Holy Trinity Church, Bacchus Marsh

Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican church in Gisborne Road, in the town of Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. The church was established in 1851.

History

  • Pre 1849 - Bacchus Marsh was probably served by itinerant preachers from around 1847.[1]
  • 1849 - first Baptism performed in January by first clergy Rev. William Hall
  • 1851 - prefabricated iron church erected. Amongst the first parishes in Victoria, the land was donated by William Bacchus, son of Captain W H Bacchus after whom Bacchus Marsh is named.
  • 1861 - Iron church building consecrated
  • 1857 - School established on site of current hall
  • 1868 - Andrew Scott (later to become bushranger "Captain Moonlite") attended as lay reader.
  • 1876 - Foundation Stone Laid
  • 1877 - Current Sandstone (& limestone) church opened
  • 1881 - Current church consecrated, pulpit installed
  • 1953 - Church gates built and consecrated
  • 1955 - Hall built as a war memorial
  • 1971 - Memorial garden completed

References

  1. ^ Osborn, Betty (1977). A history of Holy Trinity Church of England, Bacchus Marsh (2d ed., rev. and enl. ed.). Bacchus Marsh, Vic.: Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society. ISBN 0-9599718-3-1.

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