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Byaduk Uniting Church - Former
Byaduk, VIC 3301
Church Information
| Church Name: | Byaduk Uniting Church - Former |
| Church Previous Name: | Byaduk Wesleyan Methodist Church/Byaduk Methodist Church |
| Denomination: | Uniting Church in Australia |
| Street Address: | 5788 Hamilton-Port Fairy Rd, Byaduk VIC 3301, Australia |
| Suburb: | Byaduk |
| State: | VIC |
| Postcode: | 3301 |
| Foundation Stone Laid: | unknown |
| Foundation Stone Notes: | No foundation Stone or Memorial Plaque details are known. Information/photographs are invited. A Granite Tablet has been placed in the footings (of the Sunday School Hall?) to the left of the front doors. It reads: "Twentieth Century Sabbath School. This stone was laid by Mrs Ward Oct 18th 1899.' A heritage plaque records: Byaduk Uniting Church - The Uniting Church, formerly Methodist was the first church in Byaduk, built in 1864. The Sunday school was built in 1899. Three services were held each Sunday: Morning worship, Sunday school in the afternoon and Evensong. This service was favoured by the young people. The church would be full and the singing would nearly raise the roof. Services are still held in the church. A plaque on the site next to the Uniting Church records: Original Site - of - Byaduk Presbyterian - Church & Sunday School - Church built 1882 - Sunday School Built 1935 - Destroyed in Bushfires - on 12th February, 1977. |
| Date Opened: | 00-00-1864 |
| Date Closed: | 00-00-2016 |
| Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
Comments
The Byaduk Uniting Church is now closed, and the property was sold in February 2016. It was erected for the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the first church built in Byaduk, and was opened in 1864. No other details are known.
The site next to the church building has also been sold. It was the site of the former Byaduk Presbyterian Church and Sunday School, destroyed in the 1977 bushfires. Remnants of the bluestone foundations and the stone fence still remain.
More historical information/photographs of the former churches/congregations are invited. Photographs uploaded 08/03/2016 & 17/3/2023.
