Stage Number: MBSH.03.03.28
Group: Southern
Local Study Area: Bulimba-Balmoral-Hawthorne-Morningside
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Street Address: 159 Hawthorne Rd, Hawthorne
Latitude & Longitude: -27.46533333,153.06008333
Time Link: 1920
Map Link: 1920
Image Time Point: 1920
With other protestant churches (Methodist, Anglican) already well-established in the district, the smaller Presbyterian community sought to also have a local presence. The site chosen was the main thouroughfare of Hawthorne Road. The end of WWI led to a return of skilled tradesmen (ex-1st A.I.F.) plus the economy had a post-war boom. The Presbyterians were able to fund raise and use volunteer labour to construct a small, timber and tin church over two years, commencing in 1919. After the 1977 amalgamation of the Presbyterians, Methodists and Congregationalists, it did not become a Uniting Church. The declining number of Presbyterian ‘loyalists’ saw this church close in 1993. It later became a community child care centre.
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