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Auburn, SA - Our Lady of Peace Catholic
Year Built: 1866
Address: Elder Street, , Auburn South Australia, 5451
A former Wesleyan church this Gothic Revival church was built in 1866 by Joseph Meller and Scott. Constructed from Auburn bluestone it has symbolic pillars capped with open bible design, stone cuts with fine lines. The building was later used as a Sunday School when the Wesleyans and Methodists merged until it was sold to the Catholic…
Auburn, SA - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1862
Address: 17 St Vincent Street, , Auburn South Australia, 5451
A Gothic Revival church constructed form Auburn bluestone with quoins and dressings of Watervale sandstone it was built by Pike and Dale in 1862. Joseph Meller and James Scott cut the stone and Joseph Jones was one of the stone masons employed on this project. The roof is of Welsh slate while the steps are of Mintaro slate. The Hall…
Auburn, SA - St John's Lutheran
Year Built: 1860
Address: Curling Street, , Auburn South Australia, 5451
The Church was formerly a primitive Methodist church. Made of stone with bluestone quoins and dressings it was built by Joseph Meller in 1869 on part of an Aboriginal corroboree ground. After church union it was used as a Sunday school then sold in 1889 to the Orange Lodge a protestant group of Irish background. Purchased in 1927 by…
Auburn, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1861
Address: Main North Road, , Auburn South Australia, 5451
Opened in 1861 this former Bible Christian Chapel was built by Joseph Meller. The building is of Auburn bluestone and Watervale sandstone. William Threadgold was the carpenter. The first services were holed in a blacksmiths shop in 1850. The Church is of simply gabled hall with rather austere wall surfaces relieved by Romanesque derived…
Auburn, VIC - Uniting
Year Built: 1840
Address: 81 Oxley Roadd, Hawthorn, , Auburn Victoria, 3123
Between the 1840s and 1880's the Hawthorn Circuit occupied and subsequently outgrew a number of buildings until in 1886 a new larger, site was selected on the corner of Oxley Road and Hepburn Street. Originally a Wesleyan church the building was constructed in the Lombardic Romanesque style. The architect was Alfred Dunn and the…
Auchenflower, QLD - St Alban's the Martyr Anglican
Address: 395 Milton Road, , Auchenflower Queensland, 4066
The Foundation stone for the original church was laid on 22 April 1923 by the Archbishop of Brisbane Dr Sharp. In 1923 when the church was first commenced services were held in a local school room until the new church was opened on 18 November 1923. The church closed in 2015 and was placed on the market to sell the building.
Avenel, VIC - St Mary's Catholic
Address: Corner Queen & Plummer Streets, , Avenel Victoria, 3664
Avenel, VIC - Uniting
Year Built: 1886
Address: Queen Street, , Avenel Victoria, 3664
Originally a Wesleyan Methodist church built in 1886. A meeting of the building commit was held in Mr Vearings Saw Mill on 6 March 1886. It was decided to accept the tender of Mr Shatlock. By May 1886 the rear windows were being installed and anew font door had been order. In the same year Mr Graham bought the old church for £11. Dr…
Avoca, TAS - St Thomas Anglican
Year Built: 1842
Address: 7 Falmouth Street, , Avoca Tasmania, 7213
The booklet in part reads, On November 1st 1838 a meeting (notified in the Hobart town Gazette) was called to consider the erection of a church at Avoca.The meetings chairman was Capt. A Gardiner S•P•M. Out of this meeting, a building committee was formed, and three men stood as guarantors for the cost: Simeon Lord the Younger and…
Avoca, VIC - St John the Devine Anglican
Address: Corner Russell & Barnett Streets, , Avoca Victoria, 3467
Avoca, VIC - St Kevin's Catholic
Address: Corner Barnett & Cambridge Streets, , Avoca Victoria, 3467
A brick church of 1872 with pointed windows, buttresses, porch and vestry. The Church was opened on 18 November 1979.
Avoca, VIC - Uniting
Year Built: 1854
Address: Corner Russell & Rutherford Street, , Avoca Victoria, 3467
Formerly a Methodist church and constructed in 1854.
Avonsleigh, VIC - Church of Christ
Address: 17 Avon Road, , Avonsleigh Victoria, 3782
The Original Church was built in 1887.
Axe Creek, VIC - St Josephs' Catholic
Address: Corner Axe Creek Road & Bendigo Road, , Axe Creek Victoria, 3551
Axedale, VIC - Anglican
Address: Drake Street, , Axedale Victoria, 3551
The dedication service for the church was held on the afternoon of 22 March 1914 by Reverend C.P. Brown. The evening service was conducted by the Reverend Canon Watson. The Foundation stone was laid by the Lord Bishop of the diocese in June. The design of the church was by Mr John Beebe the architect. The bluestone was taken from the…
Axedale, VIC - St Andrews Uniting
Year Built: 1869
Address: 80 McIvor Highway, , Axedale Victoria, 3551
The Church was opened by in 1869 by Rev J Nish of Sandhurst. The total cost of the building being £309 5s. 8d.
Bacchus Marsh, VIC - Holy Trinity Anglican
Address: 19 Gisborne Street, , Bacchus Marsh Victoria, 3340
A prefabricated iron church, was erected in 1851 to be the centre for Anglican worship in the emerging community.
Bacchus Marsh, VIC - St Andrew's Uniting
Address: Gisborne Road, , Bacchus Marsh Victoria, 3340
Bacchus Marsh, VIC - St Bernard's Catholic
Year Built: 1872
Address: 61 Lerderderg Street, , Bacchus Marsh Victoria, 3340
The 1841 Census for this area recorded that there were only 14 Catholics out of a population of 112, an area that extended from the Upper Werribee to Melton. By 1851 a register entry listed the names of five infants who, were baptised:- James, the son of James and Fanny Toomey; Patrick, son of John and Margaret Leahy; Elizabeth,…
Bagdad, TAS - St Michael and all Angels Anglican
Year Built: 1903
Address: Midland Highway, , Bagdad Tasmania, 7030
The Church was first called St Thomas'. Services were held in the public hall but in 1897 there were plans to build a church. The Foundation stone was laid in November 1903 and the building dedicated in April 1094. In July 1919 the foundation stone of the Chancel was laid.
Bairnsdale, VIC - Anglican
Address: 9 Francis Street, , Bairnsdale Victoria, 3875
In May 1866 tenders were called for the erection of a church and the contract was won by Barry and Sons of Sale. The foundation stone was laid by John Davison Smith of "Lindenow" on 9 October 1866. The Church was established in 1867.
Bairnsdale, VIC - St Mary's Catholic
Address: 268 Main Street, , Bairnsdale Victoria, 3875
The History of St Mary's Catholic parish started in 1861 when a reservation of an area from the Lands Department of Victoria was made on the corner of Pyke and Nicholson streets with a frontage to Main street. By 1869 a suitable wooden building had been erected and was valued at £169. A new brick church was built in 1883. The current…
Balaclava North, VIC - St Margaret's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1953
Address: Corner Hotham & Denman Streets, , Balaclava North Victoria, 3183
In 1912, in order to ascertain to what extent the people of the district were desirous of having a Church in their midst, a house to house canvass was made by Rev. C. Stuart Ross, with the result that he was able to make a most encouraging and satisfactory report.* At this stage, Mr. John Maclellan, a member of the Board of Management…
Balaclava, VIC - St Colman's Catholic
Address: 293 Carlisle Street, , Balaclava Victoria, 3183
Ballan, VIC - St John's Anglican
Year Built: 1862
Address: 56 Simpson Street, , Ballan Victoria, 3342
Built in 1862 and consecrated in 1879 of locally mined bluestone, this typically Gothic church, which has seating capacity of 150, originally featured a high pitched roof of slate, that was replaced with terra cotta tiles in the 1950s. At the same time the original concrete floor was replaced with Tasmanian hardwood. An entrance porch was…
Ballarat Central, VIC - Uniting
Address: Corner Sturt & Dawson Streets, , Ballarat Central Victoria, 3350
Ballarat East, VIC - St Alipius Catholic
Year Built: 1884
Address: Victoria Street, , Ballarat East Victoria, 3350
Formerly a Methodist church the foundation stone was laid December 11 1883 by the Honourable James Campbell M.L.C.
Ballarat North, VIC - Scots Presbyterian
Year Built: 1890
Address: 415 Lydiard Street, Ballarat, Ballarat North Victoria, 3350
Built in 1890 to a Gothic-inspired design by local architects Figgis & Molloy. The foundation stone of Scots Church was laid on 5 July 1890 by Sir James MacBain, Scottish-born businessman and president of the Victorian Legislative Council. The church is on a rectangular plan without transepts. The nave is of six bays, buttressed…
Ballarat North, VIC - St Columbus Catholic
Address: 802 Armstrong Street, , Ballarat North Victoria, 3350
Ballarat North, VIC - Uniting
Address: Neil Street, Ballarat, Ballarat North Victoria, 3350
Ballarat, VIC - Church of Christ
Address: Corner of Eastwood & Peel Street, , Ballarat Victoria, 3350
Ballarat, VIC - St John the Evangelist Anglican
Year Built: 1865
Address: Soldiers Hill, , Ballarat Victoria, 3350
A meeting of interested persons was held at the Olive Branch Hotel 6 December 1861 to discuss the formation of a church. A further meeting was held at the North Star Hotel on 24 September 1862 to canvas more funds. During this time services were held in a tent on the Lydiard Street site.* The foundation stone was laid on 15 March 1864…
