City and Country 2005

Sydney, Newcastle and the Hunter Valley

28th Annual Conference of

The Organ Historical Trust of Australia

1 - 6 October 2005

2005 OHTA CONFERENCE BOOK

Copies of the 148-page conference book (from which the above information has been taken) are available at a cost of $17.50 (inclusive of postage and packing within Australia) from OHTA, GPO Box 676, Sydney, NSW 2001; cheques payable to Organ Historical Trust of Australia. The book includes historical and technical details of the organs visited, many accompanied by line drawings from Graeme Rushworth, together with the programmes of the various recitals and events. A mine of information on NSW organs..

Any enquiries can be directed to Kelvin Hastie

Website photographs supplied by François Lipinski (Paris), Adrian Chong (Singapore), Pastor de Lasala and Mark Quarmby (Sydney) © 2005

Notes on the organs were supplied by Dr Kelvin Hastie and Pastor de Lasala and are © OHTA 2005.

MP3 file excerpts of Michael Dudman taken from Historic Organs of Sydney (Walsingham Classics 3 WAL 8023 2 CD) originally recorded for ABC radio, 1982-4

Group shot taken in front of the restored Davidson organ at St Paul's Anglican Church, Burwood
© PdL 2005

Information on the organs and churches in the order visited:

SYDNEY

St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral (pre- and post-conference recitals)

St Mary's Catholic Cathedral

Sydney Grammar School

Sydney Town Hall

Pitt St Uniting Church

St Aloysius College, Milsons Point

St John's Anglican Pro-Cathedral, Parramatta

Leigh Memorial Uniting Church, Parramatta

St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral, Parramatta

Sydney Opera House

St Andrew's Congregational Church, Balmain

Campbell Street Presbyterian Church, Balmain

St Augustine of Hippo Catholic Church, Balmain

St Thomas' Anglican Church, Rozelle

Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Annandale

St Paul's Anglican Church, Burwood

NEWCASTLE

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Newcastle

St John's Anglican Church, Cooks Hill

Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, Newcastle

HUNTER VALLEY

St James' Anglican Church, Morpeth

St Joseph's Convent, Lochinvar

Convent of Mercy, Singleton

All Saints' Anglican Church, Singleton

St Andrew's Uniting Church, Singleton

St Peter's Anglican Church, East Maitland

St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, East Maitland

Scots' Presbyterian Church, Maitland

St Mary's Dominican Convent, Maitland

The Singleton Argus newspaper article on the OHTA Conference visit to Singleton Friday, October 7, 2005

2005 OHTA CONFERENCE BOOK

Copies of the 148-page conference book (from which the above information has been taken) are available at a cost of $17.50 (inclusive of postage and packing within Australia) from OHTA, GPO Box 676, Sydney, NSW 2001; cheques payable to Organ Historical Trust of Australia. The book includes historical and technical details of the organs visited, many accompanied by line drawings from Graeme Rushworth, together with the programmes of the various recitals and events. A mine of information on NSW organs..

Any enquiries can be directed to Kelvin Hastie

Website photographs supplied by François Lipinski (Paris), Adrian Chong (Singapore), Pastor de Lasala and Mark Quarmby (Sydney) © 2005

MP3 file excerpts of Michael Dudman taken from Historic Organs of Sydney (Walsingham Classics 3 WAL 8023 2 CD) originally recorded for ABC radio, 1982-4

Notes on the organs were supplied by Dr Kelvin Hastie and Pastor de Lasala and are © OHTA 2005.