Agency:
Anglican Parish of Deloraine
Agency Number:
Start Date:
31 Mar 1859
Description:
The Parish includes records for St Mark's Church, Deloraine and St Saviour's Church, Meander. ;;;;St Marks Church, Deloraine, was opened 31 March 1859 replacing an earlier wooden structure. The organ was played for the first time on 9 September 1860, and was formally dedicated on 21 October 1860. Bishop Nixon laid the foundation stone for the new church 11 March 1856.;;;;St Saviour's Anglican Church, Meander, was built in 1898 and is an actively used church in the Parish of Deloraine.;;;;The cornerstone for St Lukes, Red Hills was laid by the Bishop of Tasmania, 17 October 1894. A sports program in the afternoon raised funds for the building. A centenary service led by Robert Davies, Bishop of Tasmania was held 24 April 1965. ;;;;Foundation stone for Holy Cross at Elizabeth Town was laid Feburary 1892 on an acre of land donated by John Spicer, opened January 1893 and the building after several modifications was sold in 2011. ;;;;St Columba's, Mole Creek, was dedicated by Henry Hutchinson Montgomery, Bishop of Tasmania in the company of Gilbert White, Bishop of Carpentaria, who happened to be in the Diocese at the time. The last service was the Holy Eucharist and Service of Secularization on 18 April 1993 led by Philip Newell, Bishop of Tasmania.;;;;St Alban's Church, Parkham, was consecrated on Sunday, 22 September 1902. In March 2015 the Anglican Church saw a large congregation gather for a final Service, marking the end of over 100 years of the building being used as a place of worship.;;;;All Saints', Dairy Plains, rented the local school for its first services before dedicating its new church 30 November 1919. The final service was 11 March 2007.;;;;All Saints', Birralee, was consecrated in 1932 and held their last service 17 January 1999. Birralee has been part of the Parishes of Hagley, Carrick, Westbury, Quamby and Deloraine.;;;;The Moltema Church hall was opened with a divine service in November 1929 followed by a fair, raising over 75 pounds.;;;;The Christ Church, Exton, was begun in 1901 and dedicated the building in 1902. It was still in use in the late 1970s but had closed by 1991.;;;;Church of England services at Weegena (formerly know as Brookhead and Blackamoor) began before 1900. However because of changes in the population of the district, services were discontinued until 1960 when a request to restart monthly services in the former school hall was granted.;;;;Records from former out-centres at St Alban's Church - Parkham, All Saints' Church - Birralee, All Saints' Church - Dairy Plains, Holy Cross Church - Elizabeth Town, Church of the Good Shepherd - Chudleigh, Christ Church - Exton, St Columba's Church - Mole Creek, St Luke's Church - Red Hills, Moltema, Weegena, Needles, Lemana, Caveside, Western Creek, Golden Valley, Dunorlan, Montana are available.
Information Sources:
"Our Heritage of Anglican Churches in Tasmania" by Dorothea I. Henslowe and Isa Hurburgh; Trove; Church records
Functions Performed:
Religion
Controlling Agencies:
Anglican Diocese of Tasmania (NG373) | 01 Jan 1809 |
Series Created By Agency:
NS1587 Confirmation, Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records of the Deloraine Parish | 10 Mar 1849 | 31 Dec 1975 |
NS5416 Register of Services - St Mark's, Deloraine | 31 Mar 1859 | 22 Jan 2004 |
NS5420 Register of Services - Church of the Good Shepherd, Chudleigh | 24 Apr 1865 | 12 Dec 1979 |
NS5417 Register of Services - Holy Cross, Elizabeth Town | 01 Jan 1893 | 21 Nov 2010 |
NS5436 Minutes of Meetings - Churchwardens (Later Vestry), Deloraine | 27 Apr 1893 | 20 May 1996 |
NS5419 Register of Services - St Saviour's Church, Meander | 01 Jan 1898 |
NS5430 Minutes of Meetings - Churchwardens, Meander | 18 Jul 1900 | 11 Feb 1996 |
NS5418 Register of Service - Christ Church, Exton | 01 Jan 1901 | 31 Dec 1991 |
NS5425 Register of Services - St Columba's Church, Mole Creek | 04 Aug 1901 | 18 Apr 1993 |
NS5541 Baptism Records - Mole Creek | 19 Nov 1901 | 17 Apr 1904 |
NS5542 Minutes of Churchwardens | 14 Jun 1902 | 14 Jun 1902 |
NS5421 Register of Services - St Alban's Church, Parkham | 22 Sep 1902 | 01 Mar 2015 |
NS5426 Register of Services - St Luke's Church, Red Hills | 04 Jun 1905 | 13 Jul 1977 |
NS5447 Papers - St Mark's Anglican Church, Deloraine | 05 Apr 1906 | 21 Jun 1996 |
NS5424 Register of Services - All Saints, Dairy Plains | 01 Feb 1907 | 11 Mar 2007 |
NS5446 Annual Reports - St Mark's Church, Anglican Parish of Deloraine | 30 Jun 1926 | 30 Jun 1950 |
NS5443 Minutes of Meetings - Back to Deloraine Fair | 01 Nov 1926 | 21 May 1930 |
NS5428 Minutes of Meetings - Churchwardens, Mole Creek | 14 May 1927 | 30 Jun 1938 |
NS5444 Outcentres - Business Papers | 04 Oct 1929 | 15 Jan 1982 |
NS5427 Register of Services - Moltema | 01 Nov 1929 | 12 Dec 1979 |
NS5429 Minutes of Meetings - Churchwardens, Parkham | 12 Apr 1930 | 21 Feb 1966 |
NS5422 Register of Services - All Saints, Birralee | 01 Jan 1932 | 17 Jan 1999 |
NS5412 Marriage Register - Parish of Deloraine | 08 Apr 1939 | 14 Nov 1998 |
NS5433 Minutes of Meetings - Vestry, Red Hills | 01 Aug 1943 | 19 Oct 1977 |
NS5434 Minutes of Meetings - Mother's Union, Red Hills | 14 Apr 1948 | 06 Jul 1976 |
NS5431 Minutes of Meetings - Mother's Union, Meander | 22 Apr 1948 | 19 Jul 1988 |
NS5439 Minutes of Meetings - Mothers Union, Deloraine | 17 Feb 1949 | 16 May 1963 |
NS5413 Register of Banns | 14 May 1950 | 22 May 1966 |
NS5441 Minutes of Meetings - Women's Guild, Deloraine | 03 May 1956 | 01 Feb 1996 |
NS5448 Visitors Registers - St Mark's, Deloraine | 18 Oct 1958 | 11 Jan 2008 |
LMSS416 Records relating to the History of St. Mark's Church, Deloraine | 01 Jan 1959 | 31 Dec 2009 |
NS5414 Baptisms [Rector's Draft] | 07 Jan 1960 | 22 Apr 1990 |
NS5423 Register of Services - Weegena | 22 May 1960 | 17 Nov 1966 |
NS5440 Minutes of Meetings - Young Members Department of Mothers Union, Deloraine [Ymd-Mu] | 02 May 1962 | 19 Sep 1973 |
NS5415 Register of Baptisms | 19 Sep 1965 | 29 Dec 2002 |
NS5432 Minutes of Meetings - Women's Guild, [Meander?] | 19 Apr 1966 | 01 Oct 1976 |
NS5435 Minutes of Meeting - Vestry, Chudleigh | 18 Nov 1980 | 09 Dec 1980 |
NS5445 Minutes of Meetings - Anglican Women's Fellowship, Mole Creek | 14 Sep 1983 | 16 Sep 1991 |