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State: New South Wales
Blayney, NSW - St Paul's Presbyterian
Year Built: 1861
Address: 71 Adelaide Street, , Blayney New South Wales, 2799
The foundation stone was laid in July 1861 and the church was opened on 6 April 1862 with Reverend James Adam holding the first church service. In 1870, the building was enhanced by the addition of an attractive bell tower, with shingled steeple. The cost of St Paul’s was £300 exclusive of the pulpit and seats.
Blayney, NSW - Uniting
Year Built: 1886
Address: 92 Adelaide Street, , Blayney New South Wales, 2799
The current church was built from 1885 to 1886 at a cost of approximately £1,144 by Bathurst contractor James Atkins. The church, designed in the Victorian Carpenter Gothic style by architect James Hine, opened on 5 September 1886. It was renovated c. 1940. The second Methodist church, now the church hall and Sunday school, was a brick…
Bodalla, NSW - All Saints' Anglican
Year Built: 1880
Address: 42 Princess Highway, , Bodalla New South Wales, 2545
The foundation stone was laid by Thomas Mort's widow, Marianne (second wife) on 18 March, 1880. The service was conducted by John Selwyn, second Bishop of Melanesia, who later married Mort's elder daughter, Annie, to whose memory the window in the Baptistry is dedicated. The building was finished in 1901. Still lacking the intended spire,…
Bodalla, NSW - St Edmund's Catholic
Year Built: 1886
Address: 162 Princes Highway, , Bodalla New South Wales, 2545
The Church was established in 1886 and a noticeboard reads, " Built in 1886 in memory of Robert Coveny by Laidley and Mary Mort". ‘.. An interesting church with shingled walls built 1886 (architect Horbury Hunt), modelled on a chapel at Bruges, Belgium.’
Boggabilla, NSW - St Alban's Anglican
Address: 113 Merriwa Street, , Boggabilla New South Wales, 2409
Bomaderry, NSW - Sacred Heart Catholic
Year Built: 1962
Address: 46 Bunberry Street, , Bomaderry New South Wales, 2541
Bomaderry, NSW - St Stephen's Anglican
Year Built: 1993
Address: W Birilley Street, , Bomaderry New South Wales, 2541
A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God this Foundation stone was laid by Archbishop Donald Robertson AO MA ThD dedicating this building to the Glory of God on Sunday the 31st of January 1993".
Bombala, NSW - St Mary's Catholic
Year Built: 1941
Address: 30 Queen Street, , Bombala New South Wales, 2632
The first St Mary's was built in 1867. Father Patrick Newman was the first resident priest in 1864. Prior to this, priests travelled from Queanbeyan and Cooma.
Bombala, NSW - St Matthias Anglican
Address: Cardwell Street, , Bombala New South Wales, 2632
The first ministrations of the Church in the area now comprised in the present parish of Bombala were rendered by the Rev. E. G. Pryce, appointed in 1843 to "The District of Maneroo "beyond the limits of location." His registers show an intimate acquaintance with the older settlements (mainly stations) in the Bombala parish. The Boucher…
Bombala, NSW - Uniting (Former)
Address: 59 Maybe Street, , Bombala New South Wales, 2632
A Closure Service was held at the Church in 2018.
Bondi Beach, NSW - St Anne's Catholic
Address: 47 Mitchell Street, , Bondi Beach New South Wales, 2026
The church was designed by Joseph Fowell and Kenneth McConnel, and built from 1934 to 1964 by R. M. Bowcock. It is also known as St. Anne's Church and St Anne's Shrine. The initial brief for St Anne's Shrine required that the church be built in two stages as only half of the proposed budget of £20,000 was available. In 1934 only the…
Bondi Junction, NSW - Holy Cross Catholic
Year Built: 1940
Address: 15 Adelaide Street, , Bondi Junction New South Wales, 2022
The original church was built in 1907 and enlarged twice. The present church was opened in 1940 and is of Art Deco style with Romanesque windows and prominent stained glass depicting the 14 Stations of the Cross. The Foundation stone was laid in 1939.
Bondi Junction, NSW Uniting (Former)
Address: 67 Denison Street, , Bondi Junction New South Wales, 2022
Bondi North, NSW - St Andrew's Anglican
Address: 60 Wairoa Avenue, , Bondi North New South Wales, 2026
Bondi, NSW - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1922
Address: Cnr Castlefield & Miller Streets, , Bondi New South Wales, 2026
The Church dedication service was held on March 4th 1923. A Foundation stone reads, " This stone was laid by the Right Reverend A.S.M. Cook The Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly on July 1st 1922. Minister Rev John Enright".
Bondi, NSW - St Patrick's Catholic
Year Built: 1929
Address: 2 Wellington Street, , Bondi New South Wales, 2026
The Church was established as a parish in 1917 from territory originally belonging to the care of the Franciscan fathers and then to a larger parish which comprised all of Rose Bay and Woollahra. The Catholic Press reported on Thursday 8th August 1929 that the blessing of the Foundation stone was to be held at 3.30pm Sunday 18th. The…
Bookham, NSW - Pioneer Memorial Uniting
Year Built: 1926
Address: 24 Childowla Road, , Bookham New South Wales, 2582
A Foundation stone reads, " This stone was laid by Rev A.J. Doig B.A. October 13th 1926 Minister F. W. Gresham".
Bookham, NSW - St Columba's Catholic (Former)
Year Built: 1910
Address: Fagan Drive, , Bookham New South Wales, 2582
A Foundation stone reads, " St Columba's Church Foundation stone blessed and laid 14th Aug 1910 by Right Rev J. Gallagher D.D. Bishop of Goulburn Rev John Sharkey Rector". Today the Church is in private hands.
Boorowa, NSW - St James' Presbyterian (Former)
Year Built: 1885
Address: 50 Queen Street, , Boorowa New South Wales, 2586
The Church was built in 1885
Boorowa, NSW - St John the Evangelist Anglican
Year Built: 1861
Address: 38 Queen Street, , Boorowa New South Wales, 2586
The Church was established in 1861. Plaque inside gate reads, In Memory of the Soldier Sons of the Church in the Parish, Who gave their lives in The Great War 1914-1918. Their names are inscribed on the Lamp of Remembrance, given by their Comrades.
Boorowa, NSW - St Patrick's Catholic
Year Built: 1877
Address: Queen Street, , Boorowa New South Wales, 2586
‘A church was built 1854 as an outpost of Yass Mission, but a resident priest came in 1864. That old church became unstable and too small and was later replaced. A stain-glassed window of the Irish Saints Patrick, Bridget and Columba is a fine element, but there is within it a surprising inset panel of the ‘Liberator’ Daniel O’Connell,…
Boorowa, NSW - Uniting
Year Built: 1869
Address: Farm Street, , Boorowa New South Wales, 2586
Formerly a Wesleyan Methodist Church. The Church was given the name "The Little Brick Church" when the Wesleyan Church was built in in 1869. The church was built by James Preston at a cost of £320 with an extra £10 for plastering.
Botany, NSW - Gracepoint Christian
Year Built: 1902
Address: 1355 Botany Road, , Botany New South Wales, 2019
Several Foundations stones are present all of which are hard to read. Most show a date of 1902. One reads, "This stone was laid by Rev George Lane President of the NSW General Conference 1902". A second stone reads " This stone was laid by W. Stephen Esq Ex Mayor 1902". A third reads "This stone ???? R.J Anderson 1902".
Botany, NSW - Knox Presbyterian (Former)
Year Built: 1880
Address: 1561 Botany Road, , Botany New South Wales, 2019
The Church was built in 1880 for about £1000 and was sold in 2019.
Botany, NSW - St Bernard's Catholic
Year Built: 1954
Address: 4 Ramsgate Street, , Botany New South Wales, 2019
A Foundation stone reads, " A.M.D.G. St Bernard's Church was blessed and opened 3rd April 1955 by His Eminence N.T. Cardinal Gilroy Archbishop of Sydney Rev T. Everard Priest in Charge".
Botany, NSW - St Matthew's Anglican
Address: 1331 Botany Road, , Botany New South Wales, 2019
The original church was erected in 1841 and a new church replaced it in 1862.
Bowenfels, NSW Baptist
Year Built: 1966
Address: 107 Great Western Highway , , Bowenfels New South Wales, 2790
A Foundation stone does in fact read, " This Church of St Francis Xavier was solemnly blessed and opened by the Most Reverend A.R.E. Thomas D.D. Bishop of Bathurst 10th December 1966".
Bowning, NSW - St Columba's Catholic (Former)
Address: Silver Street, , Bowning New South Wales, 2582
Now in Private hands.
Bowning, NSW - St James' Anglican
Address: 100 Bowning Road, , Bowning New South Wales, 2582
Bowral, NSW - Church of Christ
Address: 6 Wingecarribee Street, , Bowral New South Wales, 2576
Bowral, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian
Address: 12 Bendooley Street, , Bowral New South Wales, 2576
A Foundation stone reads, " This stone was laid by The Rev C.E. Turnbull Moderator of the Presbytery of Goulburn to commemorate the Jubilee of the first Presbyterian service in Bowral. 1888 - 1938. Rev R.H. Bacot Minister.
Bowral, NSW - St Simon and St Judes Anglican
Address: 38 Bendooley Street, , Bowral New South Wales, 2576
The Church has an unusual design unlike the regular conventional form of church that it is sure to attract attention. It was a style regarded as Saxon or Norman with more subdued light in the short nave and chancels, but with a central tower which had big windows The Architect was Edmund Blacket.