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Wayside Chapel

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Castle Hill Methodist church

Centenary Hall York Street

Pitt Street Temperance Hall

St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church

Wayside Chapel

Wesley Centre

Wesleyan Centenary Chapel York Street

Wesleyan Chapel Bourke Street

Wesleyan chapel Princes Street

West Pennant Hills Methodist church

Wisemans Ferry Methodist church

Bernard Smith Children's Home

MLC School

Wayside Chapel

Wesley Mission

Ardill, George Edward (1889-1964)

Bowden, Thomas

Crothers, George

Josephson, Jacob

Noffs, Ted

Pidgeon, Nathaniel

Seddon, William

Tear Tack, Joseph

Walker, Alan

Walker, William 1800-1855

Webb, Bernard Linden

Advertisement for Jubilee Singers, Wesleyan Centenary Hall, York Street, c1892

Jesus Adam (right), a counsellor at Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross 1976

Reverend Ted Noffs outside Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross 1966

Ted Noffs preaching to congregation at Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross 1966

Ted Noffs with group of people at Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross, 1966

Temperance Hall, Pitt Street November 1870

Toxteth Chapel. erected 1843, by George Allen on his estate at Glebe Point c1904

Vickery Mission Settlement and Central Methodist Mission

Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross 1966

Wesleyan Centenary Hall, York Street, c1892

Wesleyan Day and Sabbath School, Botany Street, Surry Hills 1864

Wesleyan schoolhouse and chapel, Regent Street c1870

Reverend Graham Long on the Wayside Chapel

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Methodist

Wayside Chapel

founded by Tedd Noffs, the Wayside Chapel has been a landmark in Kings Cross since 1963, helping locals and visitors and creating several organisations active in drug rehabilitation, life education and other social reform.

Now

Local area magazine established as a newsletter by the Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross in 1967. It was later published and edited by Juanita Neilsen.

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Castle Hill Methodist church

Opened in 1846, now named West Pennant Hills Methodist church.

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Centenary Hall York Street

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Hall constructed on the site of the York Street Chapel by the Wesleyan Methodist to expand their social assistance programs to seamen and the homeless.

Pitt Street Temperance Hall

Hall constructed by the New South Wales Alliance for the Suppression of Intemperance which by 1884 had had 37000 people sign the pledge. The growth of the Alliance necessitated the enlargement of the hall by builder Charles Gerth in 1884.

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St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church

Coptic Orthodox church at 72 Wollongong Road, Arncliffe that was established in 1978 in the former Arncliffe Methodist Church building.

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Wayside Chapel

Community and social welfare centre which reopened after extensive redevelopment to provide meeting space, cafe, rooftop garden and dedicated programs for the most marginal in society.

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Wesley Centre

Church in a theatre constructed to house the pastoral and administrative offices of the Wesley Central Mission.

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Wesleyan Centenary Chapel York Street

Chapel built in 1840 to a design by Josiah Atwool. Like chapels all over the world, it celebrated the centenary of the conversion of John and Charles Wesley in 1739.

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Wesleyan Chapel Bourke Street

Sandstone chapel in Classic Revival style built for Lancelot Ireland on part of his estate before being offered to the Wesleyan Church upon his death. It has since been adapted as short term emergency accommodation for the homeless after the construction of a tower residential block at the rear in 1980.

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Wesleyan chapel Princes Street

Methodist chapel established through the generosity of James Scott, a retired soldier. Princes Street was finally resumed to make way for the Harbour Bridge

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West Pennant Hills Methodist church

Methodist church built for early settlers in what was then the Castle Hill area.

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Wisemans Ferry Methodist church

Church destroyed by the hugely destructive flooding of the Hawkesbury in 1867.

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Bernard Smith Children's Home

Children's home established by the Wesley Mission in the former home of the Hamilton family in West Pymble.

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MLC School

Private girls' school at Burwood.

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Wayside Chapel

Chapel that pioneered outreach and support for Kings Cross's homeless, disadvantaged and drug-affected residents.

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Wesley Mission

Evangelical organisation which grew out of the York Street Methodist chapel in 1884 when it was decided to actively undertake conversion and charitable work among the city's outcasts, poor, and working class.

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Ardill, George Edward (1889-1964)

Bowden, Thomas

Methodist schoolmaster who was invited to the colony by Reverend Samuel Marsden, and who devoted his life to a wide range of religious, educational and philanthropic duties.

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Crothers, George

Wealthy builder who became an alderman on Petersham Council.

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Josephson, Jacob

Jeweller and silversmith who was transported to Sydney for having forged notes in his possession. He opened a small store almost immediately on his arrival and despite a period in the debtor's prison in 1827, went on to succeed in business as a jeweller and merchant. In 1841 he purchased Enmore House where he lived with his family until his death.

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Noffs, Ted

Methodist minister who reached out to the most marginalised in society through his work at the Wayside Chapel and Lifeline.

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Pidgeon, Nathaniel

Irish-born cabinetmaker who became Sydney's first missionary.

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Seddon, William

Missionary for the Sydney City Mission in Chippendale.

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Tear Tack, Joseph

Methodist minister who was a much respected member of the Wesleyan Chinese Mission.

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Walker, Alan

Methodist minister, superintendent of the Wesleyan Mission, founder of the Lifeline counselling service. Knighted in 1981.

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Walker, William 1800-1855

Methodist minister who fell foul of the Wesleyan Overseas Committee when he combined his mission work with farming.

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Webb, Bernard Linden

Methodist minister who felt compelled to resign because his pacifist ideals were in conflict with those of the church.

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Advertisement for Jubilee Singers, Wesleyan Centenary Hall, York Street, c1892

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Contributed By

State Archives & Records New South Wales

[NRS4481_St408 (Detail)]

Jesus Adam (right), a counsellor at Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross 1976

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By

Contributed By

National Archives of Australia

[A6180, 30/1/76/38]

Reverend Ted Noffs outside Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross 1966

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National Archives of Australia

[A6180, 30/1/76/36]

Ted Noffs preaching to congregation at Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross 1966

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William (Bill) Brindle

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National Library of Australia

[nla.pic-vn4588716]

Ted Noffs with group of people at Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross, 1966

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By

William (Bill) Brindle

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National Library of Australia

[nla.pic-vn4590878]

Temperance Hall, Pitt Street November 1870

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a089327 / SPF/327]

(Mitchell Library)

Toxteth Chapel. erected 1843, by George Allen on his estate at Glebe Point c1904

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National Library of Australia

[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1205408]

(p 83, 'The Illustrated history of Methodism : Australia, 1812 to 1855, New South Wales and Polynesia, 1856 to 1902 : with special chapters on the discovery and settlement of Australia ... leading up to Methodist Union' Souter, D. H & Colwell, James. Sydney: William Brooks & Co, 1904 online at http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-29721199)

Vickery Mission Settlement and Central Methodist Mission

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hood_09540 / Home and Away - 9540]

Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross 1966

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By

William (Bill) Brindle

Contributed By

National Archives of Australia

[A1200, L54993]

Wesleyan Centenary Hall, York Street, c1892

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Contributed By

State Archives & Records New South Wales

[NRS4481_St408]

Wesleyan Day and Sabbath School, Botany Street, Surry Hills 1864

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Illustrated Sydney News, 8 June 1864 p5)

Wesleyan schoolhouse and chapel, Regent Street c1870

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[d1_05826 / GPO1 05826]

Reverend Graham Long on the Wayside Chapel

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Reverend Graham Long, Pastor and CEO of the Wayside Chapel, talks about the origins of the chapel, the Life Education program and their visionary founder Ted Noffs.

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Courtesy:

City of Sydney Council

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