St John's Anglican Church, Dalby
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St John's Anglican Church, Dalby, 2010
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| Location | 153 Cunningham Street, Dalby, Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°11′03″S 151°15′48″E / 27.1841°S 151.2633°ECoordinates: 27°11′03″S 151°15′48″E / 27.1841°S 151.2633°E |
| Design period | 1919 - 1930s (interwar period) |
| Built | 1920s |
| Architect | Henry James (Harry) Marks |
| Architectural style(s) | Gothic |
| Official name: St John's Anglican Church, St John's Church of England | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 14 August 2008 |
| Reference no. | 602399 |
| Significant period | 1920s |
| Significant components | font - baptismal, baptistry, memorial - window, vestry, stained glass window/s, church |
 Location of St John's Anglican Church, Dalby in Queensland
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St John's Anglican Church is a heritage-listed church at 153 Cunningham Street, Dalby, Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the third church of that name on the site and was designed by Henry James (Harry) Marks and built in the 1920s. It is also known as St John's Church of England. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 14 August 2008.
St John's Church, Dalby is a brick church constructed in 1922-1923 to the design of Harry Marks and is the third church of this name on the site. The previous timber church, built in 1876, remained on the site in a modified form as part of a former parish hall, until it was demolished in February 2003.
The site of St John's Church is part of a continuing tradition of Anglican worship established during the first years of European settlement on the Darling Downs, which began in 1840. At this time (prior to the separation of Queensland) the Darling Downs were part of New South Wales and fell within the Diocese of Newcastle. The Reverend John Gregor visited the area, holding services in camps and private homes from 1840 until his death in 1848. The energetic Reverend Benjamin Glennie succeeded him and his first service on the Downs was held in the parlour of the Bull's Head Inn at Drayton in 1848, there being no church. On 25 May 1851, Glennie held the first service in the Dalby area in the home of Hugh Ross. From then on, regular services were held in such diverse venues as private homes, a woolshed and the courthouse. Glennie was responsible for the Anglican pastoral care of the Darling Downs from 1850 to 1860. He laid the foundations of a parochial system on the Downs by establishing congregations, buying strategic sites and building churches.
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