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First Saturday at St Peters | |||
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| Cooks River Parish was named after the river which flows through it. On 13 May, 1838 the first service was conducted in a temporary church. The foundation stone of the present church was laid on 7 July 1838, and the building was completed in November 1839. St Peters is one of the oldest churches in the suburbs of Sydney. Built of sun-dried bricks, by free labour, it represents the English Commissioners Gothic style in Australia. Twelve pillars, made of ironbark, support a plaster vaulted nave. The Church is listed with the Heritage Council of NSW. MORE |
A Young Man's Colonial Experience
Rev. Stanley Howard writing to his family in England, 1872-1878.
Written by Rev. Stanley Howard, Edited by Laurel Horton
Stanley looks at the life of Stanley Howard, a curate at St Peters Church, Cooks River in the 1870s.
Stanley Howard, after almost completing his degree at Cambridge, becomes tubercular. In 1872, for the good of his health, he sails for Australia. From that moment he records his everyday existence in letters to his family in England. MORE
Adjacent
to our church is the graveyard which was in use from March 1839 till April
1896. There are
2,515 people listed in the burial register. Two thirds of these burials
are of children under the age ten. Of the two thirds, more than half are
under three years. There are many memorials to the pioneers of the district
and beyond. MORE
St
Peters Church's
Brindley and Foster tracker action pipe organ is noted for its clarity
and brilliant sound, reflecting both the French influence of the younger
partner,
Healey
Foster and
the German skill of Edmund Shulze, who taught Charles Brindley organbuilding
prior to 1854 and the opening of Brindley's business in Carver Street,
Sheffield, England. MORE |
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| Many
notable families have been involved in our Church since its first service
was conducted on the 13th May 1838. If you are interested in finding out
how your your ancestors were connected with St Peters please contact our
history team by emailing history@cooksriver.net or phoning Bob & Laurel
Horton on (02) 9558 7504. Our History Team provides information from our registers to family historians free of charge. MORE |
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