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Holy Trinity Church is an
*Pre 1849 - Bacchus Marsh was probably served by itinerant preachers from around 1847.
*1849 - first Baptism performed in January by first clergy Rev. William Hall
*1851 - prefabricated iron church erected. Amongst the first parishes in Victoria, the land was donated by William Bacchus, son of Captain W H Bacchus after whom Bacchus Marsh is named.
*1861 - Iron church building consecrated
*1857 - School established on site of current hall
*1868 - Andrew Scott (later to become bushranger "
Anglican Church Of Australia Holy Trinity Bacchus Marsh
Churches in Victoria (state) Bacchus Marsh 1851 establishments in Australia Churches completed in 1851 {{VictoriaAU-struct-stub
Holy Trinity Church 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 in Gisborne Road, in the town of Bacchus Marsh
Bacchus Marsh (Wathawurrung: ''Pullerbopulloke'') is an urban centre and suburban locality in Victoria, Australia located approximately north west of the state capital Melbourne and west of Melton, Victoria, Melton at a near equidistance to th ...
, Victoria. The church was established in 1851.
History
*Pre 1849 - Bacchus Marsh was probably served by itinerant preachers from around 1847.
*1849 - first Baptism performed in January by first clergy Rev. William Hall
*1851 - prefabricated iron church erected. Amongst the first parishes in Victoria, the land was donated by William Bacchus, son of Captain W H Bacchus after whom Bacchus Marsh is named.
*1861 - Iron church building consecrated
*1857 - School established on site of current hall
*1868 - Andrew Scott (later to become bushranger "Captain Moonlite
Andrew George Scott (5 July 1842 – 20 January 1880), also known as Captain Moonlite, though also referred to as Alexander Charles Scott and Captain Moonlight, was an Irish-born New Zealand immigrant to the Colony of Victoria, a bushranger ther ...
") attended as lay reader.
*1876 - Foundation Stone Laid
*1877 - Current Sandstone (& limestone) church opened
*1881 - Current church consecrated, pulpit installed
*1953 - Church gates built and consecrated
*1955 - Hall built as a war memorial
*1971 - Memorial garden completed
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Anglican Church Of Australia Holy Trinity Bacchus Marsh
Churches in Victoria (state) Bacchus Marsh 1851 establishments in Australia Churches completed in 1851 {{VictoriaAU-struct-stub