Holy Trinity Church, Bacchus Marsh

Holy Trinity, Bacchus Marsh

Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican church in Gisborne Road, in the town of Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. The church was established in 1851.

History

Historical information board in memorial garden

• Pre 1849 - Bacchus Marsh was probably served by itinerant preachers from around 1847.^[1]

• 1849 - first Baptism performed in January by first clergy Rev. William Hall
• 1851 - prefabricated iron church erected. Amongst the first parishes in Victoria, the land was donated by William Bacchus, son of Captain W H Bacchus after whom Bacchus Marsh is named.
• 1861 - Iron church building consecrated
• 1857 - School established on site of current hall
• 1868 - Andrew Scott (later to become bushranger "Captain Moonlite") attended as lay reader.
• 1876 - Foundation Stone Laid
• 1877 - Current Sandstone (& limestone) church opened
• 1881 - Current church consecrated, pulpit installed
• 1953 - Church gates built and consecrated
• 1955 - Hall built as a war memorial
• 1971 - Memorial garden completed

References

1. ↑ Osborn, Betty (1977). A history of Holy Trinity Church of England, Bacchus Marsh (2d ed., rev. and enl. ed.). Bacchus Marsh, Vic.: Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society. ISBN 0-9599718-3-1. 

External links

Media related to Holy Trinity Anglican church, Bacchus Marsh at Wikimedia Commons

• Anglican Church Of Australia Holy Trinity Bacchus Marsh

Coordinates: 37°40′24″S 144°26′10″E / 37.67333°S 144.43611°E / -37.67333; 144.43611

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