Church Name: | All Saints Anglican Church |
Church Previous Name: | - |
Denomination: | Anglican Church of Australia |
Street Address: | 9 Cowper St, Ainslie ACT 2602, Australia |
Suburb: | Ainslie |
State: | ACT |
Postcode: | 2602 |
Foundation Stone Laid: | unknown |
Foundation Stone Notes: | A plaque records: This Plaque - commemorates the skill and devotion - of - Stanley Carlton Taunton - Parishioner and builder of this church. A plaque records: The stonework of this church was - originally used to build the first - mortuary station on the branch - railway to the Necropolis Rookwood - near Sydney. This plaque was - presented by The Australian Railway - Historical Society to commemorate - the old station which was - in use from 1868 to 1948. Window from St Clement's Attercliffe in Sheffield, used as a memorial window. A plaque records: To The Glory of God - This stone was blessed by - The Bishop Administrator, - The Rt Rev R G Arthur - and set by His Excellency The High - Commissioner For The Unitd Kingdom - The Right Honourable - Lord Carrington MC - 1st June, 1958 - E G Buckle, Rector - W I Pierce A R I B A . A plaque records: The Bell of this church was - originally on the first locomotive owned - by The Commonwealth Oil Corporation which - was dismantled in 1925, when the bell was used as a fire alarm at Clyde. - The Bell was donated to The - N S W Steam-Tram and Railway Preservation - Society in 1954 and presented to this church - by that Society in 1958. A plaque records: War Memorial Window - The east end window was dedicated - on Remembrance Sunday 12th November, 1967 - by The Venerable F M Hill Th L - Archdeacon of Canberra - To the Glory of God and in memory of - those of this parish and district - who gave their lives in The Second World War, - 1939 ~ 1945 - This memorial plaque was unveiled by - His Excellency - Sir Charles Johnston KCMG - High Commissioner for the United Kingdom - The Reverend N J Chynoweth MA Th L - Rector ~ C J Wadie, H S Clarke, W L Perry - Wardens. A plaque records: The Bishop and Starr Organ housed in this loft - was originally built in London in 1857. - It was brought from The Wealdstone Baptist Church - in Harrow, UK, To All Saints' in 1988/89.- The Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn, - The Right Rev Owen Dowling - dedicated the organ on 22nd April, 1990. - The Rev'd Dennis Vanderwolf ~ Rector - James Butt, Geoffrey Brennan, Harry Clarke, Bill Kelly ~ Wardens.
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Date Opened: | 01-11-1959 |
Date Closed: | unknown |
Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |