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Dundas Home Mission Station, Dundas, Tasmania
Dundas Home Mission Station, Dundas, Tasmania
№801

Dundas Home Mission Station

Dundas, Tasmania

The trustees of the Zeehan Methodist church reported that in 1891 a church at Dundas had been built at a cost of £157. In 1897 the Methodist Home Mission Station was formed after the towns...

Denomination
Methodist
Region
West Coast
Year Built
1891
Architectural Style
Church
Heritage Status
Not recorded

Overview

The trustees of the Zeehan Methodist church reported that in 1891 a church at Dundas had been built at a cost of £157. In 1897 the Methodist Home Mission Station was formed after the towns of Dundas, Ringville and Mount Read separated from Zeehan.

Regular afternoon services were held in a church hall by the ministers who would walk from Zeehan to Dundas and return over the road that was northing more than a track through the bush.

The Zeehan and Dundas Herald reported in April 1910 that the Methodist Church at Dundas had sustained severe damage after a gale and that the repairs would be considerable. In January 1911 a working bee was held with the church undergoing a rigorous overhaul, both in interior and exterior painted.

In July 1919 this building was purchased and moved to Stowport where it was re-erected and used by the Stowport Methodist community. This building is still there today (2020).

History

  1. 1891

    Church at Dundas built

    built
  2. 1897

    Methodist Home Mission Station formed

    founded
  3. 1910-04

    Methodist Church at Dundas severely damaged by gale

    damaged
  4. 1911-01

    Church underwent rigorous overhaul and was painted

    renovated
  5. 1919-07

    Building purchased

    purchased
  6. 1919-07

    Building moved to Stowport and re-erected

    relocated

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References

  1. Patrick Howard, Farewell Heemskirk, goodbye Dundas : a history of the Heemskirk and Dundas mining fields, Mount Heemskirk Books, Kingston, Tas, 2009. p. 133Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index
  2. Tasmanian Archives, PH30/1/1462, Photograph - Distant view of Dundas, Miscellaneous Collection of Photographs, 1906Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index

Links

  • Musical Evening. (1892, December 9). Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Tas.: 1890 - 1922), p. 3. Retrieved April 19, 2022

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  • BURNIE METHODIST CIRCUIT. (1919, July 4). Examiner (Launceston, Tas.: 1900 - 1954), p. 3 (DAILY). Retrieved April 19, 2022

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  • DUNDAS. (1910, April 27). Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Tas.: 1890 - 1922), p. 2. Retrieved April 19, 2022

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Quick Facts

Church Number
№801
Denomination
Methodist
Region
West Coast
Year Built
1891
Church Status
Relocated to Stowport
Heritage Status
Not recorded
Address
Dundas, Dundas TAS 7469
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Address

Dundas, Dundas TAS 7469

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