History
Introductory Page

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Note:
Much of the information in these pages refers to the “Church of England” both as building and as denomination. It also refers to “Anglican”, both as building and as denomination. The two terms are synonymous. The denomination known as “The Church of England in Australia” (or simply to most local people as “Church of England” or “C of E”) changed its name to the “Anglican Church of Australia” in 1981, by which name the denomination is now known.

Click on each of the pictures on the left to go to the relevant page.

1. 1855 First Anglican Church Building
The first Anglican Church building in Collingwood was a schoolroom built on donated land.

2. 1862 Free Church of England
Read about a Fitzroy second-hand dealer who had a lucrative business in "quick and cheap weddings".

3. 1863 St Philip's Church
Read about the founding of St Philip's Church "in the middle of the Collingwood Flat".

4. 1875 St Saviour's Collingwood
Read about the pew system that excluded the poor, and a layman who denounced it, and a young clergyman with a zealous mission for the poor.

5. 1887 St Philip's, the new Town Hall, and Collingwood
View Hoddle Street as it cannot be envisaged today, and the newly-opened Town Hall at a time of great civic pride.

6. 1906 The Turn of the Twentieth Century
View a small boy doing a very foolhardy action—or is he?

7. The “Iron Pot”
Hot in summer, cold in winter, this old prefabricated building came from England in crates with only a picture from the Illustrated London News as instructions. It was originally on the foreshore on Hobson's Bay. Read here how it came to Collingwood.

8. Two views, separated by a century!
See the changes wrought by a century of history from two semi-aerial photos, taken a century apart from the Town Hall. See the home of the mighty Pies - the world famous Collingwood Football Club.

9. A new worship centre for Collingwood
To complete these history pages, see a brief overview of the new worship centre.

Download a copy of the history of the parish, as it appeared in the order of service for the dedication on June 19th, 2005.

Parish History

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