Christ Church Cathedral (Newcastle, New South Wales)
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Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
in Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
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. The church, in the Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style, is located on a hill at the city's eastern end in the suburb called The Hill
The Hill, New South Wales
The Hill is an inner city, residential suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located immediately south of Newcastle's central business district. The Hill is filled with historic Victorian terraces and is the site of an historic convict prison block.As of January...
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The present Dean of Newcastle is the Very Reverend Dr James Rigney (formerly Chaplain of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...
). His Installation took place on the Feast of the Annunciation, 25 March 2009. The previous Dean and Rector of Christ Church was the Very Reverend Graeme R. Lawrence OAM who held that office from 1984 until 2008.
Notable events
- 1969 - Australian Premiere of Benjamin BrittenBenjamin BrittenEdward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...
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