St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney
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Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
North Shore. It is located at the corner of Church and McLaren streets, close to the busy North Sydney
North Sydney, New South Wales
North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney...
CBD.
History
The first church called St Thomas' on the site, then named St Leonard's, was designed by Conrad MartensConrad Martens
Conrad Martens was an English-born landscape painter active in Australia from 1835.-Life and work:Conrad Martens' father was a merchant who came originally to London as Austrian Consul; Conrad was born in "Crutched Friars" near Tower Hill...
and opened in 1846. Martens personally carved the font, which is still in use.
In the later years of the first Rector's time at St Thomas', the Anglican architect Edmund Blacket
Edmund Blacket
Edmund Thomas Blacket was an Australian architect, best known for his designs for the University of Sydney, St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney and St...
was recommended to design a larger church; it opened in 1884. The style is English Gothic.
The graveyard holds the remains of many famous colonialists, including Edward Wollstonecraft
Edward Wollstonecraft
Edward Wollstonecraft was a successful businessman in early colonial Australia. He was the nephew of the early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and cousin to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the author of Frankenstein....
.
Service times
There are three Sunday services at St Thomas'. There is a service at 8am (traditional), 10am (family service) and 6pm (informal).Church by the Bridge
Church by the BridgeChurch by the Bridge
Church by the Bridge, Kirribilli and Lavender Bay is an Anglican Church on Sydney's Lower North Shore. Church by the Bridge meets at St John’s Anglican Church, Kirribilli and at Christ Church, Lavender Bay....
is a church plant
Church planting
Church planting is a process that results in a new Christian church being established. It should be distinguished from church development, where a new service, new worship centre or fresh expression is created that is integrated into an already established congregation...
of St Thomas', North Sydney. It is located in Broughton Street, Kirribilli
Kirribilli, New South Wales
Kirribilli is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located three kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area administered by North Sydney Council...
, and offers a contemporary, Bible-based service which meets at 8am, 9.30am, 5:00pm and 6:45pm each Sunday and 5:30pm each Saturday evening, followed by supper.