St Jude's Anglican Church

St Jude's Anglican Church is a church in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton and is one of the first complete polychromatic brick churches built in Australia. It was opened in 1866 as a temporary wooden building, but was rebuilt as a Gothic-polychrome building between 1866 and 1874. It contains an intact early pipe organ installed in 1868 to the design of George Finchamby, a leading nineteenth century organ builder who arrived in Australia in 1852.[1]

Current vicar Richard Condie writes on the St Jude's, "I’d like to welcome you to St Jude’s, and to say how delighted I am that you are taking the time to find out more about this great church. St Jude’s has a long history of welcoming people from many different backgrounds."[2]

The site is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "St Jude's Anglican Church, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H0014, Heritage Overlay HO65". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/vhd/heritagevic#detail_places;226. 
  2. ^ "St Jude's Anglican Church". St Jude's website. St Jude's. http://www.stjudes.org.au. Retrieved 2008-09-18.