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St George's Church/Cathedral
The first St George's Church was the 'rush church', a temporary structure designed by Henry Reveley and erected in 1829 in time for Christmas Day, on what is now the corner of Hay and Irwin Streets. See O'Brien: 226 for a reproduction of Scott's drawing.
The second St George's Church is in the photograph which follows. Its style is not unlike that of the first St John's, in Fremantle.
Showing the relationship between Town Hall and Church, both built on the same city central block.
Simon Nevill's conjectural sketch map: 22.
With the Town Hall under construction, left, the first St George's Church, with St George's Terrace in front.
Alfred Stone's photograph, 1861-2, from SLWA. The Library's caption says that the building to the left is the original army barracks, designed by Henry Willey Reveley, and that the earlier St George's Church may be seen behind it. The main building is The Deanery, which is extant.
References and Links
Neville, Simon J. 2007, Perth and Fremantle: Past and Present, privately published, WA.
O'Brien, Philippa 2023, No Stone without a Name: A Visual History of Possession and Dispossession in Australia's West, Ellenbook Cultural Foundation: 212-218 for reproductions of Thomas Hobbes Scott's illustrations of Garden Island, and 226 for his drawing of the 'rush church'.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 31 July 2015 and hosted at freotopia.org/churches/stgeorge.html (it was last updated on 6 August, 2023). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.