St Anthony of Padua (St Antony of Sadua)

A search for St Antony of Sadua turned up no results, its possible it should have been St Anthony of Padua and that it was a misprint in the newspaper of the time, but this has not been confirmed.

This church was dedicated on the 21st February 1884 by Right Rev. Bishop of Hobart.

The Mercury newspaper, 1st January 1914:

Church destroyed by lightning

.. A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by

vivid forked lightning, passed over Boobyalla, on the North-East Coast, about midday

on Tuesday. During the height of the

storm, the old Roman Catholic Church,

situated about 80 yards from the Post

Office, was struck by lightning, and in

less than 20 minutes was a smoking heap

of ruins The structure has not been

used for a good many years. It was in

a rather inflammable condition, being

lined throughout with pine.