
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
1891
Church at Dundas built
built1897
Methodist Home Mission Station formed
founded1910-04
Methodist Church at Dundas severely damaged by gale
damaged1911-01
Church underwent rigorous overhaul and was painted
renovated1919-07
Building purchased
purchased1919-07
Building moved to Stowport and re-erected
relocated
Gallery
References
- 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
- 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
Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index
- BURNIE METHODIST CIRCUIT. (1919, July 4). Examiner (Launceston, Tas.: 1900 - 1954), p. 3 (DAILY). Retrieved April 19, 2022
Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index
- DUNDAS. (1910, April 27). Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Tas.: 1890 - 1922), p. 2. Retrieved April 19, 2022
Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index
Services
Relocated to Stowport
Open
Not recorded
Address
Dundas, Dundas TAS 7469
Contact
Not recorded
Accessibility
Not recorded
