St John's Anglican Church (Darlinghurst-Kings Cross, N.S.W.) collection
St John's Anglican Church (Darlinghurst-Kings Cross, N.S.W.) collection
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca 1824-1994
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts and Pictures
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
This collection contains manuscript and pictorial series. You may navigate to a detailed description of these series from this collection record.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Manuscripts: records including minute books, baptism and marriage registers, annual reports, financial records, files, newsletters, orders of service, faculties, and bibles.
Pictures: photographs and architectural drawings
Alternative Titles
Full title
St John's Anglican Church (Darlinghurst-Kings Cross, N.S.W.) collection
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Rev. W. Lawton in 1995
Administrative / Biographical history
In the 1840s a need was perceived for a church in the Darlinghurst district of Sydney. In 1849 the foundation stone of a small school, to be used temporarily as a church, was laid. The first service was held in 1852. It was not until 1856 that the foundation stone of the church itself was laid. The nave and aisles were built two years later and the...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
9gk5aVv9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gk5aVv9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
119225
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