Denomination Anglican Phone +61 3 9347 5152 | Dedicated 1866 | |
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Country Carlton, Victoria, Australia Heritage designation The site is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register Address 235 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia Similar Church of All Nations, St Columb's Anglican, St James Old Cathedral, Royal Exhibition Building, St Paul's Cathedral - Melbourne Profiles | ||
St Jude's Church is an Anglican parish church in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton and is one of the first complete polychromatic brick churches built in Australia. The church was opened in 1866 as a temporary wooden building, but was rebuilt as a Gothic-polychrome building between 1866 and 1874.
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St Jude's Carlton is linked to St Jude's Hartwith (North Yorkshire UK) (Hartwith cum Winsley) which was dedicated to St Jude after refurbishment in 1891 at the request of parishioners who had emigrated to Australia and worshipped at St Jude's Carlton near Melbourne.
The site is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.
The pipe organ
The building contains an intact early pipe organ installed in 1868 to the design of George Fincham, a leading nineteenth century organ builder who arrived in Australia in 1852.
The stained glass window
The Melbourne Argus (page 5) of Monday 7th March 1892 reported, "A very fine stained glass window has been placed in St. Jude’s Church, Carlton, to the memory of John Richard Bathe Neale, Lygon Street, Carlton, by his parents, of Windsor. The subject is Christ at the Pool of Bethesda." The accompanying text is taken from John 5:8, "Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk."
The 2014 fire
In October 2014 St Jude's was damaged by a deliberately lit fire. Prayers were offered for those who had set fire to the building. Repairs were estimated at $500,000.
The vicar
In November 2015, Dr Richard Condie the vicar of St Jude's and Archdeacon of Melbourne, was appointed as Bishop of Tasmania.
Other
The Australian rock band Skyhooks performed their first live show in the church's hall, supported by the band Scumbag, whose line-up included Red Symons who subsequently joined Skyhooks.