St Matthew's Church is a heritage listed

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church in

Marryatville Marryatville is a small suburb about east of Adelaide's central business district, in the local council area of City of Norwood Payneham St Peters. Comprising low- to medium-density housing, two large schools, a church and several shops, it a ...

, an inner eastern suburb of

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. It was established in 1848 and consecrated in 1849. It is adjacent to

Marryatville High School Marryatville High School (MHS) is a public state secondary school in Adelaide, South Australia. The school is situated on a large area of land in the eastern suburb of Marryatville, part of the City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters. First Cree ...

History

The land for the church was donated in 1848 by the

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, who received it from

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. The church was consecrated on 21 September 1849.

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's parents, architect

John Harry Grainger John Harry Grainger (30 November 1854
,

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in 1961. The church was listed on the now-defunct

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on 21 March 1978.

Grace Anglican Network

St Matthew's was as of 2021 part of the Grace Anglican Network, together with St Bartholomew's Church in Norwood (St Bart's Norwood). The network was created in 2002. The church communities described themselves as "gospel-centred" and

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in theological stance. , "St Bart's Norwood" makes no mention of St Matthew's on its website, but says it is transitioning to a new ministry team.

Rectors

* Mathew Hale * Tim HarrisIn May 2008 became the first Dean o
Bishopdale Theological College

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Kevin Giles Kevin N. Giles (born 1940) is an Australian evangelical Anglican priest and theologian who was in parish ministry for over 40 years. He and his family live in Melbourne, Australia. Giles studied at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Durham Uni ...

, a well-known contributor to discussions about gender roles and the

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, including

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Cemetery

Notable South Australians buried on the grounds of St Matthews include: * Colonel Peter Edgerton Warburton, noted South Australian explorer and police commissioner, who died in 1889. His eldest daughter married the only son of

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, the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide. * Baroness von Oertzen, born ''Matilda Goulding'', 1 January 1840, in

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, died 27 April 1864, in South Australia, ancestor of Baron

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