Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
St Peter's Church, Woolloomooloo
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Description area
Dates of existence
1867-1993
History
The foundation stone of St Peter’s Anglican Church was laid on the 1st of May 1866 on the corner of Anne and Bourke streets at Woolloomooloo (now Darlinghurst) by the Governor Sir John Young (1807-1876) and was officially opened on the 25th of July 1867 by the Bishop of Sydney, Frederic Barker. In 1986 the parish was merged with St John's Darlinghurst to form the Parish of East Sydney. The church was deconsecrated in 1993 and the building purchased by Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School (SCEGGS) Darlinghurst.
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Woolloomooloo, NSW
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Relationships area
Related entity
St John's Church, Darlinghurst (1858-)
Identifier of the related entity
092
Category of the relationship
associative
Type of relationship
Dates of the relationship
1986-1993
Description of relationship
St Peter's and St John's formed part of the same parish from 1986-1993.
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Control area
Authority record identifier
091