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All Saints' Anglican Church
All Saints' Anglican Church - Proposed Building - Stub Spire only Built 22-08-1874 - The Sydney Mail and NSW Advertiser - See Note.
All Saints' Anglican Church 00-03-2019 - Nate Alder - google.com.au

All Saints' Anglican Church

Woollahra, NSW 2025

Church Information

Church Name: All Saints' Anglican Church
Church Previous Name: -
Denomination: Anglican Church of Australia
Street Address: 85 Ocean St, Woollahra NSW 2025, Australia
Suburb: Woollahra
State: NSW
Postcode: 2025
Foundation Stone Laid: 15-08-1874
Foundation Stone Notes: 

The foundation stone was laid on 15/8/1874 by the Right Rev Frederic Barker DD, Lord Bishop of Sydney, Metropolitan of NSW and Primate of Australia. The text on the foundation stone is not known. Information/photographs are invited.

A plaque records: To the Glory of God - These vestries are erected as portion of a - memorial to those who gave their lives in - The 1939~1945 War and to those men and - women who served in the Forces. - Dedicated by - The Most Reverend H W K Mowll DD - Archbishop of Sydney, on March 15th 1953. - This tablet was unveiled by - His Excellency The Governor of New South Wales - Lieutenant General Sir John Northcott KCMG CB MVO - Rector - The Revd G A Connolly - Church Wardens - F R Crouch, Edgar H M Stephen, A C Myles.

Date Opened: 08-01-1876
Date Closed: unknown
Email: admin@churchesaustralia.org

Comments

The All Saints Anglican Church, Woollahra was opened on 8/1/1876. A significant contribution towards the cost of the buildfing was made by Henry Mort, as a thanksgiving for the rescue of his wife and child from a shipwreck in 1865, a memorial to his wife, who died in 1873, and as church for his clergyman son. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 9/3/2021.

For more of the All Saints' Anglican Church story see - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/162484811

Note: Photograph attribution/source - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/162484811

Last Updated: Tuesday 9th March, 2021
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