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Albion Park, NSW - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1908
Address: 250 Tongarra Road, , Albion Park New South Wales, 2527
The first Presbyterian Church in Albion Park was built of rubble stone in 1866 but was demolished due to disrepair. The new Presbyterian Church was built with half the cost being met by Albion Park pioneer John Russell. It was built of rubble stone in 1866 but was demolished due to disrepair. The Church Gothic style Church was built by F.…
Albion Park, NSW - Southern Church of Christ
Address: 107 Tongarra Road, , Albion Park New South Wales, 2527
Albion Park, NSW - St Paul's Catholic
Address: 247 - 251 Tongarra Road, , Albion Park New South Wales, 2527
Albury North, NSW - Greek Orthodox
Year Built: 1964
Address: 378 Olive Street, , Albury North New South Wales, 2640
The church was established on November 7, 1964. The land was purchased for £900 and the church’s construction, costing around £5,000, was funded by donations, including contributions from Greek cafés across regional NSW. The church hall was officially also opened in 1964. A Foundation stone reads, " This Foundation stone was laid on…
Albury North, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1974
Address: 402 Wagga Road, , Albury North New South Wales, 2641
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this Foundation stone was laid by Mr W. Stanley Carnie Elder on 27th May 1973. The Church was opened by The Right Reverend Norman Monsen Moderator Assembly New South Wales and dedicated by the Presbytery of Wagga Wagga on 9th November 1974. Minister Reverend Ian C. Davidson".
Albury North, NSW - Trinity Uniting
Year Built: 1958
Address: 1052 Mate Street, , Albury North New South Wales, 2640
The Foundation stone was laid August 9 1958 by Rev E A Bennett and opened November 29 by Rev E H Wood.
Albury, NSW - Baptist
Address: Corner Crisp & Macavley Streets, , Albury New South Wales, 2640
Albury, NSW - St Luke's Lutheran
Address: 436 Guinea Street, , Albury New South Wales, 2640
A Foundation stone for a new Church was laid on 28 September 1938.
Albury, NSW - St Matthew's Anglican
Year Built: 1859
Address: 4518 Kiewa Street, , Albury New South Wales,
The Albury Anglican Parish was established in February 1850 and by 1851 the first rector Henry Elliott had arrived. By 1856 a plan by Sydney architect Edmund Blacket was accepted and work began in 1857. The first portion: nave, south porch and tower base, was opened on March 13 1859. The external walls were of local Monument Hill…
Albury, NSW - St Patrick's Catholic
Year Built: 1843
Address: Corner Olive & Smolett Streets, , Albury New South Wales, 2640
Father Charles Lovat, a pioneer priest from Yass, celebrated Albury's first Catholic mass on November 25, 1843 in a much smaller building at a different location. The present Church was opened on November 24, 1872. The priest who planned its construction was buried behind the altar. He was Dr. Michael McAlroy, Albury's parish priest from…
Aldersyde, WA - Pioneer Memorial
Address: 38 Railway Terrace, , Aldersyde Western Australia, 6306
The church was erected as a jubilee memorial to the pioneers of Gunbar who built the original church in 1884. The official opening and dedication of the church on the 4th July 1934 was postponed by bad weather and took place on the 18th July 1934. Now closed.
Aldgate, SA - Church of Christ
Address: 54 Strathalbyn Road, , Aldgate South Australia, 5154
Aldgate, SA - Church of the Ascension Anglican
Year Built: 1892
Address: 4 Arkaba Road, , Aldgate South Australia, 5154
The Foundation stone of the church was laid on October 22 1892. The Church is a simple stone and brick building 20 feet x 30 feet. An extension of just over 3 meters was made at the eastern end, and a porch and vestry were added in 1961. The Architect for this was Dean W. Berry and the builder was H.J. Were. Architectural: Random…
Aldgate, SA - Sunset Rock Uniting
Address: Sherlaw Avenue, , Aldgate South Australia, 5154
Aldinga, SA - St Anne's Anglican
Year Built: 1866
Address: Main South Road, , Aldinga South Australia, 5173
In 1866 residents of Aldinga called a meeting to consider the advisability of erecting a Church. An acre of land was presented by the South Australian Company and the foundation stone was laid by Mrs Short. Total cost was £785. Building opened for service by Dean Farrell and was consecrated. The Church is a simple stone chapel derived…
Aldinga, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1863
Address: Old Coach Road, , Aldinga South Australia, 5173
The Uniting Church was constructed as the Aldinga Methodist Church and opened in 1863 during a period of active church building throughout the district. Services for Methodists in the Aldinga area had been held in other locations previously, but this church was the focus of their worship from the 1860's onwards. Stone church with brick…
Alexandra, VIC - St Andrews Uniting
Year Built: 1966
Address: 37 Downey Street, , Alexandra Victoria, 3714
The commemoration stone was laid by the Reverends K.O. Williams and Reverend W.C. Paul on 20 November 1966.
Alexandra, VIC - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1937
Address: 39 Downey Street, , Alexandra Victoria, 3714
The first church of St John's in Alexandra was built in 1868 and is now the parish ahll. The building was moved from a more southerly site in town to the present position in 1938. The Foundation stone of the current church was laid by Reverend Douglas Blake on 18 November 1937. The present church is of reinforced concrete designed by…
Alexandra, VIC - St Mary's Catholic
Year Built: 1970
Address: 36 Nihil Street, , Alexandra Victoria, 3714
The Foundation stone was laid by his Grace the Most Reverend J.R. Knox D.D. J.C.D. 1 November 1970.
Alexandria, NSW - St Lazarus Serbian Orthodox
Address: 14 Renwick Street, , Alexandria New South Wales, 2015
Alice Springs, NT - Anglican
Year Built: 1982
Address: 18 Bath Street, , Alice Springs Northern Territory, 0870
Alice Springs, NT - John Flynn Uniting Memorial
Year Built: 1953
Address: 50 Todd Street, , Alice Springs Northern Territory, 0870
The Church, set in the heart of Australia, is a national shrine. It is outstandingly significant as a memorial to the life and work of the great Australian visionary John Flynn (1880−1951), the founder of the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) and its aero-medical offshoot, the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. Opened in 1956, the…
Alice Springs, NT - Lutheran
Address: 49 Gap Road, , Alice Springs Northern Territory, 0870
The Lutheran Mission Block was obtained in June 1938 by Pastor Albrecht from the Hermannsburg Mission. This block of six acres of land was located at 49 Gap Road in Alice Springs and became known locally as Mission Block. A small church was built on the site in December 1938. The current Church was dedicated in 1967.
Alice Springs, NT - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic
Year Built: 1967
Address: 4 Hartley Street, , Alice Springs Northern Territory, 0870
In 1965 Fr. Dwyer MSC commenced preparation for the present church. Construction of a new church was underway on Lot 56 in late 1967. The foundation stone was blessed by Bishop JP O’Loughlin on 17th March, 1968. The church was officially opened on 11th May, 1969. Construction was by the Alice Springs firm Sitzler Brothers and the…
Allansford, VIC - Uniting
Address: Corner Caroline & Frank Streets, , Allansford Victoria, 3277
Allansford, VIC St Paul's Anglican
Address: 20 Frank Street, , Allansford Victoria, 3277
The Church was licenced for services on the Feast of St Mark's in 1882.
Allora, QLD - St Andrew's Uniting
Year Built: 1906
Address: 44 Warwick Street, , Allora Queensland, 4362
The Original Church was built around 1879 while the current Church was built in 1906. The foundation stone was laid on 25th July 1906 in the presence of the Rev D McLellan.
Allora, QLD - St David's Anglican
Year Built: 1887
Address: New England Highway, , Allora Queensland, 4362
St. David's Church, Allora is a timber, Gothic Revival style church prominently located at the end of the main thoroughfare of the town, was constructed in 1887-88 to the design of leading Queensland colonial architect F.D.G Stanley. This building is the second church to be built on the site, which also contains a rectory designed by…
Alpha, QLD - St John the Evangelist Catholic
Address: 23 Dryden Street, , Alpha Queensland, 4724
Altona Meadows, VIC - Queen of Peace Catholic
Address: 60 Everingham Road, , Altona Meadows Victoria, 3028
Altona Meadows, VIC - St Clement's Anglican
Address: 85 Central Avenue, , Altona Meadows Victoria, 3028
Altona, VIC - St Mary help of Christians Catholic
Address: Railway Street North, , Altona Victoria, 3018
The first Mass was held on 14 August 1922 by the Very Reverend John Barry the Cathedral Administrator. The venue for the early Masses was the Progress hall which eventually became a Baptist venue. The first Church was an historic timer building which serves as a church, primary school and entertainment centre. It was first located on…