St Ann's - 150 yrs - Aldinga, SA, Australia - Community Commemoration on Waymarking.com

The Foundation Stone of this Church
was laid on 2 October 1865 by
Mrs Millecent Short
wife of Augustus Short
Bishop of Adelaide

In commemoration
this plaque was unveiled by
Mrs Bridget Ford
wife of John Ford, Bishop of The Murray
4 October 2015

It is understood from the Church's website [St Ann's] that the Church was consecrated and blessed in 1868, four years after the first burial in the Churchyard Cemetery. The square Bell Tower was added in 1911.

While, the Australian Heritage Database gives only a very short account, and even then gives the year of 1866, it is as follows:

"In 1866 residents of Aldinga called a meeting to consider the advisability of erecting a Church. An acre of land was presented by the South Australian Company and the foundation stone was laid by Mrs Short. Total cost was 785 pounds. Building opened for service by Dean Farrell and was consecrated. Mrs. Short presented a handsome communion service."
[ex-Australian Heritage Database: St Anne's, Aldinga, SA]

Address: 7 Stonehouse Lane, Aldinga, SA, 5173, Australia

Visited: 1220 - 1235, Monday, 28 May, 2018

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