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An overview of this website.

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Welcome Page

This page gives a brief overview of who we are, along with the times of worship.

New Worship Centre

For many years there has been a vacant block on Hoddle Street a short distance north of the Collingwood Town Hall. Behind it the congregation of St. Philips Church has worshipped in a plain brick building. This is now the site of our new church building opened in June 2005. Here you can find out more about it, keep up to date with the latest developments, and also view photographs of the new worship centre under construction.

Stained Glass Windows in our New Worship Centre

One of the major features of our new worship centre will be a stunning set of stained glass windows, with one feature window eight metres high, and a set of twelve boxed windows featuring a map of Collingwood. For these boxed windows we are seeking funds by public subscription. These pages give details of the windows and how to make a contribution.

Location

There are maps on these two pages to help you locate us. The detailed map on the second page is 95K and may be slow to download at times. On this page are the details of how to reach us by public transport, along with links to bus, tram and train information. Being located close to Melbourne, we are well-served by all three forms of public transport.

Contacts

Details of office-bearers and people to contact.

History

Each of the pages in this series contains a historical photograph, along with interesting information about the history of this parish and its community.

Introductory Page

1. 1855 First Anglican Church

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. 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.

8. Our new worship centre

This gives a brief rundown and description of our new worship centre, opened in June 2005

Links

A page linking you to other sites in this part of Melbourne: churches, agencies, and the Collingwood Library.

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