1970
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PARRAMATTA
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PARISH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY KELLYVILLE |
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FOUNDED 1970 |
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DIOCESE PARRAMATTA |
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PARISH CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY |
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| PARISH |
| KELLYVILLE, AS THE NAME IMPLIES, WAS ORIGINALLY SETTLED BY IRISH CONVICTS AND INDEED WAS ONCE KNOWN AS IRISHTOWN. AN AREA OF RURAL FARMS AND MARKET GARDENS IT EXPERIENCED RAPID GROWTH IN THE PERIOD AFTER WORLD WAR II AS SYDNEY'S POPULATION EXPANDED. TODAY IT IS PART OF THE BUSTLING CORRIDOR BETWEEN CASTLE HILL AND RICHMOND. IRISHTOWN WAS ONE OF THE GROUP OF SETTLEMENTS THAT AGREED ON A CENTRAL CHURCH AT BAULKHAM HILLS IN THE 1840's. ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER THE PARISH PRIEST OF ST MICHAEL'S SAW A NEED FOR A CHURCH IN THE AREA AND A STATION CHURCH WAS OPENED IN 1957. PRIOR TO THAT MASS HAD BEEN SAID IN THE LOCAL MEMORIAL HALL. IN 1970 IT BECAME A PARISH IN ITS OWN RIGHT UNDER THAR CARE OF THE CONVENTUAL FRANCISCANS. |
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| THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY WAS BUILT IN 1957 AS A STATION CHURCH WHICH BECAME THE PARISH CHURCH IN 1970. ORIGINALLY BUILT ON WINDSOR RD IT WAS MOVED TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION IN 1976. THE CHURCH IS BUILT OF BLONDE BRICK IN THE SHAPE OF A STAR. A SLIM SPIRE RISES FROM THE CENTRE OF THE ROOF TO PROCLAIM THE CHURCHES MISSION. LONG NARROW WINDOWS PROVIDE EXTENSIVE LIGHTING TO THE INTERIOR. A MODERN COVERED PORCHWAY HAS BEEN ADDED. OF SPECIAL INTEREST IS THE ATTRACTIVE STATUE OF OUR LADY AT THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH. TOP HISTORIC CHURCHES |
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