St Jude's Church, Brighton is an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

church on Brighton Road,

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History

The land for the church was purchased from

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. The foundation stone was laid on 16 December 1854 by Lady Fox Young with Archbishop

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conducting the service. For the first ten years of its existence, St Jude's was served by the incumbent of

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, who also had responsibility for Christ Church, O'Halloran Hill. On 24 December 1948 the St Jude's Players had their beginning. The church was seriously damaged in the 1954 Adelaide earthquake.

People

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, pastoralist *

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, curate 1879–1881

St. Jude's Cemetery

People interred in the cemetery include:Australian Dictionary of Biography
/ref> * James Ashton (1859–1935) artist * Robert Bungey (1914–1943) fighter pilot of WWII * Sir Reginald Roderic St Clair Chamberlain (1901–1990) judge * Harold More Cooper (1886–1970) wireless operator, archaeologist and historian * Sidney Crawford (1885–1968) businessman and philanthropist *

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(1847–1943) bank manager, cricketer and embezzler * Josiah Eustace Dodd (1856–1952) organbuilder * Sir Herbert Sydney Hudd (1881–1948) politician * Sir

Douglas Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during ...

(1882–1958) geologist, Antarctic explorer and academic * Sir

John Newland John Newland (November 23, 1917 – January 10, 2000) was an American director, actor, television producer, and screenwriter. Early life and career Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Newland began his career in vaudeville while still in his teens. Aft ...

(1864–1932) railwayman and politician * Arthur James Perkins (1871–1944) agricultural scientist and viticulturist * Sir

William Herbert Phillipps William Herbert Phillipps (3 December 1847 – 6 January 1935), generally referred to as W. Herbert Phillipps, later Sir Herbert Phillipps was a prominent South Australian businessman and philanthropist. Early days Herbert was the son of Susanna ...

(1847–1935) merchant and philanthropist * Max Pontifex Australian rules footballer who played with West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) *

Rowland Rees Rowland Rees (25 September 1840 – 13 October 1904) was an architect, civil engineer and politician in South Australia. History Rees was born in Gibraltar, the eldest son of Rowland Rees, of Sutrana House, Dover, and later alderman of B ...

(1840–1904) architect and politician * Herbert Clarence Richards (1876–1949) businessman and motor-body manufacturer * Tobias John Martin Richards (1850–1939) manufacturer * Alfred Jabez Roberts OBE (1863–1939), stockbroker, mayor, and sportsman *

George Klewitz Soward George Klewitz Soward (27 August 1857 – 21 February 1941) was an architect and politician in South Australia. he was a partner in the firm English & Soward from 1880 to 1925, renamed English, Soward & Jackman from 1926 to 1936. Among other bu ...

(1857 – 1941), architect and politician * Geoffrey Richard Shedley (1914–1981), architect and sculptor * William Knox Simms (1830–1897) brewer, businessman and politician * Richard Smith (1836–1919) merchant * Catherine Eliza (Katie) Stow (1856–1940) collector of Aboriginal legends * Tullie Cornthwaite Wollaston (1863–1931) opal dealer

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External links

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