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[[Image:RookwoodStation.jpg|thumb|250px|The Mortuary Station in Rookwood Cemetery c1890]] |
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'''All Saints Church''', in the city of [[Canberra]] is an [[Anglican]] church located in the suburb of [[Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory|Ainslie]], Australia. It is part of the diocese of Canberra and Goulburn in the [[Anglican Church of Australia]]. |
'''All Saints Church''', in the city of [[Canberra]] is an [[Anglican]] church located in the suburb of [[Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory|Ainslie]], Australia. It is part of the diocese of Canberra and Goulburn in the [[Anglican Church of Australia]]. |
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The stonework in the church was originally built as a railway station for the , and |
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The original building started as the First Mortuary station in [[Rookwood Cemetery]], [[Sydney]], as noted on a plaque on the church: |
The original building started as the First Mortuary station in [[Rookwood Cemetery]], [[Sydney]], as noted on a plaque on the church: |
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Revision as of 00:01, 20 September 2005
All Saints Church, in the city of Canberra is an Anglican church located in the suburb of Ainslie, Australia. It is part of the diocese of Canberra and Goulburn in the Anglican Church of Australia.
The original building started as the First Mortuary station in Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, as noted on a plaque on the church:
- "The Stonework of this church was originally used to build the first mortuary station on the branch railway to the necropolis rookwood near Sydney. This plaque was presented by the Australian Railway Historical Society to commemorate the old station which was in use from 1868 to 1948."
The railway line went underneath the main arch in the building, where the aisle is in the present church. The side aisles are where the platforms for the station were located. Coffins would be taken out on the railway line to the cemetery for burial.
The roof of the building burned down in a fire. The Ainslie parish bought the stonework for 100 pounds, and the stonework was transported to Canberra in 1957 where the current roof was built and work done to turn it into the present church. In the process the bell tower was moved from the left side of the entrance to the right.
One of the stained glass windows was part of a church in Gloucestershire, England, which was bombed during World War 2.
The church bell was originally on a steam locomotive train owned by the Commonwealth oil corporation that was dismantled in 1925. The bell was presented to the church by the NSW Steam train and railway preservation society in 1958.
A stone on the church was set by the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, Lord Carrington to mark the blessing of the church on the 1st of June 1958.
At the east end of the church is a garden and columbarium. The church has several stained glass windows, and gargoyle sculptures on the outside of the building. On the inside stonework are two carved angels. It has two side chapels located on opposite sides of the chancel, one dedicated to Our Lady, and the other after Gethsemane.