Mapoon Memorial Church
Mapoon Memorial Church  00-12-2021 - Brendan Mounter - ABC - See Note.
Mapoon Memorial Church - Early Church Building 00-00-1919 - See Note.

Mapoon Memorial Church

Mapoon, QLD 4874

Church Information

Church Name: Mapoon Memorial Church
Church Previous Name: -
Denomination: Unknown
Street Address: Mapoon QLD 4874, Australia
Suburb: Mapoon
State: QLD
Postcode: 4874
Foundation Stone Laid: unknown
Foundation Stone Notes: No Foundation Stone or Memorial Plaque details are known. Information/photographs are invited
Date Opened: 23-12-2021
Date Closed: unknown
Email: admin@churchesaustralia.org

Comments

The Mapoon Memorial Church was opened on 23/12/2021 by Edna Mark, a traditional owner, who was a child when removed from the town in 1963. The new building  replaces the church building which had been dismantled, after the townspeople had been removed by Queenslsnd governemnt policy in 1963. The building is the culmination of about 60 years of effort by the local people to move back to Mapoon, and establish a permanent place for worship. The building was funded from Trust Funds collected from mining royalties, and managed by the traditional owners. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 3/1/2022.

For more of the church story see - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-30/mapoon-unveils-new-church-decades-after-the-old-one-was-burnt/13692380  AND  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-29/mapoon-unveils-new-church-almost-60-years-after-old-one-burnt/100727034  AND  https://www.capeyorkweekly.com.au/latest-news/opening-of-mapoon-church-adds-final-chapter-to-a-storied-history

Note: Photograph attribution/source - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-29/mapoon-unveils-new-church-almost-60-years-after-old-one-burnt/100727034

Note 1: By Contributor(s): Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866-1939) - Copied and digitised from an image appearing in The Queenslander, 22 November 1924, p. 24., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12661577

Last Updated: Tuesday 4th January, 2022
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