Centenary of St Anthony's Catholic ChurchPrint Page 
The plaque commemorates the centenary of St Anthony's Catholic Church in 2011.
In 1904 a block of land was purchased to build a church and construction was well advanced by November 1910. The builder was Walter Barrett of Muswellbrook. Work was carried out by skilled contractors as well as local volunteers. The main construction material was brick which was made at Gungal.
An article in the Merriwa & Cassilis Standard Nov 1910 described “the great sacrifice and .. wonderful courage (of the Gungal parishioners) in undertaking the work (building the church) which promised to be a credit to them and an ornament to the district.”
St Anthony’s was blessed and opened on May 9th, 1911 by the Bishop of Maitland Patrick Vincent Dwyer.
Father William Edmund O’Reilly was resident priest of the parish when St Anthony’s Catholic Church was built in 1911. He had been appointed to Merriwa Parish in 1886.
Location
| Address: | Golden Highway & Flaggs Road, St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Gungal, 2333 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -32.271112 Long: 150.497863 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Culture |
| Sub-Theme: | Religion |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 09-May-1911 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 09-May-2011 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 2011 |
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Celebrating the centenary of St Anthony's Catholic Church Gungal
1911 - 2011
