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Burrumbuttock, NSW - Uniting (Former)
Year Built: 1922
Address: 46 Uran Road, , Burrumbuttock New South Wales, 2642
The church was opened in 1922 by the Rev Skinner. The Church is now in private hands.
Burwood East, VIC - Anglican Church of Ascension
Year Built: 1969
Address: Corner Blackburn Road & Witchwood Street, , Burwood East Victoria, 3151
The Church was dedicated on Ascension day in 1969 by the Archbishop of Melbourne, the Most Reverend Frank Woods.
Burwood, VIC - Methodist (Former)
Year Built: 1887
Address: 339 Warrigal Road, , Burwood Victoria, 3125
A church site was sought in 1878 and an acre (0.4 hectare) of land in Warrigal Road was purchased for £50,320 however the building of a new church did not commence until 1887. The foundation stone was laid on 24 January 1887 by Hon J Balfour, MLC and G Sweet; construction was undertaken by builders, Hainsworth and Kellam, and the church…
Burwood, VIC - St Benedict's Catholic
Year Built: 1957
Address: 301 Warrigal Road, , Burwood Victoria, 3125
The first Catholic Church in the Shire of Nunawading was built on land granted to the Catholic Church in 1854 at the north east corner of Warrigal (Boundary) and Riversdale (Moloneys) Roads. In July 1855 the Catholic Church applied for a building grant towards the estimated cost of £300 for a brick building with slate roof, and they…
Busselton, WA - St Joseph's Catholic
Address: 70 Kent Street, , Busselton Western Australia, 6280
Busselton is one of the oldest parishes in Western Australia. Priests from Perth, especially members of the Benedictine Order, visited Vasse (as Busselton was called) from the 1830's onwards.
Busselton, WA - St Mary's Anglican
Year Built: 1842
Address: 48 Peel Terrace, , Busselton Western Australia, 6280
The Church is a Victorian Romanesque style building in the Norman manner, constructed in limestone with a shingled roof. It has an auditory plan, and sanctuary, entrance porch and vestry and belltower. The walls are constructed of local limestone and the nave is three bays long, and the bays are articulated with pilasters and round head…
Bute, SA - Catholic (Former)
Year Built: 1894
A Foundation stone reads, " D.O.M. Lapidum Hunc Benedixit Et Posuit Rdus Josephus Peters S.J. Rdo P. Aloysio Enricht A.D. April 29th 1894".
Bute, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1902
Address: Corner First & Third Streets, , Bute South Australia, 5560
A Foundation stone was laid on 27 August 1902 by P Jackson Esq J.P. There is another on the corner of the building that is dated 1894. The church was opened on 16th November 1902 and replaced an earlier timber framed iron building opened on 15/11/1885. Prior to the erection of this building, Primitive Methodist services had begun about…
Buxton, VIC - St Thomas' Anglican
Address: Maroondah Highway, , Buxton Victoria, 3711
The Church was consecrarted on 3 May 1895 by the Lord Bishop of Melbourne.
Byaduk, VIC - Zion Lutheran (Former)
Address: 124 Byaduk Lutheran Church Rd, , Byaduk Victoria, 3301
The Church was established in 1866 by Prussian Immigrants and closed in 2006. The original church was destroyed by fire in 1900. It was dedicated in 1906.
Byron Bay, NSW - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1969
Address: 13 Ruskin Street, , Byron Bay New South Wales, 2481
A plaque read's, " This Church was opened by The Rt Rev R.L. McInnes BA State Moderator and dedicated to the Glory of God by the Presbytery of the Northern Rivers on the 16th August 1969 Minister Rev H.W.A. Wilson".
Byron Bay, NSW - St Finbarr's Catholic
Address: 50 Tennyson Street, , Byron Bay New South Wales, 2481
The first church in Byron Bay was built in 1900 and was also used as a school in those early years. At this time, the separate parish of Mullumbimby was established in 1917, leaving Bangalow and Byron Bay as the main towns of the parish.
Byron Bay, NSW - St Paul's Anglican
Address: 14 Kingsley Street, , Byron Bay New South Wales, 2481
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Greater Glory of God This Foundation stone of the Church of Saint Paul was laid by Rt Rev K.. Clements BA DD Bishop of Grafton on Tuesday May 23rd1961. Canon F.G. Alexander Rector.
Caboolture, QLD - Church of Christ
Address: 24 Valley Drive, , Caboolture Queensland, 4510
Caboolture, QLD - St Lawrence's Anglican
Address: 165 King Street, , Caboolture Queensland, 4510
Caboolture, QLD, St Paul's Lutheran (Former)
Address: 280 Beerburrum Road, , Caboolture Queensland, 4510
A Lutheran congregation had been in existence here in the early days of the settlement (about 1873), but during WWI the congregation dissolved itself. In 1925, the home missionaries of ELCA discovered remnants of the old congregation and a pastor was called to this field. On 3 June 1940 the Lutheran church was wilfully set on fire.
Cairns, QLD - St John's Anglican
Address: Cnr Lake & Minnie Streets, , Cairns Queensland, 4870
Calliope, QLD - St Patrick's Catholic
Address: Dawson Highway, , Calliope Queensland, 4680
Caltowie, SA - Lutheran (Former)
Address: 47 Brown Street, , Caltowie South Australia, 5490
The church was opened in 1873 as a Wesleyan Methodist. Three years later in 1876 it was sold to the Lutherans. The porch was added to the Lutheran Church in 1960. The last service was held in 1981 and the church is now in private hands. The congregation split in 1875. E: 1873-1905; EaaG: 1906-26; Cg. IS: 1875-84; IaaG: 1884-1921; U:…
Calwell, ACT - Sacred Heart Catholic
Year Built: 1902
Address: 100 Casey Crescent, , Calwell Australian Capital Territory, 2905
This Gothic-style weatherboard church was only the second Catholic church in the ACT. Built by voluntary labour, it was opened on 29 June 1902 and formally dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Father James O'Gorman from Michelago preached the first sermon. As this was part of the Sydney Diocese, Archbishop Kelly, the fourth…
Calwell, ACT - St Mary in the Valley Anglican
Address: 17 Webber Crescent, , Calwell Australian Capital Territory, 2905
Camberwell South, VIC - Anglican
Year Built: 1930
Address: Corner Toorak & Park Roads, , Camberwell South Victoria,
The Foundation stone was laid on 2 June 1930 by F.J. Cato Esq.
Camberwell South, VIC - St Mary's Anglican
Year Built: 1957
Address: Corner Toorak & Bowen Street, , Camberwell South Victoria, 3124
The establishment of a Church in South Camberwell was mooted in July, 1916, when the Vicar of our Mother Church, St. John's, Camberwell, the Rev. A. Roscoe Wilson, suggested to the Archbishop the purchase of land in the district for that purpose. It was recorded that the erection of a Church Hall in this area, to be known as St. Mary's,…
Camberwell, VIC - Baptist
Year Built: 1940
Address: 460 Riversdale Road, , Hawthorn East Victoria, 3123
A Foundation stone reads, "To the Glory of God this stone was laid by Rev E.C. Burleigh B.A. 9th September 1939. Architect H.E.L. Tranter Builder S Whitehead".
Camberwell, VIC - Our Lady of Victories Catholic
Year Built: 1918
Address: 548 Burke Road, , Camberwell Victoria, 3124
The church is built of Barrabool stone, from Waurn Ponds, Geelong. The most prominent external feature is the cupola – the rounded copper dome adorning the church roof. The foundation stone was laid on 25 May 1913, replacing an earlier church-school building dedicated to St John Berchman opened in 1887. The cost of the building was…
Camberwell, VIC - St Christopher's Catholic
Year Built: 1888
Address: 595 Riversdale Road, , Camberwell Victoria, 3124
The foundation stone was laid on 7 January 1888 by James Mirams MLA and the building opened on 29 April of the same year. The architects were Loweish, Moorhouse and Figgis. The church was constructed from dark brown Hawthorn bricks in the Gothic style and cost £1,150 to erect. A memorial stone reads, " This tablet to commemorate the…
Camberwell, VIC - St Dunstan's Anglican
Year Built: 1966
Address: 163 Wattle Valley Road, , Camberwell Victoria, 3124
In 1925 communications between the Reverend Walter Green then of Murrumbeena, and the Vicar elect of East Camberwell resulted in an exploritory visit to Wattle Valley Road which was duly selected as the centre of the new parish. In 1960 plans for completion of Church submitted to Vestry by architect Louis Williams. By 1966 a contract…
Camberwell, VIC - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1957
Address: 552 Burke Road, , Camberwell Victoria,
The first church opened on 8 February 1863, but Anglican worship in Camberwell began in 1856 in the home of Mr. James Price in what is now Burke Road. Mr. Price, who was later known in family memory as a lay reader at St John's, possibly conducted the first worship himself. The following year, the first church, then known simply as the…
Camberwell, VIC - St Mark's Anglican
Year Built: 1927
Address: 1 Canterbury Road, , Camberwell Victoria, 3124
A site at the corner of Stanhope Grove and Canterbury Road was contemplated initially. The current site was purchased at auction in 1912. The first service was conducted at 11am on Sunday 27 April 1913 when 29 people attended. At the 7pm service 55 people attended. Rev Brooksbanks conviend a public meeting in Adam's assembly hall…
Camberwell, VIC - Trinity Presbyterian
Year Built: 1905
Address: 581 Riversdale Road, , Camberwell Victoria, 3124
The first Presbyterian service in Camberwell was held in the old Shire Hall on 6 September 1885. The site on which the present Church stands was purchased for £375, and almost immediately the first building was erected, at a cost of £566. It was a very plain, weatherboard structure, and seated about 200 persons. This first church was…
Cambrai, SA - St John's Lutheran
Address: Corner Marne & Skinner Streets, , Cambrai South Australia, 5353
The original church was built of stone in 1904. The separate hall was erected in 1963.
Camden, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1938
Address: 42 John Street, , Camden New South Wales, 2570
An article in the 23rd June 1938 edition of the Camden News states in part, " The building which will contain nave, porch and vestry, with dais in chancel. The church will provide seating accommodation for 110. Mr. R. G. Vale, of Maroubra, is the (building contractor. The structure will be of dark brick facings externally, with…
Camden, NSW - St Paul's Catholic
Address: 33 John Street, , Camden New South Wales, 2570
The Church was established in 1859 when the great Archbishop Polding was still in office as Archbishop of Sydney and the indomitable pioneer priest of the Australian Church, Father John Joseph Therry, who had certainly proclaimed the Word of God in the Camden area, was approaching the end of his days as Parish Priest of Balmain. Early…