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The Annerley Methodist Church on Ipswich Road, Annerley, was opened in 1890 at a cost of £250 during the ministry of Rev. William Powell. Originally the Church was part of the West End Circuit that extended out to Sunnybank, Sherwood, and Seventeen-Miles Rocks. The site indicates the widespread of Methodism across the Brisbane Southside in the early half of the twenieth century, and contributed a particular lobby with in the local community on issues of prohibtion, social welfare, labour rights, sexual morality, and often contraditory positions on loyalty to empire and pacifism. In 1917 it formed its own Annerley Circuit and a new brick veneer Church building was constructed. There is evidence of a new building around 1922.

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Unnamed. Our Circuit History. in Folder Three. Annerley Library Local History Collection; Social. The Brisbane Courier. Thursday 15 September 1921, p. 11; Social. The Brisbane Courier. Monday 24 July 1922 p 15; Religious. The Brisbane Courier. Saturday 9 September 1922, p. 9.

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QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 18 chains to the inch. Map of City of Brisbane and suburbs issued with Pugh’s Almanac. 18 chains to the inch.. 634512