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04-September-2014
04-September-2014

Photographs supplied by Father Ted Doncaster / Bryan Cole

The plaque on the Old Chapel commemorates the pioneers of McLaren Vale who held the first open air church service in 1840.

Location

Address:Aldersey Street & Main Road, Former Congregational Church , McLaren Vale, 5171
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -35.218673
Long: 138.543572
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Culture
Sub-Theme:Religion
Approx. Event Start Date:1840
Approx. Event End Date:1840

Dedication

Front Inscription

To honour the memory of the pioneers of McLaren Vale who with dauntless faith held the first church service in the open air in 1840, built the first chapel in 1844, and built this, the first church, in 1861.

This plaque was erected in 1936 by present and former worshippers of the McLaren Vale Congregational Church.

"The things which are not seen are eternal"

 

Source: MA
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