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Balaclava, VIC - Ukrainian Orthodox
Year Built: 1892
Address: 17 Camden Street, , Balaclava Victoria, 3183
A memorial stone reads, " This memorial stone was laid to the Glory of God by Staff Capt Saunders November 16th 1892 W.M. Booth General Commissioner Thos B Coombs".
Balaklava, SA - Church of Christ
Address: 30 Edith Street, , Balaklava South Australia,
An Heritage board at the front of the Church reads in part'" A Meeting was held in the home of John Fisher at Dalkey, on October 14, 1877, at which it was decided to establish a church in Balaklava. It was initially known as the Balaklava Church of God but later became the Balaklava Church of Christ. The first members were Mr and Mrs…
Balaklava, SA - Church of Christ Anglican
Address: 7 Humphrey Street, , Balaklava South Australia, 5461
A Foundation stone reads, " A.M.D.G. This stone was laid by The Ven Archdeacon Bussell 20th May 1925".
Balaklava, SA - St Paul's Lutheran
Address: 44 Short Terrace, , Balaklava South Australia, 5461
A Heritage board at the front of the church reads in part, " The founders of the Lutheran Church in this district came from the Barossa in 1865; they were farmers who settled in the Dalkey region, 4-5 miles south of Balaklava, although the town of Balaklava did not exist at that time. As well as establishing farms to support their…
Balaklava, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1904
Address: 27 Edith Terrace, , Balaklava South Australia, 5461
A Heritage board at the front of the church reads in part, " Visiting preachers brought Methodism into the neighbourhood of Balaklava, initially holding services in a wheat shed. It was not until 1871 that the Bible Christian Members decided to build a church in the town. From 1872 it was also used as Balaklava Private Day School by Miss…
Bald Hills, QLD - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1910
Address: 58 Strathpine Road, , Bald Hills Queensland, 4036
In May 1863, the first Presbyterian Church of Bald Hills was built and opened by the Reverend C. Ogg. Three years later Bald Hills was included in Reverend Alexander Caldwell’s charge of Oxley Creek and Fortitude Valley. This small Federation Carpenter Gothic style timber framed church was built in 1910 after the previous church,…
Baldry, NSW - All Saints' Anglican
Address: Renshaw McGivor Highway, , Baldry New South Wales,
Balgowlah, NSW - All Saints' Anglican
Year Built: 1969
Address: 18 Boyle Street, , Balgowlah New South Wales, 2093
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this stone was unveiled by his Excellency the Governor of N.S.W. Sir Roden Cutler VCK KCMG CBE on Sunday 27th April 1969. Minister Rev CI Brown BA Treasurer CJ Walker Church Wardens BHL Gray JR Cornish LB Huddleston".
Balgowlah, NSW - St Cecilia's Catholic
Address: Cnr White & Wanganella Streets, , Balgowlah New South Wales, 2093
A Foundation stone reads, " This stone was solemnly blessed by the most Reverend P.F. Lyons DD Auxiliary Bishop to his Eminence Cardinal Gilroy 6th June 1954 Rev J.C. Moverly P.P.".
Balgowlah, NSW - Uniting
Year Built: 1932
Address: 122 Condamine Street, , Balgowlah New South Wales, 2093
The Sydney Morning herald in part on 17 May 1932 reported, "A contract has been let for a commodious and ornamental church building at Balgowlah. The site chosen is in a commanding position on the Sydney-road. near the Junction with Condamine street. Under the scheme the completed church will seat 300 or more. persons, but the first…
Balhannah, SA - St Thomas' Anglican
Year Built: 1865
Address: Cnr Onkaparinga Valley & Junction Rd, Balhannah, , Balhannah South Australia, 5242
By 1851 a church had been erected on the current site. On 11 July 1851, section 4207 was conveyed to the Bishop of Adelaide for the purpose of a church, cemetery, glebe and rectory. The congregation soon outgrew the original church building, and in 1865, it was replaced by the current church. This building was designed and parts of it…
Balhannah, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1931
Address: 3 Bridge Street, , Balhannah South Australia, 5242
The earliest Methodist church in the Balhannah area was constructed in Bonney's Flat, just to the north of Balhannah, in 1859. The town of Balhannah itself did not establish its own Methodist Church until 1931. This large church building church was constructed on land donated by William Johncock. The building which seated 114 was…
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…
Ballan, VIC - St Paul's Uniting
Year Built: 1866
Address: 73 Old Melbourne Road, , Ballan Victoria, 3342
The foundation stone was laid on the 15th February 1865 by Mrs. Dugald McPherson, and opened as St. Paul's Presbyterian Church on the 22nd July 1866. Three windows on the north side of the church were donated by wives of three pioneer graziers of the district, Mrs. Dugald McPherson, Mrs. John Edols and Mrs. Peter Inglis.
Ballan, VIC, St Brigid's Catholic
Year Built: 1911
Address: 98 Inglis Street, , Ballan Victoria, 3342
The Church was blessed and opened by Archbishop Carr of Melbourne 2nd June 1912. The original tender was forfeited and the Church committee decided to alter the original plan reducing the length of the church by five feet, and discarding suggested bluestone foundations and to call fresh tenders. On January 15, 1912, Rev. Father Cusack…
Ballarat Central, VIC - Ebenezer St John's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1857
Address: 212 Armstrong Street, , Ballarat Central Victoria, 3350
The Ebenezer Presbyterian Church was born out of the early missionary work of the Presbyterian Church in the gold rush that followed the first “Gold Find” in 1851. On Sunday 16th February 1857, Rev James Ballantyne of the United Presbyterian Church conducted a temperance mission in Ballarat East. In 1978 the congregation from St Johns…
Ballarat Central, VIC - Uniting
Address: Corner Sturt & Dawson Streets, , Ballarat Central Victoria, 3350
The former Wesleyan Church, designed by Terry and Oakden, was constructed between 1883 and 1884 with a sloping floor shaped like an inverted cone.
Ballarat East, VIC - Church of Christ
Address: 410 York Street, , Ballarat East Victoria, 3350
A Foundation stone reads, "Church of Christ 1932".
Ballarat East, VIC - St Alipius Catholic
Year Built: 1874
Address: Victoria Street, , Ballarat East Victoria, 3350
The Church is part of the Parish of Ballarat East and the Diocese of Ballarat. The Church dates from November 1852 when Father Matthew Downing arrived on the Ballarat gold fields. The original St Alipius church had walls made from timber slabs and a canvas roof. Although a humble structure, it was the largest building on the…
Ballarat North, VIC - St Columba's Catholic
Year Built: 1939
Address: 802 Armstrong Street, , Ballarat North Victoria, 3350
Ballarat North, VIC - Uniting
Year Built: 1883
Address: Neil Street, Ballarat, Ballarat North Victoria, 3350
The present bichromatic brick church was erected in 1883-84 to the design of Terry & Oakden in an Italianate Gothic style, with additions in 1899. The main entrance is set at a higher level than the apse and the floor follows the slope of the land. The external brickwork is elaborately detailed around the windows and doors with notched…
Ballarat, VIC - Church of Christ
Address: Corner of Eastwood & Peel Street, , Ballarat Victoria, 3350
Ballarat, VIC - St John's Lutheran
Year Built: 1876
Address: 203 Doveton Street, , Ballarat Victoria, 3350
Built in 1876 the Architect was Henry Richard Caselli.
Ballarat, VIC - St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral
Year Built: 1858
Address: Corner Sturt & Dawson Street, , Ballarat Victoria, 3350
Although Catholic Services were conducted in Ballarat from 1851 onwards, the parish of Ballarat was not instituted until 1852. The first Parish Priest was Father Matthew Downing, who in 1853, selected the two acre site for the church, which was granted under a Crown Grant in 1855. The style of the church is early Gothic from the era of…
Ballarat, VIC - St Paul's Anglican
Year Built: 1864
Address: Humffray South Street Bakery Hill, , Ballarat Victoria, 3350
St Paul's is closely associated with the early Ballarat goldfields and mining at Bakery Hill. It features a plain exterior that hides an unusual internal structural timber post and truss system, extensive and intact 1860s stencilled decoration, and a magnificent and very early stained glass window. The congregation of St Paul's was…
Ballarat, VIC - St Peter's Anglican
Year Built: 1864
Address: 1307 Sturt Street, , Ballarat Victoria, 3350
In contemplation of its earliest beginning's of St Peter's Church Ballarat the credit for its foundation must undoubtedly be given to Rev John Potter and his curate the Rev H.C.M. Watson some time during the year 1861. It is upon the erection of a school house in 1861 on the Yuille's Swamp Reserve which was sometimes called a school…
Ballarat, VIC - Uniting
Address: Corner of Dana & Lydiard Streets, , Ballarat Victoria, 3350
Formerly a Methodist church the foundation stone was laid December 11 1883 by the Honourable James Campbell M.L.C. A Gothic Revival church, listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, and constructed in 1883-1884 to a design by prominent local architects, Terry and Oakden. The elaborate structure of polychromatic brickwork with…
Ballimore, NSW - Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Address: 42 Federation Street, , Ballimore New South Wales, 2830
Ballina, NSW - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1914
A small timber church was built facing Cherry Street and opened on 12th April 1885. This building was moved to face Crane Street before the present church was erected. A Foundation stone reads, " St Stephens Presbyterian Church Ballina This stone was laid by Hugh Gibson Esq Mayor Sept 16th 1914 John Haddon Bates Minister.
Ballina, NSW - St Francis Xavier Catholic
Year Built: 1962
Address: Corner Crane & Cherry Streets, , Ballina New South Wales, 2478
The beginnings of the parish occurred in 1853 when Father William McGinty visited Ballina. He travelled from Ipswich via Tenterfield, Grafton, Casino and Coraki and then by boat to Ballina, visiting members of the small flock, baptised 3 children, and returned via Duck Creek, Tatham, and Kyogle. He did it all again in 1854. The first…
Ballina, NSW - St Mary's Anglican
Year Built: 1998
Address: 38 Norton Street, , Ballina New South Wales, 2478
A small church was completed in 1876. The Parish of Ballina was created in the 1890's with Canon W A Dalton as the first Vicar. The Parish included Alstonville and Dalwood, Tintenbar and North Creek (now Lennox Head). The church building on the present site of St Mary’s Ballina served almost thirty years. The replacement church…
Ballina, NSW - Uniting
Year Built: 1920
Address: 54 Cherry treet, , Ballina New South Wales, 2478
A Foundation stone reads, " This stone was laid by W.J. Towner Esq 14.2.1920"
Balmain, NSW - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1868
Address: 7 Campbell Street, , Balmain New South Wales, 2041
The first church was erected in 1842 at a cost of £25.00 and was the first church to be built in Balmain. An early stone Early English Gothic Revival style Church constructed in 1867-1868. The Church significantly retains its original form, scale and details particularly the stone façades and roof and associated details and prominent…
Balmain, NSW - St Augustine's Catholic
Year Built: 1906
Address: 6 Eaton Street, , Balmain New South Wales, 2041
The first St Augustine's was built in 1848 and designed by Augustus Pugin England's most influential early Victorian architect. In 1848 the Archbishop of Sydney put up a bond of 150 which would be voided unless part of a church or materials worth 400 were on site within 18 months. The "magnificent plot of land [was] beautifully…
Balmain, NSW - St Mary's Anglican
Year Built: 1858
Address: 85 Darling Street East, , Balmain New South Wales, 2041
The first settlements in Balmain took place around 1840 in the viciinity of Peacocks Point. The first Anglican services at Balmain were conducted by the Rev Frederick Wilkinson, MA, in 1841, in a small slab and bark building at Waterview Bay, in the vicinity of Mort's Dock. It was soon realized that Waterview Bay was too remote from…
Balmain, NSW - Uniting
Address: 344 Darling Street, , Balmain New South Wales, 2041
Until the mid 1980's the Church worshipped in the Methodist Mission in Montague Street. The mission was sold and the congregation moved into its current location.