Rockley Uniting Church - Former

The former Rockley Uniting Church is now closed, and the property was sold in 1986. The area around Rockley between 1851 and 1880 had a large increase in population, resulting from the discovery of gold by Hargreaves in February 1851. The earliest reference to Methodist services being held in the district was 1847, by the Rev Bengamin Hurst recording that regular services had begun at Campbell River. The original Rockley chapel was built in 1858 and the parsonage in 1872. The church served the local worshipping congregation for about 128, which experienced peaks and troughs and times of trial and triumph along the way. More historical information/photographs of the former church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 19/8/2021.

Note 1:illuminate (27th Jun 2019). Centenary celebrations of the Rockley Methodist Church 1858-1958, Sunday, 16th November, 1958.. In Website illuminate. Retrieved 20th Mar 2022 13:32, from https://illuminate.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/1699

For more of the Rockley Uniting Church story see - After one hundred years: the  century of Methodism in Bathurst and the west of NSW 1832 ~ 1932 / by Raymond D Doust. Bib ID 1618879.   Not sighted.