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Bundaberg, QLD - Christ Church Anglican
Year Built: 1927
Address: 59 Woongarra Street, , Bundaberg Queensland, 4670
The first Anglican Church in Bundaberg was built in Quay Street in 1876. The building was moved to Woongarra Street, near the present site, in 1899. The foundation stone for the church was laid on August 9, 1920 by Bishop Le Fenu. The Church was constructed in 1927 featuring a gothic style with characteristics including pointed arches…
Bundaberg, QLD - Holy Rosary Catholic
Year Built: 1888
Address: 22 Barolin Street, , Bundaberg Queensland, 4670
The first original timber church still stands in the Bundaberg Catholic Cemetery. The proprietor then was Walter Adams, Bundaberg’s first member to the Queensland Legislative Assembly. In 1876 the Sisters of Saint Joseph, founded by Saint Mary MacKillop, arrived in Bundaberg ahead of Father Rossolini who moved his residence from Mt…
Bundaberg, QLD - St Andrew's Presbyterian (Former)
Year Built: 1932
Address: 61 Woogarra Street, , Bundaberg Queensland, 4670
Prominent Brisbane architect Lange L. Powell designed St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Construction of the church in the early 1930s was a local work-generating scheme during a time of economic depression. The Church adopted a deliberate policy to ensure that funds for the construction of the church were spent on local labour and…
Bundaberg, QLD - St John's Lutheran
Year Built: 1960
Address: 30 George Street, , Bundaberg Queensland, 4670
Lutheranism in Bundaberg was established in 1873. Lutheran Pastor Carl Hellmuth of Maryborough visited Bundaberg to preach, administer Holy Communion, and baptise - the first formal Lutheran services in Bundaberg. In 1877 monthly services commenced in a shop in Bundaberg and in 1882 Bundaberg's first Lutheran church was built in Tanitha…
Bundaberg, QLD - Uniting
Year Built: 1937
Address: 34 Barolin Street, , Bundaberg Queensland, 4670
The Church was opened in 1937.
Bundanoon, NSW - Holy Trinity Anglican
Year Built: 1905
Address: 15 Church Street, , Bundanoon New South Wales, 2578
In 1879, Holy Trinity Anglican church was built on its present site. (the timber church was destroyed by bushfire in December, 1904; rebuilt in stone in 1905). On 8 March 1905 the ladies of the church provided luncheon for the Governor of NSW, Sir Harry Rawson and Lady Rawson on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone for a…
Bundanoon, NSW - St Brigid's Catholic
Year Built: 1895
Address: 16 Hill Street, , Bundanoon New South Wales, 2578
Church was built in 1895; prior to that, Roman Catholic services were conducted at Sutton Forest. A wall plaque reads, " In grateful recognition of the generous contributions made by the townspeople of Bundanoon towards the building of this Church. Blessed & Opened on 31st March 1895 by Most Rev. Joseph Higgins W Bishop of Maitland. On…
Bundanoon, NSW - Uniting
Year Built: 1885
Address: 4 Church Street, , Bundanoon New South Wales, 2578
By 1870 the Primitive Methodist Church was established on the corner where the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall now stands. This building also served as the first school, with Mrs Dinah Osborne as teacher. A new school of two rooms was built in 1880 and is still used as the school library. The Primitive Methodists moved to a new building in 1885…
Bundeena, NSW - New Beginnings Uniting
Address: 86 Loftus Street, , Bundeena New South Wales, 2230
Bundeena, NSW - Our Lady of the Way Catholic
Address: 73 Bundenna Drive, , Bundeena New South Wales, 2230
Bundoora, VIC - St Peter's Anglican
Address: Corner Grimshaw Street & Alma Road, , Bundoora Victoria, 3083
The first recorded meeting of the parish was held on the 27th of June 1962 and the first service was held in the Bundoora Hall on August 19th 1962. The first church building was a small rectangular building, attached to the parish hall, with a capacity of 60 people. On the 16th of December 1967 the corner stone for the Hall/Chapel…
Bungalow, NSW - St Kevin's Catholic
Year Built: 1935
Address: 1 Deacon Street, , Bangalow New South Wales, 2479
A Foundation stone reads, "D O M This foundation stone of St Kevin's Church was laid in 20th January 1935 by the Most Rev John Carroll D.D. Bishop of Lismore Ven Archdeacon Scott PP". A plaque on a rock at the steps to the Church reads, "Church of St Kevins Bangalow Blessed by Bishop P Farrelly 16th June 1935. Archdeacon B Scott PP.…
Bungaree, VIC - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1869
Address: 335 Bungaree Wallace Road, , Bungaree Victoria, 3352
A meeting of locals was held in November of 1865 and the committee decided to purchase land where todays church is located. The first church service was held at Mr Benham's home on 6 January 1867. In April, 1866 it was proposed that the church be of stone, 25 feet by 40 feet with a hardwood floor and shingle roof. The walls to be 18…
Bungaree, VIC - St Michael's Catholic
Year Built: 1910
Address: 184 Bungaree Wallace Road, , Bungaree Victoria, 3352
The Parish was established in 1890. A few years before in 1878 Dean Moore purchased a block of land for a church and school. This land now holds the Bungaree hall and some adjoining houses. The first recorded baptism in Bungaree was that of Ellena Rice performed by Fr J Cleary on 31 August 1890. When Fr Linane retired in 1965 Fr…
Bungendore, NSW - St Mary's Catholic
Address: Turallo Terrace, , Bungendore New South Wales, 2621
Bungendore, NSW - St Philip's Anglican
Year Built: 1864
Address: Gibraltar Street, , Bungendore New South Wales, 2621
The Church was erected in 1864 and is of the Victorian Free Gothic style. The walls are constructed of rock faced ashlar and the jointing is of fine pointing. The steep pitched timber frame gable roof is clad with asbestos shingles. Walls feature high pointed Gothic windows which are complimented by arched sandstone block work to window…
Bungowannah, NSW - St Mark's Anglican
Address: Riverina Highwaay, , Bungowannah New South Wales, 2640
Buninyong, VIC - Anglican
Year Built: 1862
Address: 706 Warrenheip Street, , Buninyong Victoria, 3357
The Church was opened in 1862, five years after the first Anglican Services were held in the old Buninyong Police Court. A historical wall plaque reads, " When the Irishman Rev. Garrett Russell arrived at Buninyong in 1857 as the first minister, there was no church or school. The original brick church-school at the rear was ready for…
Buninyong, VIC - Methodist (Former)
Year Built: 1867
Address: 802 Warrenheip Street, , Buninyong Victoria, 3357
A fence plaque reads, " The first Methodist services were held in John Adams' shop from 1855. In 1866-7 this brick church was built by Richard Rennie at a cost of £774. It was designed by J A Doane, a Ballarat architect who designed many district Methodist churches. It operated until 1969, when the decision was taken to join with the…
Buninyong, VIC Uniting
Year Built: 1860
Address: 302 Scott Street, , Buninyong Victoria, 3357
In 1859 the congregation felt the time had arrived for the erection of a more adequate church building and one more centrally situated. A Committee was appointed to superintend the arrangements, consisting of Messrs. Hastie, Scott, Allen, Akehurst, Rankin, Surman ( the schoolmaster), Gunn, and Innes. After much care and painstaking they…
Bunyip, VIC - St Thomas' Anglican
Year Built: 1902
Address: 26 A'Beckett Street, , Bunyip Victoria, 3815
The Bunyip Parish of St. Thomas' was originally part of the Gippsland Fort mission in 1879 and early church services were held In Kraft's Hall. By the early 1890': a-proper church was being planned, and fund raising began In December 1891. On 15 October 1902, Mrs W. A. A'Beckett Snr of Brighton laid the foundation block for the new…
Burleigh Heads, QLD - Infant Saviour Catholic
Address: 4 Park Avenue, , Burleigh Heads Queensland, 4220
Burleigh Heads, QLD - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1961
Address: 14 Park Avenue, , Burleigh Heads Queensland, 4220
A Foundation stone reads, " A.M.D.G. And in memory of those who gave their lives to preserve our freedom this stone was set by Reginald Archbishop of Brisbane on 29th July 1961. R.F. Ranwell Rector".
Burleigh Heads, QLD - Uniting
Address: Burleigh Street, , Burleigh Heads Queensland, 4220
Land on the corner of West Burleigh Road and Burleigh Street was purchased in September 1925 on behalf of the Methodist Church in Queensland. It was formerly the site of the Smith's boarding house Burleigh Lodge which was relocated to Marine Parade. On Sunday 23 December 1928, a Methodist church was officially opened by Reverend James…
Burleigh Waters, QLD - Mary Mother of Mercy Catholic
Address: 237 Burleigh Connection Road, , Burleigh Waters Queensland, 4220
Burnie, TAS - Baptist
Address: 57 Mount Street, , Burnie Tasmania, 7320
The church, capable of accommodating 350 or more people,opened on 12 December 1925. It was built almost entirely by men of the Church. Henry Dowling as general overseer, Fred Parsons in charge of the carpentering and Jim Baylis and Ray Haslock in charge of the brick work. It was completed at a cost of £1675 pounds.Seventeen years later…
Burnie, TAS - Salvation Army
Address: 109 Wilson Street, , Burnie Tasmania, 7320
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Burnie, TAS - St George's Anglican
Year Built: 1884
Address: 52 Mount Street, , Burnie Tasmania, 7320
The first moves for the provision of an Anglican church at Burnie began in the mid-1840s after the visits of the Rev. Grigg from Circular Head and the Rev. Waterfield from the settlement at the Forth River. The Launceston Advertiser of 9 November 1844 under the heading Churches of the Interior reported: At the new but populous settlement…
Burnie, TAS - Star of the Sea Catholic
Year Built: 1891
Address: 96 Mount Street, , Burnie Tasmania, 7320
There are several foundation / plaques on the church building. The church foundation stone reads, " St Mary's Star of the Sea blessed and opened by the Most Rev Daniel Murphy D.D. Archbishop of Hobart 1st January 1891, T Kenner builder, Matthew O'Callahan Parish Priest". Another reads, " Erected to the memory of the very Revd,…
Burnie, TAS - Uniting
Year Built: 1901
Address: 60 Mount Street, , Burnie Tasmania, 7320
A Primitive Methodist Church was built in Mount street in 1869 and a second church was built alongside the earlier church in 1891. A Wesleyan Methodist Church built in Cattley Street in 1894. They were removed to the rear in 1900. The Grand Opening of the first church took place in May, 1869. The erection of this Methodist Chapel by a…
Burnside, SA - St David's Anglican
Year Built: 1962
Address: 492 Glynburn Road, , Burnside South Australia, 5066
The original stone church, now the church hall, dates from 1887. The modern brick church, a hundred metres to the south on Glynburn Road, was built in 1963, while standing between these two is the oldest building of them all, the current Church Office, erected as the Burnside Council Chambers in 1869. A foundation stone was laid on 9…
Burpengary, QLD - Freshwater Anglican
Address: 45 Pitt Road, , Burpengary Queensland, 4505
The Church building seems to be condemded in 2022.
Burra, SA - Redruth Methodist (former)
Year Built: 1874
Address: Ludgvan Street, , Burra South Australia, 5417
Redruth first appeared in the quarterly minute book on 24 June 1851. No members are listed and the income was 5/4. Three months later there were 4 members and the circuit income was 1-6-6. In February 1851 the Kooringa trustees had begun to build a church opposite the police station and 1-17-10 was collected at the laying of the corner…
Burra, SA - St Joseph's Catholic
Year Built: 1873 - 1874
Address: 7 Market Street, , Burra South Australia, 5417
The Foundation stone was laid on 11 May 1873 by Fr Christopher Reynolds and the Church was opened on 8th November 1874.