Charles Price (21 November 1807 – 4 August 1891) was an English-born

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minister in colonial

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. Price was born in London, England, son of John Price and Ann, ''née'' Seckerson. In 1829 he entered

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to study for the ministry of the Congregational Church. He was ordained in 1832, and sailed with his wife for

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. Price preached in Launceston from August 1832 to January 1833, when he was invited to become the first minister of

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Chapel, Sydney, the first Congregational church in Australia. Price opened this chapel on 13 February 1833. After acting for some time as resident minister at Port Stephens,

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, he returned in 1836 to Launceston. Here he accepted the charge of Tamar Street Congregational Chapel, the pulpit of which he occupied until his death in Launceston in 1891. In 1839, a new church was established by John West, which resulted in half the members of Price's church moving to West's.

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