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St Barney's forecourt 11 May 2012

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St Barnabas' Anglican Church Broadway

St Barnabas' Anglican Church on Broadway, known to many as Barney's, has a long tradition of ministry to the diverse communities of the inner city. The congregation was boosted by the arrival of Reverend RBS Hammond in 1918 and his energetic ministry to disadvantaged people and in the cause of temperance. St Barnabas' also became important to students attending Sydney University and the University of Technology. In the 1990s the publican of the Broadway Hotel began a notice-board repartee with Reverend Robert Forsyth that became famous. St Barnabas' burned down in 2006 but was rebuilt and reopened in 2012.

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St Barnabas's Anglican church Broadway

Inner-city church built in the mid-nineteenth century to minister to a slum area. Burnt down in 2006, it re-opened in a new building on the same site in June 2012. Famous for its duelling signboards across Broadway.

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Broadway

Street at the western edge of Sydney's central business district which gives its name to the locality around it.

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