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Convict Church, Port Arthur, Tasmania
The foundation stone for the Convict Church at the former penal settlement of Port Arthur, Tasmania, was laid by Lieutenant Governor George Arthur (1784-1854) in 1836. The church was possibly designed by the Deputy Commissariat Officer Thomas…
Congregational Church, Richmond, Tasmania
This Congregational Church is in the town of Richmond, Tasmania. It was built in 1873 after the previous church, built in 1844, was damaged in a storm. The sandstone building is in the Gothic Revival style with buttresses, and a pointed arch doorway…
Uniting Church, Hadspen, Tasmania
The Uniting Church in Hadspen, Tasmania, was built as a Wesleyan chapel in 1874, and became a Methodist church in 1924. The chapel was probably designed by Mr Monds, described as the ‘clerk of the works’ in a newspaper article in The…
St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Carrick, Tasmania
St Andrew’s Anglican Church is in the town of Carrick in northern Tasmania. The church was transformed from a schoolhouse by Thomas Reibey of Hadspen in 1845, who became its first minister and was later succeeded by his brother. The tower was…
Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd, Hadspen, Tasmania
The Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd is in the town of Hadspen, Tasmania. Archdeacon Thomas Reibey of Hadspen had the plans for the church drawn up by W.G. & E. Habershon of London and the foundation stone was laid in 1868. Reibey was largely…
Auld Kirk, Sidmouth, Tasmania
The West Tamar Presbyterian Church, commonly referred to as the Auld Kirk (Scots for old church), is located on the banks of the Tamar River in the small Tasmanian town of Sidmouth. Construction of the church began in 1843 with the support of the…
(Old) State School, Launceston, Tasmania
(Old) Launceston State School is on Paterson Street in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The brick building is in the Gothic Revival style and features a bellcote, lancet windows, tracery, and buttresses. The building is now a Launceston College…
St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Evandale, Tasmania
St Andrew’s Anglican Church was built in 1871 using bricks from an earlier demolished church on the site, and it was consecrated in May 1872. St Andrew’s was built in the Gothic Revival style, including buttresses, lancet windows, and a…