1928
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BATHURST
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PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST EUGOWRA |
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FOUNDED 1928 |
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DIOCESE BATHURST |
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PARISH CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST |
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| EUGOWRA WAS ON THE GOLD TRAIL BETWEEN FORBES AND ORANGE AND IS FAMOUS FOR BEING THE SITE OF THE GREAT GOLD ESCORT ROBBERY. TODAY IT IS A QUIET RURAL SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE SURROUNDING FARMLANDS. EUGOWRA WAS ORIGINALLY A STATION OF CANOWINDRA PARISH BUT IN 1928 IT WAS SEPARATED WITH CUDAL TO FORM A PARISH IN ITS OWN RIGHT. WITH THE DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF PRIESTS IT WAS PLACED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF CANOWINDRA DURING THE 1990's AND IS NOW DE FACTO A PART OF THAT PARISH AGAIN. |
| CHURCH | THE ATTRACTIVE BRICK GOTHIC CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY AS PART OF A COMPLEX CONSISTING OF A CONVENT AND SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE CHURCH. IT CONSISTS OF A HIGH NAVE, DISTINCT CHANCEL AND PORCH, SACRISTY AND A TRANSEPT-LIKE SIDE EXTENSION. A VISUAL GEM WITH ITS RED BRICK AND CREAM FACINGS IT SITS TODAY IN A PARK LIKE SETTING FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE OLD CONVENT BUILDINGS. TOP STATION CHURCHES |
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| CHURCH OF ST COLUMBANUS, CUDAL |
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| TWO FACTORS CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE EMERGENCE OF THE VILLAGE OF CUDAL. ONE WAS THE "FREE SELECTION" LAWS OF THE 1860'S; THE OTHER WAS THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT FORBES AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE DIGGERS TO THE GOLDFIELDS. CUDAL, WITH ITS BOREE CREEK CROSSING AN IMPASSABLE HAZARD FOR MANY DAYS DURING WET WEATHER, AND BEING ROUGHLY HALFWAY FROM ORANGE TO EUGOWRA, WAS NATURALLY RECOGNISED AS A SUITABLE AND PRACTICAL STOP OVER. CUDAL WAS AN EARLY STATION OF ORANGE AND IN 1910 BECAME PART OF THE NEWLY FORMED PARISH OF CANOWINDRA BEFORE BEING SEPARATED WITH EUGOWRA TO FORM A NEW PARISH IN 1928. NEXT |
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| THE HISTORIC BLACKSTONE CHURCH OF ST COLUMBANUS WAS BUILT IN THE LATE 1800's. BUILT IN MINIMALIST GOTHIC STYLE WITH CONTRASTING WHITE FACINGS, BUTTRESSES, LANCETS AND A SUPERB WEST WINDOW, THE CHURCH HAS BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE NATIONAL TRUST. AN INTERESTING FEATURE IS THE BELLCOTE BUILT OVER THE SACRISTY BUILDINGS. TOP STATION CHURCHES HISTORIC CHURCHES |
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