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St Stephen's church, Newtown c1875

St Stephen's church, Newtown c1875

By

Charles Bayliss

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a325043 / SPF/1043]

(Mitchell Library)

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Bayliss, Charles

State Library of New South Wales

Christian church architecture

Church architecture in Sydney has at times been the most significant and exceptional in the architecture of Sydney. At other times, church denominations have settled on continuing a successful type, seeking to make a noticeable character across the region. As immigrants imported their traditions, they adapted to the materials and surroundings of the new country.

Anglican

Religious building

Cemeteries

St Stephen's Anglican church Newtown

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Gothic revival style church designed by Edmund Blacket which is still surrounded by its churchyard and trees, despite its inner-city location. It was built in 1871 in the existing Camperdown Cemetery. It was the second St Stephen's church building in Newtown. The first, on Longdown Street, also designed by Blacket, was consecrated in 1845 but quickly became too small. After the new church opened the older building was used as day and Sunday school, and then converted for use as a parish hall until it was destroyed by fire in 1938.

Camperdown

Inner-western suburb, home to the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, as well as high-density residential dwellings, mainly gentrified workers' terraces and apartment buildings. It is named after a naval battle in which Governor Bligh took part in 1797.

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Camperdown Cemetery

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Private cemetery in Newtown that was consecrated in January 1849 and remained the main burial ground for the Church of England until the opening of Rookwood in 1868. St Stephen's Anglican church was built in the middle of it in the early 1870s. All but 4 acres of the cemetery were resumed in 1948 to become the Camperdown Memorial Rest Park.

Newtown

Inner-west suburb which developed along the main road south from Sydney. It became a prosperous shopping district in the late 19th century, and later a working-class and migrant suburb, now gentrified.

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