Holy Trinity Church - Adelaide - SA - Australia
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S 34° 55.322 E 138° 35.625
54H E 280195 N 6132959
Trinity City (also known as Holy Trinity Church Adelaide, and originally named Trinity Church), is an evangelical Anglican church located at 88 North Terrace, in the city of Adelaide, South Australia.
Waymark Code: WMYDG1
Location: South Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 06/02/2018
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The Sign reads:
THE PIONEER CHURCH OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, HOLY TRINITY IS CLASSIFIED A BY THE NATIONAL Ii RUST. FOLLOWING A PUBLIC MEETING IN LONDON IN 1 3 TO DISCUSS DETAILS OF. THE NEW COLONY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA PASCOE ST. LEGER GRENFELL PRESENTED THIS TOW ACRE FOR A CHURCH. IN DECEMBER 1836 AT THE CEREMONY OF THE STATE'S PR•CLAMATION BY GOVERNOR HINDMARSH, THE COLONIAL CHAPLAIN AND FIRST RECTOR„ THE REV. CHARLES 13-EAUMONT HOWARD READ THE PRAYERS. GOVERNOR HINDMARSH LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE. ON JANUARY 26,1838. THE TOWER CLOCK„ BUILT IN 1836 BY THE CLOCKMASTER TO WILLIAM IV BECAME THE TOWN CLOCK OF ADELAIDE, CAPTAIN CHARLES STURT, THE. EXPLORER, ill/AS ONE OF THE EARLY TRUSTEES. IN 1846 GALLERIES WERE BUILT IN THE TRANSEPTS AND FILLED BY GARRISON TROOPS WHO MARCHLD DOWN NORTH TERRACE TO SERVICES. THE STATE'S FIRST SCHOOLROOM, WHICH LATER BECAME THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF ST.PETER WAS ESTABLISHED HERE IN 1847 DR. AUGUSTUS SHORT WAS INSTALLED AS THE FIRST BISHOP OF ADELAIDE ON DECEMBER 30 1847 AND THE CHURCH BECAME ADELAIDE'S PRO-CATHEDRAL, A TWO STORIED PARSONAGE WAS BUILT IN 1849 AND Tilt EXTERNAL FABRIC OF THE CHURCH WAS COMPLETED 1N/1888 89, OTHER. BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN ERECTED SINCE THEN. BUT ALL WITH THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. IT IS OUR PRAYER THAT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH WILL ALWAYS STAND FIRM FOR THAT GOSPEL AS IT HAS IN THE PAST.
Age/Event Date: 1834, 26.1.1836, 1836, 1846, 1847, 30.12.1847, 1849, 1888-1889
Type of Historic Marker: Monument
Type of Historic Marker if other: Black marble rectangular tablet
Related Website: [Web Link]
Historic Resources.:
Holy Trinity Church leaflet
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