ST STEPHEN'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, STIRLING TERRACE, TOODYAY

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Black and white small photo of St Stephen's Anglican Church, Stirling Terrace.
North east external left view showing vestry door, east wall and front double-doors.
Gum trees in foreground, obscuring the corrugated roof. Sunshade over vestry door (slatted).
Gum trees in background.

Historical information

St Stephen's Anglican Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church on Stirling Terrace, Toodyay, Western Australia. The church was one of the earliest significant public buildings constructed in the town then named Newcastle.
It was built by George Henry Hasell, assisted by stonemason Esau Wetherall and a shingle splitter with the surname MacKnoe. On 9 May 1862 Matthew Hale, in his role as Lord Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Perth, consecrated the church and it opened for services.[A separate bell tower made of bush timber was later constructed and this remains on site. The bell was dedicated in December 1910 by Charles Riley, Bishop of Perth. The first minister was Charles Harper.The bell was made by Fred Metters & Co., Perth and donated by Charles Maxwell Lukin.
On 20 June 1915 a memorial service was held at St Stephen's for William Henry (Bill) Strahan who had been killed in the ANZAC action at Gallipoli during World War I. Strahan was the first Toodyay casualty of the war. Widespread grief saw a large attendance (about 195 people) at his funeral—roughly 1/5 of the district's population.
The shingled roof was replaced with corrugated iron in the mid 1940s.
On 18 March 1948 the sanctuary of St Stephen's church was consecrated by Archbishop Robert Moline, as a memorial to Charles Augustus Lee Steere and Roderick Yelverton Lee Steere, who lost their lives in World War II. The extension was designed by architect F.G.B. Hawkins and built by contractor Mr. Hawkins with bricks from the demolished Nunyle Agricultural Hall.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Stephen%27s_Anglican_Church,_Toodyay

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Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1286

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

8.8000 cm

Height or length

12.3000 cm

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