Dunolly District Uniting Church
Dunolly District Uniting Church - Jubilee Sunday School 23-08-2019 - John Conn, Templestowe, Victoria
Dunolly District Uniting Church - Infant School 23-08-2019 - John Conn, Templestowe, Victoria

Dunolly District Uniting Church

Dunolly, VIC 3472

Church Information

Church Name: Dunolly District Uniting Church
Church Previous Name: Dunolly Methodist Church
Denomination: Uniting Church in Australia
Street Address: Barkly St & Tweeddale St, Dunolly VIC 3472, Australia
Suburb: Dunolly
State: VIC
Postcode: 3472
Foundation Stone Laid: unknown
Foundation Stone Notes: 

No Foundation Stone or Memorial Plaque details for the church bulding are known. Information/photographs are invited.

An historical notice board records: The church started in a tent church in the early 1850s...[the current church] was built in 1863 at a cost of 800 [pounds]. The Jubilee Sunday School, which was added to the site in 1887, was designed by Melbourne architect Evandor McIvor. A parsonage was build in 1880 and an infant school and kindergarten in 1903...

Two foundation stone tablets on the Jubilee Sabbath School building record:

  • 1886 - Jubilee Year - Memorial stone laid by - Mr Edwin F Peters - School Secretary since - 1866 - And Thou descending fill the place - with choicest tokens of Thy Grace.
  • 1886 - Jubilee Year - Memorial stone laid by - Mr Walter T Hansford JP - School Superindent since - 1866 - These walls we to God's honour raise - long may they echo to His praise.

Foundation stone for the infant school records: 1905 - Infant School - The gift of - Walter T Hansford - and his sister - Elizabeth Gillingham - of Somerset, England.

Date Opened: unknown
Date Closed: unknown
Email: admin@churchesaustralia.org

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No other details are known about the Dunolly District Uniting Church. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 1/10/2019.
Last Updated: Tuesday 1st October, 2019
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