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Annerley, QLD - St John's Presbyterian

Annerley, QLD - St John's Presbyterian

Year Built: 1929

Address: 33 King Street, , Annerley Queensland, 4103

The first church was built in 1886 at a cost of £150 and their second church in 1929 at a cost of £3,500. Brisbane architect, George Trotter, who was also a member of the congregation, designed the second church.

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Ashgrove, QLD - St Finbarr's Catholic

Ashgrove, QLD - St Finbarr's Catholic

Year Built: 1955

Address: 202 Waterworks Road, , Ashgrove Queensland, 4060

The Foundation stone was laid on 25 September 1955 by the Most Reverend J. Duhig Archbishop of Brisbane.

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Ashgrove, QLD - St Paul's Anglican

Ashgrove, QLD - St Paul's Anglican

Year Built: 1951

Address: 286 Waterworks Road, , Ashgrove Queensland, 4060

The first sketch plans for the new church were prepared by a local resident, Mr. R. Moreton Taylor, who was at that time the Principal Architect of the Commonwealth Department of Works and Housing. The church was opened and dedicated by Archbishop Hale on 15 June 1952 and was the second church to be built on the site, replacing the…

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Beaudesert, QLD - Uniting

Beaudesert, QLD - Uniting

Address: 1 Duckett Street, , Beaudesert Queensland, 4285

Ministry of the Methodist/Uniting Church has operated in Beaudesert since regular church services commenced in January 1908. A Mr. Moorhouse conducted services occasionally in the town of Beaudesert. Those services were held in the home of Mr. & Mrs. S.R. LeGrand. In 1907 there were three names on the Methodist Members Roll for…

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Bundaberg, QLD - Holy Rosary Catholic

Bundaberg, QLD - Holy Rosary Catholic

Year Built: 1888

Address: 22 Barolin Street, , Bundaberg Queensland, 4670

The first original timber church still stands in the Bundaberg Catholic Cemetery. The proprietor then was Walter Adams, Bundaberg’s first member to the Queensland Legislative Assembly. In 1876 the Sisters of Saint Joseph, founded by Saint Mary MacKillop, arrived in Bundaberg ahead of Father Rossolini who moved his residence from Mt…

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Bundaberg, QLD - St Andrew's Presbyterian (Former)

Bundaberg, QLD - St Andrew's Presbyterian (Former)

Year Built: 1932

Address: 61 Woogarra Street, , Bundaberg Queensland, 4670

Prominent Brisbane architect Lange L. Powell designed St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Construction of the church in the early 1930s was a local work-generating scheme during a time of economic depression. The Church adopted a deliberate policy to ensure that funds for the construction of the church were spent on local labour and…

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Bundaberg, QLD - Uniting

Bundaberg, QLD - Uniting

Year Built: 1937

Address: 34 Barolin Street, , Bundaberg Queensland, 4670

The Church was opened in 1937.

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Chatswood, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian

Chatswood, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian

Year Built: 1898

Address: 28 Anderson Street, , Chatswood New South Wales, 2067

The corner stone was laid in October 1898 and reads, " This corner stone was laid by the Hon Alex Kethel MLC 15th October 1898". Services having been held from 1896 in the local public hall. Designed by the architect Thomas Tidswell, the building was opened on Saturday 17 December 1898.

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Coorporoo, QLD - Presbyterian

Coorporoo, QLD - Presbyterian

Year Built: 1951

Address: 37 Emlyn Street, , Coorparoo Queensland, 4151

Presbyterian services in Coorparoo were held from 1926 in the Shire Hall under the care of the Kirk Session of St John's, Annerley, but within a few years a church was built and in 1931 Coorparoo became a separate charge.1 The present brick church was opened on 11 November 1951.

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Eagle Junction, QLD - Uniting (Former)

Eagle Junction, QLD - Uniting (Former)

Year Built: 1889

Address: 223 Bonney Avenue, , Clayfield Queensland, 4011

The Church was built in circa 1889 and in 1901, not wishing to be part of the amalgamation of the Methodist denominations into the new Methodist Church of Australasia, the congregation decided to became Eagle Junction Congregational Church. In 1975 Wooloowin Methodist Church amalgamated with Eagle Junction Congregational Church (at 211…

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Goondiwindi, QLD - Holy Trinity Anglican

Goondiwindi, QLD - Holy Trinity Anglican

Year Built: 1944

Address: 43 Bowen Street, , Goondiwindi Queensland, 4390

The first Anglican service was held by Archdeacon Glennie at Wyaga in 1848, and there were station chapels at Umbercollie and Callandoon, it was not until January 1871 that public interest was raised to build a permanent church in Goondiwindi town. The first church on the present site was dedicated on 23 April 1882 by Bishop Hale. A…

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Hamilton, QLD - St Augustine's Anglican

Hamilton, QLD - St Augustine's Anglican

Year Built: 1920

Address: 56 Racecourse Road, , Hamilton Queensland, 4007

The Church was built as a thank-offering to God for deliverance and peace, and as a War Memorial Church to the valour, sacrifice and endurance of Australian men and women who served in the Great War. The present red brick, rectangular church, erected due east and west of the site, was completed in 1920 at a cost of £6,392 including seats.…

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Inverell, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian

Inverell, NSW - St Andrew's Presbyterian

Year Built: 1878

Address: 94 Vivian Street, , Inverell New South Wales, 2360

In the beginning, services were conducted in the home of Mr. Colin Ross until 1857. This continued for a mere three years until a move was made to build a church on a Crown grant of 1 acre 3 roods 32 perches, Suburban allotment 6, dated 24th August, 1859. This is the date of the Title Deed but the actual building commenced earlier. This…

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Inverell, NSW - Uniting

Inverell, NSW - Uniting

Year Built: 1903

Address: 21 Rivers Street, , Inverell New South Wales, 2360

A Foundation stone reads, " This stone was laid by John McCrea Esq 1903".

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Kyogle, NSW - Gateway Presbyterian

Kyogle, NSW - Gateway Presbyterian

Year Built: 1939

Address: Cnr Groom & Stratheden Street, , Kyogle New South Wales, 2474

The Church dates from 1903, when a timber church was opened. The foundation stone of the present brick church was laid by the Moderator, the Right Reverend Norman McGhie, on Friday 3 March 1939. The church was opened and dedicated on Saturday 2 December 1939. A stone reads "This stone was set by Mrs W J Irwin on March 3rd 1939".

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Minden, QLD - Zion Lutheran

Minden, QLD - Zion Lutheran

Address: 712 Tallegalla Road, , Minden Queensland, 4311

The area was originally known as the Rosewood Scrub, and Minden was named after the German town of the same name. This is a Zion Lutheran Church. The land on which the church stands was transferred to the congregation in 1880, and they built the first church in that year.

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Rockhampton, QLD - St Joseph's Catholic Cathedral

Rockhampton, QLD - St Joseph's Catholic Cathedral

Address: Corner William & West Streets, , Rockhampton Queensland, 4700

The first official Roman Catholic service in Rockhampton was held in May 1862, when Bishop James Quinn of Roman Catholic Diocese of Brisbane sent two young priests on a pastoral visit. The Church was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1893 to 1982. The site for the Cathedral was acquired in 1877. The…

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Roma, QLD - St Paul's Anglican

Roma, QLD - St Paul's Anglican

Year Built: 1913

Address: 41 Bungil Street, , Roma Queensland, 4455

The first church was constructed from wood and opened on 17th October 1875, costing £1,200. This building, which seated about 200 parishioners, outgrew its congregation around 1910. The present church was built between 1913 and 1915, but due to financial problems the bell tower and the plastering of the arches and pillars were not…

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St Lucia, QLD - Uniting

St Lucia, QLD - Uniting

Year Built: 1950

Address: Corner Swann Road & Hawken Drive, , St Lucia Queensland,

The Church was completed in 1950. Initially a Presbyterian Church. A Foundation stone reads, " St Lucia Presbyterian Church to the Glory of God this stone was laid by the Moderator General The Right Reverend Richard Bardon BA on the 26th day of April 1952. Give unto the Lord the Glory due unto His name worship the Lord in the beauty of…

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Sydney, NSW - St Mary's Catholic Cathedral

Sydney, NSW - St Mary's Catholic Cathedral

Year Built: 1869

Address: College Street, , Sydney New South Wales, 2000

William Wilkinson Wardell was commissioned by Archbishop Polding to design a new St Mary's following the fire of 1865 which ruined the original Cathedral. It was constructed of dressed local sandstone in the "Gothic Revival" style. There were to be two intermediate stages. A temporary wooden church was constructed, which was also…

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Toowoomba, QLD - St Patrick's Catholic

Toowoomba, QLD - St Patrick's Catholic

Year Built: 1863

Address: 154 James Street, , Toowoomba Queensland, 4350

The first Church was erected in 1863 under the guidance of the first Parish Priest, Father Fulgentius Hodebourg. This small wooden Church-school soon became too small for the ever growing congregation and was expanded in 1880, only to be burnt down the day after completion.

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Warwick, QLD - St Andrew's Uniting

Warwick, QLD - St Andrew's Uniting

Year Built: 1870

Address: Corner Guy & Fitzroy Streets, , Warwick Queensland, 4370

A former Presbyterian Church, the Church was first established in 1870. The church building was originally rectilinear in plan and has had a stone entry porch added to the front. The Architect was George David Payne. It is constructed of load-bearing, rock-faced ashlar sandstone and is divided into six bays separated with buttresses.…

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Warwick, QLD - St Mark's Anglican

Warwick, QLD - St Mark's Anglican

Year Built: 1848

Address: 76 Grafton Street, , Warwick Queensland, 4370

The first Anglican service in Warwick was held about 1848, and services continued in the temporary accommodation offered by the old Court House in Alice Street until 1858 when a timber church was constructed on the site of the present stone building in Grafton Street. Constructed of stone and consisting originally of chancel and…

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West End, QLD - West End Uniting

West End, QLD - West End Uniting

Year Built: 1949

Address: 11 Sussex Street, , West End Queensland, 4101

On 10 December 1949, the foundation stone of the Park Presbyterian Church was laid at 21 Hampstead Road. The congregation had previously had their church at 31 Glenelg Street on the corner of Cordelia Street in South Brisbane.

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