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Illawarra · Churches

Churches, 1876

13 stories in Illawarra's papers

Presryterian Church, Jamberoo

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1876 · page 2

THE services and demonstration in connection with the opening of the new Presbyterian Church, at Jamberoo, took place on the 26th u time, the anniversary day of the colony, and…

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Fatal Accident in a Church

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1876 · page 4

Whilst service was being conducted in the parish church of Cherry Burton, a village near Beverley, on the morning of December 2[?], the clock weight came…

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The Lake Nyassa Mission

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 May 1876 · page 4

The Rev. Thomas Smith, D.D. sends the following letter from Mr. E. D. Young, R. N. the head of the Livinstonia Mission of the Free and Reformed Presbyterian Churches…

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The Owston Ferry [?]W-suit. (Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1876 · page 4

THE obscure village of Owston Ferry, in the north of Lincolnshire, found itself, about eighteen months ago, brought into great and sudden notoriety. For the…

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Opening of a Protestant Episcopal Church in Rome. (Herald's Letter from Rome.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1876 · page 4

THE great event of the month has been the consecration and opening of the splendid church the American Episcopalians have built in the Via Nazionale, an event looked…

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Poetry. the Church of the World

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1876 · page 4

I STOOD one Sunday morning Before a large church door; The congregation gathered, And carriages a score…

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Bush Mission Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1876 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held in connection with the above society in the Court-house, Kiama, on Monday evening last, at which there was a fair attendance. The chair…

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Church of the Resurrection, Jamberoo

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 October 1876 · page 2

During the past week the series of painted memorial windows, in number thirteen, has been completed in the above church—a brief account of them may interest readers. The vestry windows…

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Christ Church

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1876 · page 3

Confirmation service by the Lord Bishop of Sydney will take place at the above church next Monday at three p.m. His Lordship will also…

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The Confirmation Service, Christ Church, Kiama

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1876 · page 2

THE Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Sydney, making a somewhat rapid tour through the South Coast District, visited Kiama on the 20th instant. No small…

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Catholic Picnic

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1876 · page 2

We beg to remind our readers that through mistake this picnic was announced to be held on Mr. Kendall's Beach, instead of the Church of…

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Wesleyan Church Extension and Sustentation Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1876 · page 2

THE annual mooting of the society was held in the Wesleyan Church Kiama, on Wednesday evening last; opened by the super intendent of the circuit, the Rev. W. Moore…

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Robertson. Opening of the Anglican Church, Robertson

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1876 · page 2

THE above church was opened on Wednesday, December 6; but before giving you an account of the opening, I may as well furnish a few particulars about Robertson…

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