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Eastcoast City Church, Caringbah 2008

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Eastcoast City Church, Caringbah 2008

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Hector Abrahams

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Abrahams, Hector

Hector Abrahams is an architect

Private collection

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.

Religious building

Christianity

Caringbah

Southern mixed residential, commercial and light industrial suburb whose Aboriginal meaning is 'small wallaby'. Most of the area was used for market gardening until after the Second World War.

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