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St Vincent's Catholic church Ashfield

St Vincent's Catholic church Ashfield

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State Library of New South Wales

[a105018 / PXA 635/18]

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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.

Catholic

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Ashfield

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Densely populated and highly multicultural inner western residential suburb. Early landholder Robert Campbell's father William was the laird of Ashfield in Scotland.

St Vincent's Catholic church Ashfield

The foundation stone was laid in October 1894 and the church completed in 1907 for the Vincentian order.

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