Holy Trinity Church, Bacchus Marsh

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Phone +61 3 5367 5362

Address 19 Gisborne Rd, Bacchus Marsh VIC 3340, Australia Similar Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Old St Mark's Anglican, Old Bishopsbourne Chapel, All Saints Anglican Church - Y, St Matthew's Anglican

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.

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

Holy Trinity Church, Bacchus Marsh Wikipedia

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