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	'''St. Mary's Church''' is an ] church on Yule Avenue in the suburb of ], ]. St. Mary's was built in 1868 on the site of an earlier church which ad been built there in 1838.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/628\|title=St. Mary's Anglican Church, Middle Swan, Western Australia\|work=Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory\|accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref> The church is part of the ]. The church and graveyard overlook the ] in the ].		'''St. Mary's Church''' is an ] church on Yule Avenue in the suburb of ], ]. St. Mary's was built in 1868 on the site of an earlier church which had been built there in 1838.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/628\|title=St. Mary's Anglican Church, Middle Swan, Western Australia\|work=Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory\|accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref> The church is part of the ]. The church and graveyard overlook the ] in the ].

	The church can seat 150 people and is open by appointment only.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.swan.perth.anglican.org/StMary.htm\|title=St. Mary's Church\|work=Anglican Parish of Swan\|accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref>		The church can seat 150 people and is open by appointment only.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.swan.perth.anglican.org/StMary.htm\|title=St. Mary's Church\|work=Anglican Parish of Swan\|accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref>

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For other uses, see St. Mary's Church. Church in Western Australia, Australia

St. Mary's Anglican Church
The church in 2006

31°51′37″S 116°0′20″E / 31.86028°S 116.00556°E / -31.86028; 116.00556 (St. Mary's Anglican Church)
Location	Yule Avenue, Middle Swan, Western Australia
Country	Australia
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St. Mary's Church
History
Status	Church
Founded	1839 (1839) / 1868
Dedication	St. Mary
Consecrated	10 May 1869
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Richard Roach Jewell
Style	Gothic Revival
Years built	1868–1903
Specifications
Materials	Brick
Administration
Province	Western Australia
Diocese	Perth
Parish	Swan
Clergy
Deacon(s)	Rev Les Marshall

Western Australia Heritage Register
Official name	St Mary's Church and Graveyard
Type	State Registered Place
Designated	8 October 1996
Part of	Swanleigh Precinct (14470)
Reference no.	2496

St. Mary's Church is an Anglican church on Yule Avenue in the suburb of Middle Swan, Western Australia. St. Mary's was built in 1868 on the site of an earlier church which had been built there in 1838. The church is part of the Anglican Diocese of Perth. The church and graveyard overlook the Swan River in the Swan Valley district.

The church can seat 150 people and is open by appointment only.

History

On 5 August 1839 the foundation stone for the original church was laid, and opened fifteen months later by Governor John Hutt on 29 November 1840. It was built on land owned by the Church Mission Society and in memory of Lucy Yule, the wife of Magistrate T. N. Yule who died and was the first person buried on the site in 1838.

The land was believed to be the site of a landing during James Stirling's expedition in 1827. The church was built with an octagonal layout and could hold about 100 people. It was consecrated in 1848 and remained in use until 1869.

Rev. William Mitchell was the first Minister to attend the church.

A new (and the current) rectangular church was built in 1868–69 immediately adjacent to the old octagonal church. It was designed by Richard Roach Jewell and consecrated by Bishop Matthew Hale on 10 March 1869.

The adjoining graveyard includes graves of many notable European settlers of the Swan River Colony from 1838.

References

Notes

"St. Mary's Anglican Church, Middle Swan, Western Australia". Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
"St. Mary's Church". Anglican Parish of Swan. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
"St Mary's Church and Graveyard". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

Bibliography

Bourke, Michael J. (1987). On the Swan: A History of Swan District, Western Australia. Nedlands, WA: University of Western Australia Press for the Swan Shire Council. ISBN 0855642580.
Wilson, Harold S. (1999). A History of the Anglican Parish of Swan. Bassendean, WA: Access Press. ISBN 0864451342.

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