Presbyterian/Uniting Church, Fingal

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Opened 1881.
Cnr Seymour & Grant Streets, Fingal. Google maps

Tourist information boards says: A small wooden structure, constructed on a stone base. There is a bell-cote on the iron gabled roof. Services were first conducted in Fingal in October 1876. The foundation stone was laid in 1881. The first Sunday School was held in 1885 under the guidance of Owen Holder and Mrs Harkness. A Mr McKercher rang the church bell to announce to the townspeople that the Boer War had finished.

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Methodist/Uniting Church, Exeter

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Open 1916.
108 West Tamar Highway. Google maps.
Photo 1955

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The Methodists of Exeter held their first working bee on Saturday afternoon. Good work was done in clearing the site for the new Methodist Church in Main Street. Afternoon tea was provided by Mrs. R. Davidson. On Sunday the Rev. L. I. Perkins preached in the Exeter Hall to good congregation.
The Examiner, 13 July 1915
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(former) St Andrews Presbyterian/Uniting Church, Deloraine

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32 West Goderich St, Deloraine. Google maps.
Opened 1884. Now privately owned.
For sale as a house
Badly copied B&W photo, 1933

The plaque on the wall says: “St Andrews Church, 1883-1983, Now Privately Owned, 32 West Goderich Street, Deloraine, Tasmania”

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