The foundation stone was laid on 11/5/1841, but the text on the stone is not known. Information/photographs are invited.

Notice board records: Foundation stone laid - 11/5/1841; Church consecrated - 12/3/1845; St John's Churchyard consecrated 1845.

An information board records: St John's Church - The Anglican Church of St John the Baptist has been here for over 140 years, providing a focal point in the region for the Christian faith. Welcoming all, St John's offers pastoral ministry, help to those in need and fellowship or solace in the beautiful surrounds of the church and Meditation Garden - A delightful scene opens as you walk through the lych gate. The classic village church was built of local bluestone by a landed gentry, far from England, here on the Limestowne Plains. The Campbell family donated the site and half the building costs in 1841. You can easily trace later stages of construction in sandstone, as the congregation grew, including the impressive tower and spire added in 1878. - The church, over its many decades has many stories to tell. Reverend George Gregory, the first minister, drowned crossing the flooded Molonglo. Reverend Pierce Galliard Smith, rector for 50 years, was a keen gardener and the trees he planted in the churchyard and Glebe Park became a landmark on the treeless plain. Smith's legacy extended further than the trees ~ indeed it was he that gave us the spelling of the name Canberra for the parish, the district and ultimately, the national capital. - Pioneering families lie buried in the graveyard. More can be learned of the graveyard as you stroll to the eastern entry of the churchyard. - The Campbells also built St John's Schoolhouse, the first school on the Limestoen Plains, which operated from the 1940s until 1907. There was one schoolroom with an attached dwelling for the teacher. Pupils came from the Duntroon Estate and other local families. The schoolhouse was gutted by fire in 1864. During the rebuilding, children attened school in the Duntroon Dairy.

A round plaque records: The Chime - of eight bells - which hangs in this - tower was dedicated - on 17th September 1964 by - +Hugh+ - Archbishop of Sydney - and Primate of - Australia.  Around the edge of the plaque: Rector ~ The Venerable F M Hill - Church Wardens ~ R W Cpompton ~ A H Body ~ I L Emanuel