Thomas Mowbray (Queensland clergyman)
| Mowbraytown Presbyterian Church | |
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Church building in 2015
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| Location | 22-28 Mowbray Terrace, East Brisbane, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′59″S 153°02′34″E / 27.4831°S 153.0427°ECoordinates: 27°28′59″S 153°02′34″E / 27.4831°S 153.0427°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1885 - c. 1916 |
| Architect | Alexander Brown Wilson |
| Official name: Mowbraytown Presbyterian Church Group, East Brisbane Presbyterian Church | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 22 October 1993 |
| Reference no. | 601219 |
| Significant period | 1880s (historical) 1880s-1900s (fabric) |
| Significant components | views to, furniture/fittings, church hall/sunday school hall, tower, apse, church, kindergarten, stained glass window/s, memorial - honour board/ roll of honour, roof/ridge ventilator/s / fleche/s |
 Location of Mowbraytown Presbyterian Church in Queensland
Location of Mowbraytown Presbyterian Church in Queensland
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The Mowbraytown Presbyterian Church is a heritage-listed church precinct at 22-28 Mowbray Terrace, East Brisbane, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by architect Alexander Brown Wilson and built from 1885 to c. 1916. It is also known as East Brisbane Presbyterian Church. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 22 October 1993.
Mowbraytown Presbyterian Church was erected in late 1885 on land donated by Williamina Mowbray, widow of the "father" of Presbyterianism in Queensland, Rev. Thomas Mowbray. In 1851, Mowbray was instrumental in establishing at Grey Street, South Brisbane, Queensland's first Presbyterian church. This building has been demolished, but his name and work is commemorated in the Mowbraytown Presbyterian Church.
In the 1850s, Mowbray acquired a substantial parcel of land, including what is now Mowbray Park and parts of East Brisbane, at what was then referred to as Kangaroo Point. In 1884 Mrs Mowbray sold part of the estate to Josiah Young of Brisbane. Young immediately subdivided this land as the Mowbraytown Estate, from which East Brisbane derives much of its identity. In 1885 Mrs Mowbray re-acquired from Young two allotments at the corner of Geelong Street and Mowbray Terrace, which she then donated to the church.
The rapid development of the East Brisbane area during the 1880s prompted the establishment of a Charge in Mowbraytown. Mowbraytown was unusual also in that it emerged almost immediately as an established and self-sustaining charge. The first service was conducted on 22 November 1885 and a minister was appointed permanently in March 1886.
The Mowbraytown church was designed by newly established Brisbane architect Alexander Brown Wilson - later an elder of the congregation - and was erected by South Brisbane carpenter and contractor Thomas Gillies at a cost of £600, inclusive of seats and fencing. When completed in November 1885, the body of the church measured 9.5 metres by 8.2 metres, and seated 230 persons. The building was entered via two porches either side of the front gable, and the roof was shingled. The windows opened on pivots, and those in the gabled ends had leadlight borders. The bell, sent from Scotland, was erected in January 1886.
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