Christ Church Lychgate - Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
S 24° 52.060 E 152° 20.843
56J E 434073 N 7249546
This wood and tiled Lychgate is at the Woongarra Street entry to the Peace Bell Tower of Christ Church in Bundaberg.
Waymark Code: WM116FY
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 08/24/2019
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The lychgate has a tiled roof on a wooden framed structure, supported by huge wood pillars. A concrete path proceeds under the lychgate to the Memorial Peace Bells Tower. On the right-hand (eastern side) grey painted, roughly sawn timber lining is a copper plaque, with a brown patina, with the following engraved inscription:
This
Lych gate,
Wayside Cross
and
Wall
the gift of
Mrs Garnett Buss
was dedicated
Sat. Feb. 23rd 1935
by
William
Archbishop of Brisbane
A.H.Osborn M.A.Rector
While the first proposal to replace the much smaller wooden church that was on this site was in 1899, it wasn't until after The Great War (WW1) that work began in 1919, and completed in 1926, and dedicated in February 1927. [ex-plaque in Bell Tower] It cost £20,000 to complete [ex-plaque in paving at the intersection.]
Visited: 1110, Thursday, 9 June, 2022