St Thomas Church of England
| St Thomas' Anglican Church, Toowong | |
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St Thomas' Anglican Church
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| Location | 69 High Street, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°29′15″S 152°59′25″E / 27.4875°S 152.9904°ECoordinates: 27°29′15″S 152°59′25″E / 27.4875°S 152.9904°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1877 |
| Architect | Francis Drummond Greville Stanley |
| Architectural style(s) | Gothic |
| Official name: St Thomas Church of England | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600336 |
| Significant period | 1877, 1886, 1947 (fabric) |
| Significant components | memorial - gate/s, stained glass window/s, wall/s - retaining, memorial - plaque, furniture/fittings, trees/plantings, steps/stairway, memorial - window |
| Builders | Henry Pears |
 Location of St Thomas' Anglican Church, Toowong in Queensland
Location of St Thomas' Anglican Church, Toowong in Queensland
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St Thomas' Anglican Church is a heritage-listed church at 69 High Street, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built in 1877 by Henry Pears. It was also known as St Thomas' Church of England. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
St Thomas' Church of England was constructed in 1877 as the second purpose built Anglican church in Toowong, replacing a 1865 timber building on another site. The church, which was designed by parishioner and prominent Brisbane architect, FDG Stanley, has had two major additions, the first in 1886 when the nave was extended and the second in 1947 when transepts and a chancel were added.
Toowong was described in 1862 by a local resident, Richard Langler Drew, when he nailed a sign to a tree in the district proclaiming the village of Toowong, although the name of the district had been decided much earlier after the call of local birdlife. Soon after Drew's proclamation many large houses were erected in the area and Toowong prospered as a small elite settlement removed from the noise and dust associated with the town centre. It was not long before discussions were held about the establishment of a Church of England congregation which was to be an extension of the All Saints Church on Wickham Terrace.
When Queensland separated in 1859, Brisbane became the seat of an Anglican Diocese and the first Bishop, Edward Wyndham Tufnell was appointed. One year later, state aid to the Church of England officially ceased. Unlike England, where the Church of England was the established church which received state aid, the Church of England in Australia was to survive in the same manner as the other churches then operating in the country. This decision caused much uneasiness during the early history of the church as the hierarchy was unaccustomed to the processes involved with self funding, most significantly the fundraising aspect. Therefore, it is significant that following a meeting on 6 May 1865, Church of England residents of Toowong pledged to assist in the raising of about £150, necessary to construct a building for use as a Church of England. Among those at this first meeting was architect, William Henry Ellerker who was to design the first St Thomas' Church. Also at the meeting was Richard Drew who donated Allotment 13 where the church was to be built in Curlew street overlooking a cutting on Burns Road.
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