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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Churches

Churches, 1861

6 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

Letters to the Editor. the Church and School Lands

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 March 1861 · page 2

Another great bone of contention has been thrown among the cormorants of Macquarie-street to pick, in the shape of Church and School Lands and their appropriation…

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The Bishop of Ripon on Church Music

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 March 1861 · page 4

At the annual soiree of the Wakefield Church Institution, the Bishop of Ripon addressed the audience. His theme was church music. He thought that the…

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Church Music. To the Editor of the Bathurst Free press and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 March 1861 · page 2

SIR.—The layman who expresses an opinion on matters of religious worship in opposition to those of a bishop is. I am aware, guilty of a rash act, and did I not feel that even bishops…

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Service at the Opening of the New Roman Catholic Cathedral, Dedicated to S.s. Micheal and John

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 April 1861 · page 2

It has been announced for some weeks past that a solemn dedication of the new Edifice lately erected for the Roman Catholic Communion, would take place on Thursday the 11th…

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St. Paul's Church, Blaney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 July 1861 · page 2

The ceremony of laying the Foundation Stone of the Presbyterian Church at Blaney, took place on Wednesday last. Although the day was cold and showery a considerable number…

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Shocking Murder in a Church

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 21 August 1861 · page 4

On Wednesday se'nnight, a dreadful murder was. committed in the polish church at Blakeney, a village between the stations's Newnham and Gatcombe, on…

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