St Alban's Anglican Church

The St Alban's Anglican Church, Koonya is part of the Parish of Sorell, Richmond & Tasman and the Diocese of Tasmania. 'On July 23, 1894, a public meeting was held, and the initial steps were taken to erect an Anglican Church at Koonya. Mr J R McClymont kindly donated three acres of land for that purpose, and for a cemetery. This was supplemented with a quality of material. - Several more meetings were held, and at the beginning of the present century, the pretty little Church of St Alban was completed, the Revd F Taylor being vicar at the time.... On March 6, 1904, the Church was opened and dedicated to St Alban by the Right Rev J E Mercer, D D., Bishop of Tasmania, and a portion of the Church ground consecrated as a cemetery. - At a public meeting in October 1904, the movement for the erection of a Rectory materialised, and a suitable building was subsequently built, on a site adjoining St Alban's Church ground and part of two acres of land given by Mr and Mrs Edward Brown for the purpose. ... - In 1926, a stained glass window was erected in St Alban's Church, and dedicated by the late Robert N Richart, Archdeacon of Hobart, to the memory of the late Revd J H Willis, who was accidently killed by a motor-car on the Port Arthur road, and whose labours were mainly confined to the Tasman Peninsula' [ Extract fron a newspaper cutting of the 1930s]. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 3/5/2023.