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Wattle Park Uniting Church

Wallaroo, NSW 2618

Church Information

Church Name:	Wattle Park Uniting Church
Church Previous Name:	Wattle Park Wesleyan Methodist Chapel/Wattle Park Methodist Church
Denomination:	Uniting Church in Australia
Street Address:	1296 Barton Hwy, Wallaroo NSW 2618, Australia
Suburb:	Wallaroo
State:	NSW
Postcode:	2618
Foundation Stone Laid:	unknown
Foundation Stone Notes:	No Foundation Stone details are known. Information/photographs are invited. A foundation stone on the hall records: This stone was laid by - Mr Samuel Southwell - on 13th June 1928. A commemorative stone records: Opened March 4th 1882 - Jubilee Stone unveiled - by - John Southwell - 1932. A plaque records: Wattle Park Methodist Church - Pioneers Memorial Vestry - Dedicated on 11th December, 1955 - By Rev M Webb L Th - These stones are dedicated to perpetuate - the memory of the families descended from - Thomas Southwell and other early pioneers - of this Church and District. The stones were collected from the homes where they lived. A plaque records: These doors are dedicated - To the Glory of God and in Memory of - Ebenezer and Elizabeth Brown - (Jesus saith) " I am the door, by me if any man enter in - he shall be saved and shall go in and out and find - pasture." John 10.9 - 22nd May 1960.
Date Opened:	05-03-1882
Date Closed:	unknown
Email:	admin@churchesaustralia.org

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The Wattle Park Uniting Church, Wallaroo is in the Parish of Belconnen & Wattle Park and part of the Canberra Region Presbytery of the Uniting Church Synod of NSW & ACT. The church building was opened on 5/3/1882 for the Wesleyan Methodist Church by the Rev John Clifton. It became part of the Methodist Church at Union in 1902, and then part of the Uniting Church in 1977. A transept was added and opened on 16/10/1900 by the Rev Rainsford Bavin, from Sydney. A Sunday School had started before the church was opened with strict standards, with pupils on trial before formerly joining the class and backsliding members noted. Many other buildings have been added over the years to meet the needs of the then congregation. The church celebrated its centenary in 1982. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 18/11/2025.

Note: For more of the Church story, a social history of the time, and additional photographs see - Winch, Ron (Ronald Thomas), Wattle Park, 1882-1982 : the story of the Wattle Park Uniting Church, formerly Methodist, and its place in the district of Hall, A.C.T. (1982). Illuminate, accessed 18/11/2025, https://illuminate.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/1775. A great read.

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Last Updated: Tuesday 18th November, 2025