The Salvation Army - Dee Why Corps
Dee Why, NSW 2099
Church Information
| Church Name: | The Salvation Army - Dee Why Corps |
| Church Previous Name: | - |
| Denomination: | Salvation Army |
| Street Address: | 1 Fisher Rd, Dee Why NSW 2099, Australia |
| Suburb: | Dee Why |
| State: | NSW |
| Postcode: | 2099 |
| Foundation Stone Laid: | unknown |
| Foundation Stone Notes: | No Foundation Stone details are known. Information/photographs are invited. A plaque records: The Jenkins Memorial - These halls were opened To the Glory - of God and the Salvation of the People - by - Commissioner Frederick Coutts - on 14th October 1961 - Wilfred Kitching -General. |
| Date Opened: | 14-10-1961 |
| Date Closed: | unknown |
| Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
Comments
The Salvation Army - Dee Why Corps is part of the Salvation Army Australia, an international Christian movement, which holds regular worship at this location. The Dee Why Corps was founded about 1917, although it has had a longer presence in the area. Facebook records a Founding date - 1885 - Elizabeth Jenkins.
"The story of the beginnings of the Dee Why community itself is tinged with a religious influence. Hundreds of acres were granted to James Jenkins around 'Dewy Lagoon' in 1834. When the last of his family died in 1900, she had given or bequeathed hundreds of acres to the Salvation Army. The Army used parts of the land thus acquired for social welfare purposes, gradually subdividing and selling off parts of the rest, starting in 1912. The Salvationists organized a Corps around the turn of the century, being the first Christian denomination at work in Dee Why."1
More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 24/8/2020 & 8/11/2025.
Note 1: Source - Prentis, Malcolm D, St. David's Kirk: a history of the Presbyterian Church in Dee Why. (1977). Illuminate, accessed 08/11/2025, https://illuminate.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/1262
