Queanbeyan Presbyterian Church
Queanbeyan, NSW 2620
Church Information
| Church Name: | Queanbeyan Presbyterian Church |
| Church Previous Name: | St Stephen's Presbyterian Church |
| Denomination: | Presbyterian Church of Australia |
| Street Address: | 2 Morisset St, Queanbeyan NSW 2620, Australia |
| Suburb: | Queanbeyan |
| State: | NSW |
| Postcode: | 2620 |
| Foundation Stone Laid: | unknown |
| Foundation Stone Notes: | No Foundation Stone details re known for the church building. Information/photographs are invited. Church notice Board records: Est 1872. A foundation stone on the church hall records: This stone was laid by - The Right Rev J Matthew MA BD - Moderator General - of Australia - 16th April 1924 - Albert J Carter - Minister. An information board records: St Stephen's Church and Manse - St Stephen's Presbyterian Church was designed in 1871 by the local Anglican rector and architect, the Reverend Alberto Dias Soares, who also designed Christ Church in Rutledge Street. Of the many churches Soames designed, St Stephen's was the only Presbyterian one. The church, in Victorian Gothic style, was erected in 1872-74 by the stonemason Thomas Priest, with John Kealman and Thomas Jordan carrying out the carpentry and joinery. The first service was conducted in the church on 8 March 1874.- The Manse was designed by James Barnet, who was the official Colonial Architect of NSW in the period 1865-90....Barnet drew up plans for the Manse in 1881 for his daughter Amy and her husband, the Reverend Robert Alexander Steel, MA who was the new Presbyterian minister of Queanbeyan. The building was erected in 1883... |
| Date Opened: | 08-03-1874 |
| Date Closed: | unknown |
| Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
Comments
The Queanbeyan Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbytery of Canberra in the Presbyterian Church in the State of New South Wales. The earliest Presbyterian services in the Queanbeyan district are believed to have been held in 1838, by a visiting minister. More regular services commenced in the 1850s, when the Rev William Ritchie, from Yass, held quarterly services in the Old Kent Hotel. While land grants for the building of a church were secured in 1852, but not formalised until 1859, many delays in the construction of the church occurred. It was not until the arrival of the permanent minister, the Rev William Mackenzie in 1870, that funding and building plans were resurrected. The church building was completed, and held its first service on 8/3/1874. The church hall was erected in 1924. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 5/10/2025.
For more of the church story see - Armour, Jan, And this stone : the story of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Queanbeyan, on the occasion of the centenary, 1874-1974. Illuminate, accessed 06/10/2025, https://illuminate.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/1672
