1951
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MAITLAND-NEWCASTLE
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PARISH OF ST MARY IMMACULATE CHARLESTOWN |
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FOUNDED 1951 |
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DIOCESE MAITLAND-NEWCASTLE |
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PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY IMMACULATE |
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| CHARLESTOWN LIES AT THE HIGH POINT OF THE RIDGE FORMING THE CENTRAL SPINE OF NEWCASTLE. ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE POST WAR PERIOD THAT CHARLESTOWN REALLY DEVELOPED INTO A MAJOR COMMERCIAL CENTRE. LYING ON THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY CORRIDOR IT IS TODAY A SATELLITE CITY IN ITS OWN RIGHT WITH A MAJOR SHOPPING CENTRE AND MANY COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENTAL OFFICES. IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1951 THAT CHARLESTOWN BECAME A PARISH IN ITS OWN RIGHT, BUT IT ALREADY HAD A JOSEPHITE CONVENT AND PARISH SCHOOL BEFORE THAT. WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PARISH, CHARLESTOWN BECAME AN ECCLASIASTICAL AS WELL AS A COMMERCIAL CENTRE. | |
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| THE PRESENT CHURCH WAS BUILT IN THE 50's WHEN CHARLESTOWN BECAME A PARISH. IT IS A TYPICAL CHURCH OF ITS TIMES BEING CONSTRUCTED WITH MODERN MATERIALS AND ALONG SPARSE GEOMETRIC LINES BUT IN THE TRADITIONAL FORM OF A LONG NAVE WITH SACRISTIES AND NARTHEX. A STATUE OF MARY IMMACULATE, THE PATRON OF THE CHURCH, ADORNS THE WEST GABLE BELOW THE ROOF CROSS - A SIMPLE YET TIMELESS DESIGN. TOP HISTORIC CHURCHES |
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