Stowport Uniting Church

This small weatherboard church was previously the Methodist Church at the mining town of Dundas.

Information from the Uniting Church website:

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE STOWPORT CHURCH

The Stowport Church was first built in 1891 on a different location by early pioneer Christians, including Robert Rutherford Snr. who has been termed “the Old Man of Stowport” for his pioneering escapades. His Bible is today held in esteem at the Burnie Museum and dates back to 1856. There are photos of the Bible and articles for each family discussed on display.

In 1919, 100 years ago, the church was moved to this site by sledge and bullocks, an enormous task for people of the early era. The cost of removal and re-erection was £150 and the opportunity was given for the community to place a donation on the foundation stone. The amount received was £40. The men with the vision for this church were William Rutherford, Robert Scott Rutherford, Samuel Thomas Marsden, Thomas Vertigan Atkinson and Leonard Ling.