Stage Number: MBSH.04.02.25
Group: Eastern & Bay
Local Study Area: Wynnum-Wynnum West-Manly-Lota-Manly West
Epoch: Late 20th Century
Street Address: 25 Sunflower St. Wynnum
Latitude & Longitude: -27.44333333,153.16592778
Time Link: 1949
Map Link: 1951
Image Time Point: 1951
Built 1948-49. In 1915, an Adventist conference was held in tents at Wynnum. Wynnum Adventist meetings were then held in a home, a picture theatre, Manly R.S.L. Hall and the Anglican Hall. In 1947, a corner site was bought (£50). The Mitchelton Methodist Hall was purchased, transported to this site and reroofed in 1948. This Adventist Church was dedicated on 4 September 1949 and opened by the local state politician Bill Gunn. A hall was added in 1951. There were extensions or renovations in 1958 and 1962.
Adventist Heritage, Short History of Wynnum Seventh-day Adventist Church, http://sqheritage.adventist.org.au/wynnum-history; Wynnum Seventh-day Adventist Church, Wwynnum Jubille 1937-1987, (Brisbane: Adventist Church, 1987)
Qimagery. Greater Brisbane Area 1951. Scale: 1:16,000.
