St Matthew's Church, Kensington
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St Matthew's Church is an historic Anglican church in Kensington in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. It is adjacent to Marryatville High School.
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[edit] History
The land for the church was donated in 1848 by the South Australia Company, who received it from George Brunskill. Many notable early South Australians are buried on its grounds, including:
- Colonel Peter Edgerton Warburton, noted South Australian explorer and police commissioner, who died in 1889. His eldest daughter married the only son of Augustus Short, the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide.
- Baroness von Oertzen, born Matilda Goulding, January 1, 1840, in Marlborough, England, died April 27, 1864, in South Australia, ancestress of Baron Klaus von Oertzen.
[edit] Current status
It is closely associated with St Bartholomew's in Norwood, the next suburb north. They serve as both evangelical and conservative Anglican churches. The current Rector is the Rev. Dr. Tim Harris who leads a team of clergy in the Kensington-Norwood partnership.
The church runs three services every Sunday: traditional, family and youth services. It also runs a youth program, hence supporting a large congregation of all ages.
[edit] References
- Australian Heritage Database http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=6523
- South Australian Heritage Database http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?RNE6523
- List of State Heritage items - http://www.npsp.sa.gov.au/ssi-council/html/environment/planning/heritage/overview/pdfs/Tables%20(Attachement%20E,F,G).pdf
- "A century of Christian service : 1849-1949 St. Matthew’s Kensington" Adelaide 1949
- "St. Matthews Church, Kensington South Australia 1848-1988 : an historical record of our parish in celebration of Australia’s Bi-Centenary and for those who follow us", Editor: Kevin Giles. ISBN 0731630319 Published 1988.
