St. Ambrose Anglican Church - Gilgandra, NSW
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S 31° 42.585 E 148° 39.803
55J E 657618 N 6490532
An imposing Federation Gothic style church in the village of Gilgandra.
Waymark Code: WMP2CQ
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 06/15/2015
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St Ambrose is a Peace Memorial church having been built with funds raised locally & from a gift of £1,200 from the City of Bournemouth in England. Bournemouth’s gift had been given after the Great War as a peace offering to the town in the Empire outside England which had a good Church and War-service record. The gift to Gilgandra is a reflection of the notoriety obtained by the town after the establishment of recruitment marches (the Coo-ee March) there in 1915. Men determined to enlist in the First World War marched from Gilgandra to Sydney recruiting 300 along the way.
The above information obtained from the NSW Government's Office of Environment & Heritage Office (
visit link)