Cathedrals in Australia - St Mary's Star of the Sea Cathedral, Darwin Darwin City, Northern Territory, Australia
By Team MavEtJu on 05-Oct-17. Waypoint GA10874

Cache Details

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Type:	Virtual
Container:	Virtual
Coordinates:	S12° 27.545' E130° 50.294' (WGS 84)
	52L 699795E 8621989N (UTM)
Elevation:	30 m
Local Government Area:	Darwin

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Description

Cathedrals in Australia - St Mary's Star of the Sea Cathedral, Darwin

The St Mary's Star of the Sea Cathedral is the main place of Catholic worship in the city of Darwin and the seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Darwin.

During World War II, the church of St Mary was the seat of the garrison of the military chaplaincy for Australian troops in the city. After the war it became necessary to build a larger structure. The project was underraken by Ian Ferrier from Brisbane.

The first stone taken from Rum Jungle, the site of the first uranium mine in the territory, was blessed by Bishop O'Loughlin on 13 July 1958. Construction operations were entrusted to Carl Johansson until 1962 when he was replaced by John D'Arcy.

The cathedral was blessed and opened for worship by Bishop O'Loughlin on 19 August 1962 and consecrated on 20 August 1972.

For more information, see the Wikipedia entry.

Denomination: Roman Catholic
Founded: 1958

When logging this virtual cache, please add a photo of yourself and/or your GNSSr receiver in front of this building!

Logs

22-Jul-23

Team737

On the way to dinner tonight, we had enough light, so detoured to grab a pic of this cathedral....

Rated: for Overall Experience

Savvynavs

27-Apr-21

themd

I was lucky enough to be in Darwin for a few days taking the sites.

Just 1 of the virtuals that I found i the area.

Managed to enter the church and check out the stain glass.

TFTV Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

10-Jul-20

low1

tftc a nice walk.

13-May-19

Canberratrekker

In darwin for some training and thought it was finally time to log these virtuals. TFTC!

18-Jul-18

Tassie Trekkers

Snapped this one as we explored Darwin - another one in the Catherdral series ticked off.
Many thanks Team MavEtJu for publishing this cache for our enjoyment and adding to our geocaching experience. [*FTF*]

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