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Shire of Toodyay > Records

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, TOODYAY (FORMER)

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Coloured photo of the entrance / portico and steps to the former Catholic Church situated in Stirling Terrace at the entrance to the Toodyay Township.
Constructed of red brick - some of it rendered - and the roof is of corrugated iron. This church is now a private home.

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cwa-org-37-2001.1099

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8.9000 cm

Height or length

12.5000 cm

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Contextual Information

St John the Baptist Church is a former Roman Catholic church located on Stirling Terrace in Toodyay, Western Australia was built 1863–64.
The foundation stone was laid in January 1863 and by Christmas 1864 the church was completed and had been blessed.
It was renovated in 1920 and de-consecrated on 17 November 1963.
A new brick church with the same name across the road, was consecrated on the same day.

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Shire of Toodyay

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