
Year Built: 1968
Address: Corner Roslyn & Pearsall Avenue, , Blackmans Bay Tasmania, 7052
The Foundation stone was laid on 4 August 1968 by the Archdeacon of Hobart I.J.B. McDonald.
Blackmans Bay, TAS - St Pius X Catholic
Year Built: 1957
Address: 98 Chennel Highway, , Blackmans Bay Tasmania, 7052
The Church was designed by the well known Tasmanian architect J.H.E. Dorney and constructed in 1957.
Blackstone, QLD - Methodist
Year Built: 1879
Address: 14 Mary Street, , Blackstone Queensland, 4304
A plaque reads, " The original Blackstone Congregational Church designed by architect Will Haenke was built in 1879 and faced Thomas Street. Around 1900 the church was expanded by adding a larger structure which faced Mary Street. The original building was retained and incorporated into this addition, and used as a hall. The Samoan…
Blackstone, QLD - Welsh
Year Built: 1886
Address: 6 Thomas Street, , Blackstone Queensland, 4304
The Church was designed by Samuel Shenton and built in 1886 by Worley & Whitehead. The church was known as the Welsh Union Church in the early years but was being called the United Welsh Church by the early 20th century. The church building opened officially on 16 October 1886. A plaque reads, " This stone is erected to commemorate…
Blacktown, NSW - Baptist
Year Built: 1963
Address: Cnr Harold and Sackville Streets, , Blacktown New South Wales, 2148
The Church was started by the McLean family who felt there was a need for a Baptist church in the Blacktown area and donated the land. The original timber church hall was built in the early 1930’s and the current brick Church building was opened in 1963. A Foundation plaque reads, " To the Glory of God this new Church and Christian…
Blacktown, NSW - Blacktown South Croatia Catholic
Address: 70 Douglas Road, , Blacktown New South Wales, 2148
From the main Croatian website the following was translated, " Croatian Franciscans have been living and working among the Croats in Sydney since the middle of 1957 as caretakers of Croatian Catholics. In their activities, they followed the same path as the majority of Croatian post-war settlers: together with Croatian believers, they…
Blacktown, NSW - Fellowship Baptist
Address: 87 Frederick Street, , Blacktown New South Wales, 2148
Blacktown, NSW - St Michael's Catholic
Address: 58 Orwell Street, , Blacktown New South Wales, 2148
Blacktown, NSW - St Nicholas' Serbian Orthodox
Year Built: 1967
Address: 33 Second Avenue, , New South Wales, 2148
In 1967 the foundation stone of the Church was blessed by His Grace Bishop Dimitrije (Balac) on 29 January 1967 when Ljubomir Vucurovic was also ordained a deacon. In 1971 the Church was consecrated on 12 June by His Grace Dimitrije (Balac) the Serbian Orthodox Bishop for Australia and New Zealand.
Blacktown, NSW - Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration
Address: 35A Kildare Road, , Blacktown New South Wales, 2148
Blacktown, NSW - Uniting
Address: 59 - 65 Bungarribee Road, , Blacktown New South Wales, 2148
Blackwood, VIC - All Sain't Anglican
Address: Prayer Hill Lane, , Blackwood Victoria, 3458
Blair Athol, SA - St Clement's Anglican
Year Built: 1858
Address: 341 Main North Road, , Blair Athol South Australia, 5084
The Church was opened in 1858. Stained glass windows by world acclaimed South Australian glass artist, Cedar Prest.
Blampied, VIC - St Joseph's Catholic (Former)
Year Built: 1869
Address: 3478 Midland Highway, , Blampied Victoria, 3364
Of Gothic revival and constructed of bluestone the Church consists of a nave of five bays, a large chancel and lateral sacristies with a double gable, not often seen on country churches. The Church was sold in 2021.
Blanchtown, SA - Advent Lutheran
Year Built: 1903
Address: Paisley Road, , Blanchtown South Australia, 5357
The first Lutheran pastor was Pastor Peter Bonifacuis Hoefner, who lived on the East side of the Paisley river and conducted services at his home from 1896 to 1901. In 1901 Pastor Hoefner moved from the Blanchetown district to Queensland. The congregation then joined the Stonefield Parish whose pastor was Pastor J. P. Lohe. On February…
Blandford, NSW - St Luke's Anglican (Former)
Year Built: 1880
Address: 90 Salidbury Street, , Blandford New South Wales, 2338
Sold in 2016.
Blayney, NSW - Christ Church Anglican
Year Built: 1870
Address: 88 Adelaide Street, , Blayney New South Wales, 2799
The Foundation stone was laid in 1870 and the Church was consecrated in 1901.
Blayney, NSW - St Paul's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1861
Address: 71 Adelaide Street, , Blayney New South Wales, 2799
The foundation stone was laid in July 1861 and the church was opened on 6 April 1862 with Reverend James Adam holding the first church service. In 1870, the building was enhanced by the addition of an attractive bell tower, with shingled steeple. The cost of St Paul’s was £300 exclusive of the pulpit and seats.
Blayney, NSW - Uniting
Year Built: 1886
Address: 92 Adelaide Street, , Blayney New South Wales, 2799
The current church was built from 1885 to 1886 at a cost of approximately £1,144 by Bathurst contractor James Atkins. The church, designed in the Victorian Carpenter Gothic style by architect James Hine, opened on 5 September 1886. It was renovated c. 1940. The second Methodist church, now the church hall and Sunday school, was a brick…