1875
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MAITLAND-NEWCASTLE
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PARISH OF ST MARY DUNGOG |
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FOUNDED 1875 |
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DIOCESE MAITLAND-NEWCASTLE |
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PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY |
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| THE TOWNSHIP OF DUNGOG LYING ON THE UPPER WILLIAMS RIVER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1834 AS A TIMBER TOWN TO EXPLOIT THE LOCALLY FOUND CEDAR AND TODAY TIMBER CONTINUES TO FORM ONE OF THE MAINSTAYS OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY ALONG WITH DAIRYING. DUNGOG IS AN ATTRACTIVE AND VIBRANT COUNTRY SERVICE CENTRE OF ABOUT 2,500 PEOPLE. THE PARISH OF DUNGOG WAS FOUNDED IN 1875 COVERING THE WILLIAMS RIVER REGION AND INCLUDES THE STATION OF CLARENCETOWN. A SCHOOL AND CONVENT WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1888. NEXT |
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| THE ATTRACTIVE EARLY 20th CENTURY CHURCH OF ST MARY IS CONSTRUCTED OF WARM BRICK IN SIMPLIFIED GOTHIC, COMPRISING A NAVE, CHANCEL, TRANSEPTS AND PORCH. THE WEST END IS MARKED BY A LARGE WEST WINDOW FILLOWED WOITH COLOURED LOZENGES AND A STATUE OF THE PATRON OF THE CHURCH, ST MARY. A LARGE CARVED STONE CROSS SURMOUNTS THE WEST GABLE. THE TRANSEPTS ARE THE INTERESTING FEATURE AND ARE UNUSUAL FOR A SMALL COUNTRY PARISH CHURCH. EACH TERMINATES IN A SHALLOW APSIDAL END BELOW A ROSE WINDOW. ENTRANCE IS VIA MATCHING CORNER PORCHES. A WELL-KEPT GARDEN PROVIDES A PRETTY SETTING FOR THE CHURCH AND PRESBYTERY NEXT DOOR. TOP STATION CHURCHES |
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| CLARENCETOWN |
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| CHURCH OF ST PATRICK, CLARENCETOWN | |
 | CLARENCETOWN WAS ONCE A MAJOR RIVER PORT BEING THE FARTHEST POINT WHICH THE RIVER VESSELS COULD REACH ON THE WILLIAMS RIVER. TODAY IT IS A QUITE LITTLE BACKWATER NOTED FOR ITS RELAXED LIFESTYLE. THE PRETTY STONE CHURCH OF ST PATRICK GIVES EVIDENCE OF THE FORMER IMPORTANCE OF CLARENCETOWN. BUILT IN A MODIFIED ENGLISH STYLE WITH A NAVE, CHANCEL, PORCH AND SACRISTY WITH CARVBED STONE CROSSES ON EVERY PEAK AND POINTED LANCETS, THE CHURCH IS A GEM OF COLONIAL CHURCH ARCHITECTURE. THE CHURCH SITS ON A HILL IN THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN AMIDST WELL-KEPT GROUNDS AND HAS BEEN RECENTLY PAINTED. TOP STATION CHURCHES HISTORIC CHURCHES |
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| DUNGOG JOSEPHITE CONVENT |
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| CONVENT OF ST JOSEPH, DUNGOG | |
 | THE JOSEPHITE SISTERS FROM LOCHINVAR ARRIVED IN DUNGOG IN 1888 TO ESTABLISH A CONVENT AND A PARISH SCHOOL. THEY WERE TO REMAIN FOR THREE-QUARTERS OF A CENTURY. THE CONVENT IS A BRICK BUILDING OF THE LATE 1800's WITH AN ATTRACTIVE STONE FACING AND A TYPICALLY COLONIAL VERANDAH. OVER THE YEARS ADDITIONS HAVE BEEN MADE SUCH AS THE ENCLOSED VERANDAH AND WEATHERBOARD ADDITIONS TO THE SIDE WHICH HAVE BEEN MORE PRACTICAL THAN HARMONIOUS. A STATUE OF ST JOSEPH, PATRON OF THE SISTERS ADORNS THE FRONT WALL. TOP STATION CHURCHES HISTORIC CHURCHES OTHER BUILDINGS |
