St Jude's Church, Brighton is an

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church on Brighton Road,

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History

The land for the church was purchased from John Alexander Voules Brown. 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 St Mary's on the Sturt, 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

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People

* Henry Dutton, pastoralist * Garry Weatherill * Hartley Williams, curate 1879–1881

St Jude's Cemetery

Though Church of England property, the churchyard adjacent St Jude's church was properly known as Brighton Cemetery until 1930. The large public graveyard on the other side of Brighton Road and further north is the North Brighton 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

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(1901–1990) judge *

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(1886–1970) wireless operator, archaeologist and historian * Sidney Crawford (1885–1968) businessman and philanthropist * Alexander Crooks (1847–1943) bank manager, cricketer and embezzler * Josiah Eustace Dodd (1856–1952) organbuilder * Sir Herbert Sydney Hudd (1881–1948) politician * Sir

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(1864–1932) railwayman and politician *

Arthur James Perkins Arthur James Perkins (11 May 1871 – 23 June 1944) was a viticulturist, important in the early history of South Australia's wine industry. He was headmaster of Roseworthy Agricultural College for ten years, and credited with developing many leaders ...

(1871–1944) agricultural scientist and viticulturist * Sir

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

(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 (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 (1857 – 1941), architect and politician * Geoffrey Richard Shedley (1914–1981), architect and sculptor *

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(1830–1897) brewer, businessman and politician * Richard Smith (1836–1919) merchant * K. Langloh Parker aka Catherine Eliza (Katie) Stow (1856–1940), collector of Aboriginal legends * Tullie Cornthwaite Wollaston (1863–1931) opal dealer

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