St Matthew's Church, Marryatville

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St Matthew's Church
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An exterior view of the church
St Matthew's Church, Marryatville
34°55′37″S138°38′40″E / 34.926921°S 138.644326°E / -34.926921; 138.644326
Location146 Kensington Road, Marryatville, South Australia
Denomination Anglican Church of Australia
Website www.stmatts.asn.au
History
Consecrated 21 September 1849

St Matthew's Church is a heritage listed [1] Anglican church in Marryatville, an inner eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It was established in 1848 and consecrated in 1849. [2] It is adjacent to Marryatville High School.

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History

The land for the church was donated in 1848 by the South Australia Company, who received it from George Brunskill. [3] The church was consecrated on 21 September 1849. [2]

Percy Grainger's parents, architect John Harry Grainger and Rose Annie Aldridge, daughter of a local hotel-keeper, were married in St Matthew's in 1880, and Percy's funeral was conducted there after his body was flown back from the United States in 1961. [4]

The church was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate on 21 March 1978. [5]

Grace Anglican Network

St Matthew's was as of 2021 part of the Grace Anglican Network, [6] together with St Bartholomew's Church in Norwood (St Bart's Norwood). The network was created in 2002. [7] The church communities described themselves as "gospel-centred" and evangelical in theological stance. [8] As of February 2022, "St Bart's Norwood" makes no mention of St Matthew's on its website, [9] but says it is transitioning to a new ministry team. [10]

Rectors

Cemetery

Notable South Australians buried on the grounds of St Matthews include: [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Place ID 6523". Australian Heritage Database . Australian Government. and "St Matthews Anglican Church (listing RNE6523)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
  2. 1 2 St. Matthew's Church (Kensington, S.A.) (1949), The Centenary of St. Matthew's Church, Kensington : an historical record of St. Matthew's Church of England, Kensington, South Australia, 1849–1949, St. Matthew's Church of England, retrieved 12 February 2019
  3. 1 2 Sue Speck, News: School History: Cemeteries, Marryatville High School Newsletter at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 September 2011)
  4. ↑ "Percy Grainger in Adelaide". Stephen Orr, writer. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "St Matthews Anglican Church, 146 Kensington Rd, Marryatville, SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 6523)". Australian Heritage Database . Australian Government. 21 March 1978. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Make Jesus Known - Grace Anglican Network". Grace Anglican Network. 2 May 2020. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Grace Brings Change to Adelaide". The Living Church. 10 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "What We Believe". Grace Anglican Network. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "St Bart's Norwood". St Bart's Norwood. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Ministry Team". St Bart's Norwood. 17 February 2022. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ↑ "ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, KENSINGTON". The Advertiser . South Australia. 12 April 1929. p. 12. Retrieved 12 February 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ In May 2008 became the first Dean of Bishopdale Theological College, New Zealand

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