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Hunter Baillie Church, Annandale c1930s

Hunter Baillie Church, Annandale c1930s

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Hood, Sam

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.

Presbyterian

Religious building

Memorials

Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian church Annandale

Opened in 1889 the church, manse, hall and land were financed by Mrs Helen Hunter Baillie as a memorial to her husband, John Hunter Baillie who had died in 1854 aged 35 while Secretary and Inspector of the Bank of New South Wales.

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Annandale

Inner-western suburb bounded by Rozelle Bay to the north and Parramatta Road to the south. It began as farmland granted to Captain George Johnston of the New South Wales Corps in stages between 1793 and 1799, and was later subdivided with wide regular streets on a rectilinear pattern with large lots.

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