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. The church is located on

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the main street through the centre of Albany. It is almost opposite St John's Anglican Church, giving a quiet atmosphere along the busy street. Built to a Victorian Academic

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, it is mostly constructed of finely crafted local

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and topped with a corrugated iron roof. The church has a strongly gabled form with rendered buttresses and heavily timbered doors. Originally a

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church, it was the third Presbyterian congregation in Western Australia, commencing in January 1889. Services were originally held in the Albany Town Hall and the

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buildings until the church was completed. The Melbourne

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Evander McIver was asked to draw up plans and W. Sangster was contracted to complete the construction. The

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was laid in November 1891, with the building completed and opened in March 1892. The total cost of the building was £1416. In 1969 a hall, kitchen, vestry and two rooms were added to the building and constructed from brick. The name of the church was changed in 1977 when the Presbyterian church amalgamated with other churches to form the

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1892 establishments in Australia Uniting churches in Western Australia Heritage places in Albany, Western Australia Churches in Albany, Western Australia York Street, Albany, Western Australia State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Albany {{Australia-church-stub

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