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J G Ward Memorial Presbyterian Church - Former
J G Ward Memorial Presbyterian Church - Former unknown date - Australian Rural & Regional News - See Note.
J G Ward Memorial Presbyterian Church - Former 00-00-1936 - Australian Rural & Regional News - See Note.

J G Ward Memorial Presbyterian Church - Former

Mapoon, QLD 4874

Church Information

Church Name: J G Ward Memorial Presbyterian Church - Former
Church Previous Name: -
Denomination: Presbyterian Church of Australia
Street Address: Mapoon QLD 4874, Australia
Suburb: Mapoon
State: QLD
Postcode: 4874
Foundation Stone Laid: unknown
Foundation Stone Notes: 

No Foundation Stone details are known.

A plaque in the church recorded: This Church is built - in memory of - James Gibson Ward - first missionary to the blacks at - Mapoon - who died 5th? January 1895 - aged 57? years.

Date Opened: 09-06-1906
Date Closed: 00-00-1963
Email: admin@churchesaustralia.org

Comments

The former J G Ward Memorial Presbyterian Church building, in Mapoon, was opened on 9/6/1906, and replaced earlier basic structures, built about 1892 and 1896. The church had been involved in missionary  activity from the late 1800s among the local peoples, in conjunction with Moravian Missionaries. These activities continued until the town was formally emptied in 1963 by government edict. Although the church building was used for some time after 1963, due to lack of funds for maintenace, it eventually fell into disrepair. No other details are known. More historical information/photographs of the former church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 3/1/2022.

For more of the J G Ward Memorial Presbyterian Church church story see - https://arr.news/2021/12/21/opening-of-mapoon-church-adds-final-chapter-to-a-storied-history/ [Australian Rural & Regional News - Opening of Mapoon Church adds final chapter to a storied history - Matt Nicholls - Cape York Weekly - 21 Dec 2021}

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: Photograph attribution/source - https://arr.news/2021/12/21/opening-of-mapoon-church-adds-final-chapter-to-a-storied-history/

Last Updated: Tuesday 4th January, 2022
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