St Pauls Anglican Church, Maryborough
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St Pauls Anglican Church and Hall, 1997
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| Location | 178-202 Adelaide Street, Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 25°32′20″S 152°42′03″E / 25.5388°S 152.7008°ECoordinates: 25°32′20″S 152°42′03″E / 25.5388°S 152.7008°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1878 - 1921 |
| Architect | Francis Drummond Greville Stanley |
| Official name: St Pauls Anglican Church and Hall | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600705 |
| Significant period | 1870s (historical) 1870s, 1880s, 1920s (fabric) |
| Significant components | church, stained glass window/s, church hall/sunday school hall, tower - bell / belfry |
 Location of St Paul's Anglican Church, Maryborough in Queensland
St Paul's Anglican Church, Maryborough (Australia)
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St Paul's Anglican Church is a heritage-listed church at 178-202 Adelaide Street, Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1878 to 1921. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
St Paul's Anglican Church was constructed as the third Maryborough Church of England, replacing a timber church on the same site. The building was designed by prominent Queensland architect, FDG Stanley in 1879. A large memorial hall, designed by local architect, POE Hawkes, was added to the church site in 1921.
The original township of Maryborough was situated, not in its current place, but on the north of the Mary River, after wharves were established in 1847-8 providing transport for wool from sheep stations on the Burnett River. In 1850 Surveyor, Hugh Roland Labatt arrived in Maryborough with instructions to "examine the River Mary...to suggest ...the best site or sites for the laying out of the town, having regard to the convenience of shipping on one hand and internal communication on the other...also...point out the spots desirable as reserves for public building, church, quay and for places for public recreation." The site recommended by Labatt was not where settlement was established but further east and from the early 1850s this is where the growing town developed.
The first Maryborough Church of England was constructed at the early settlement in 1852 and this was a timber slab building with shingled roof not exceeding £30 in cost. Much of the material and labour of this early church was provided without cost by the local community and in this year the first pastor, Reverend E. Tanner arrived in Maryborough. In 1853 the Parish of Maryborough was formed as the most northerly outpost of the Diocese of Newcastle.
With the movement of the town following Labatt's survey, the timber church was dismantled and re-erected on land in Lennox Street which has been variously described as being donated to the church by early Maryborough citizen, ET Aldridge or as being secured for £21 by the church in early land sales in Maryborough. The Church of England retains this land as their principal Maryborough property to this day. Upon re-erection of the first timber church, a timber belfry complete with bells were added to the site.
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