THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

The Church of England

The first Anglican service was held in 1854 in a building long since demolished .

In 1858 the Anglicans built a combination school church building (refer to history of the Church of England) on their land near the cemetery. The stone building was opened on the 19th September 1858 by Archdeacon Stretch of Geelong. In 1869 the original stone building was demolished, and much of the stone transported to the present site in the town, where a new church was built in the grounds of the house purchased for a vicarage (Dr. Wilders house). The church was opened by Bishop Field Flowers  on the 2nd February 1890 with a solemn Dedication Service.

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