Kingston Baptists Grow Through Late 1920s to 1960s Expansion
The Kingston Baptist movement began with the first Kingston church in February 1929 led by Rev J H Goble and Rev Dr A J Waldock who served as minister from 1929 to 1944 and later became President General of the Baptist Union. A second church opened in Turner Condamine Street in October 1958 with ministers Rev E F Heather and Rev I F Kilvert. a church hall followed in 1958 and the North Ainslie work started in 1961 with Rev Allen Brooke ED serving as minister. A Jubilee Year plan includes a new church site in Duffy Street Canberra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beer
Kingston
Baptist Union of Australia
J. H. Goble
A. J. Waldock
Home Mission
Waldock
Baptist Union
Australia
H. G. Hackworthy
W.C. M.A
Adelaide
F. P. McMaster
Grafton
Second Baptist Church
Turner
Condamine Street
The
Baptist World Alliance
F. W. Townley
London
E. F. Heather
Baptist Union of N.S.W
I. F. Bkilvert
R. T. Farquhar
Ainslie
Canberra
Allen Brooke ED
Melbourne
United Churches
Duffy Street
Church of England Girls’ Grammar School
St. Gabriel's
Sisters of St. Gabriel's
Vincent
B.A
Miss Forster
Una Mitchell
Isobe Masters
First Divine Service of Canberra Lutheran Church in 1948
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canberra held its first Divine Service on April 1 1948 with Rev M Winkler traveling from Temora. Regular minister visits followed until Rev N Jaensch began annual trips in 1949 and Rev T Lutze became the first resident pastor in August 1951. The church, initially meeting at 22 Watson Street Turner, saw continued services after Lutze’s 1958 retirement. Rev J Uebergane started in June 1959, foundation stone for a new church laid in 1961, and Holy Trinity Church at Turner dedicated later that year with Minister for Migration Mr Downer present unveiling a memorial plaque. The church currently has 200 parish members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Canberra
M. Winkler
Temora
N.S.W
N. Jaensch
Bankstown
T. Lutze
Watson Street
Turner
Lutze
J. Uebergane
Holy Trinity
Turer
Downer
Languages At St. Peter's Memorial Church Dedication
St. Peter's Lutheran Memorial Church on Ballumbir Street Reid was dedicated on September 10 1961 to serve new settlers speaking different languages. Sunday services are held by Fetish with additional services in German Latvian Eastonian Finnish Norwegian Swedish and Hungarian. Pastor W F Rochr personally conducts services in English and German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's Lutheran Memorial Church
Ballumbir Street
Reid
W. F. Rochrs
Tribulations and Triumphs of Canberra School's Early Years
The article recounts from 1927 the move toward a national capital school, aided by Rev W J Edwards and supporters. It covers site selection at Manuka, lease approval for 20 acres, foundation in 1929 for 60 boys, wartime delays, postwar recovery, Canon Garnsey's leadership, and rapid expansion under Mr P J McKeown, noting key pioneers Edwards Blassand Cooma Jones Burgmann Radford Carnsey Eddison and Sheaffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Edwards
National
Edwards
Canberra
P. Sheatte
Bishop Radford
Manuka
Sheaffe
John Butters
Coe
Australia
Canon Edwards
United Nations
Greece
Canon D. A. Garnsey
Canon Edward
Canon Garnsey
Gippsland
OVO
P. J. McKeown
Blassand F
Cooma
Jones
Burgmann
Radford
Carnsey
Eddison
Salvation Army Establishes Centres in Canberra History
The Salvation Army opened its first permanent centre in Canberra on July 6 1929 in Braddon with Sir John Butters inaugurating the hall. A 1932 programme began in Kingston and ran until 1960 before relocation for the Government Printing Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Canberra
John Butters
Federal Capital Territory
Elevera Street
Braddon
Canberra City Corps
Friendly Society
Kingston
Government Printing Office
Boolimba Crescent
Narrabundah
Wilkinson
Hile
Woden
Roman Catholic Schools Serve Community Well
Catholic education has expanded rapidly with the first school, St Christopher's in Forrest, opening in January 1928 with 130 pupils. By the 1950s many nun orders opened schools, and eleven primary Catholic Schools now exist in Canberra with priests brothers and nuns among students at the Australian National University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher's, Forrest
Good Samaritan Sisters
Can
School of General Studies
The
Australian National University
Canberra
Canberra Catholic Education Through the Years
The article recounts Canberra’s Catholic schools and orders from the 1920s onward, detailing St. Gabriel's and other Catholic institutions. It notes headmistresses, enrolment growth, and governance by church figures, plus the establishment of Daramalan and Braddon’s Catholic Girls High School and the expansion of religious orders in education.
The Very Rev John Haydon a Canberra church pioneer
The life of Father Patrick Maureice Haydon known as Monsignor Haydon who served Canberra from 1918 as parish priest of Queanbeyan and later as first Canberra priest when Canberra became a separate parish. He built schools and a theatre, led devotions at St Patrick's School, and was elevated to Monsignor before his 1947 death. His rescue at Cotter River is noted as hastening his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queanbeyan
Patrick Maureice Haydon
Parramatta
Canberra
St. Christopher's School
Manuka
Father Haydon
St Patrick's School
Presbyter
Commonweal Avenue
St. Christopher's Church
Goulburn
Cotter River
Monsignor Haydon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evangelical Lutheran
St. Peter's
St. Paul's Church
Reecerea
Reds Hill
Giarran
St. John the Baptist
G Grammar School
Kerra
St. Kamund’s
Christian Brothers
Daramalan
Sacred Heart Fathers
St. Christopher's
St. Peter Chanel’s
Presentation Sisters
St. Joseph's
Sisters of St. Joseph
St. Brigid's
Brigidine
St. Benedict's
St. Thomas More's
Irish Sisters of the Holy Faith
St. Edmund’s
St.Edmund's College
Brother Landiner
Sacred Heart College
Dickson
J. F. McMahon
Good Samaritan
St. Joseph, Mercy
Presentation
Ursuline
Dominican
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart Order
Campbell
John Walker
E. L. Vercoe
Methodist National Memorial Church
Forrest
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