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The Bundaberg district was explored by Europeans searching for timber in the 1850s and 1860s and developed from the 1870s onwards as one of Australia's major sugar-producing areas. The Bunda Aborigines gave the city the first part of its name, while the second part "Berg" (German for 'mountain') points to the preponderance of early German settlers. The first Anglican Church in Bundaberg was built in Quay Street in 1876. The building was moved to Woongarra Street, near the present site, in 1899. The present brick church, in English gothic style with a prominent bell tower and spire, was built in 1926 and dedicated in February 1927.1 Plans for the building had been drawn up in the 1890s by the architect, J. H. Buckeridge (1857-1934), a pupil of J. L. Pearson, who was the Diocesan Architect of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane between 1887 and 1902. Source: www.ohta.org.au/organs/organs/BundabergAng.html

A plaque records: The first Anglican Church in Mareeba - was a wooden structure built on this site - on an honorary basis by two young brothers - Francis and Marcus Brims, aged 17 and 15 years - respectively. Completed in 1905, it was used - for worship until replaced by the - present building in 1977. A plaque records: This church - was dedicated by - The Bishop of North Queensland - The Right Reverend John Lewis SSM - Saturday 17th September - 1977. A plaque records: This church was consecrated by - The Bishop of North Queensland - The Right Reverend John Lewis SSM - Sunday 17th September - 1981. [Note 17/9/1981 was a Thursday, not a Sunday] No other details are known about St George's Anglican Church, Mareeba. Source: www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/quee...

Step inside Brisbane’s oldest Anglican Church to study the oldest stained glass windows in Queensland and follow the 14 stations of the cross created by Daphne Mayo. The present All Saints’ Church was designed by Richard George Suter and dedicated by Bishop Tufnell in 1869. All Saints’ Church is a very early example of the Gothic Revival style in ecclesiastic architecture in Brisbane. Distinctive design features include simple lancet windows, buttressed walls, and a hammer-beam roof. There is an important collection of stained-glass windows throughout the church, most of which depict saints. The east end windows are believed to be the oldest stained-glass windows in Queensland to be made in Australia. The bas-relief Stations of the Cross were made by Daphne Mayo and installed in 1935. In the St Francis and Clare outdoor altar at the east end of the building is a bronze and wood sculpture entitled ‘Christ Accepting the Cross’, by Andre Meszaros, erected to celebrate the centenary of All Saints in 1962. An earlier version of the church was designed by noted architect Benjamin Backhouse and built in 1862. Later additions to the church included an adjacent rectory in 1880, a hall/school building in 1884, the pulpit crucifix in 1926, the organ loft in 1957 and the crypt in 2016. The organ was made in London by TC Lewis and was originally installed in St John’s Pro-Cathedral in Queen’s Park in 1873. It was then transferred to St Luke’s Church, Charlotte Street, before it was refurbished and moved to All Saints in 1957. Source: brisbaneopenhouse.com.au/building/all-saints-anglican-chu...