Cathedrals in Australia - St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong Wollongong East, New South Wales, Australia
By
Team MavEtJu on 05-Oct-17. Waypoint GA10891
Cache Details
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| Type: | Virtual |
| Container: | Virtual |
| Coordinates: | S34° 25.546' E150° 54.117' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 307206E 6188637N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 11 m |
| Local Government Area: | Wollongong City |
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Description
Cathedrals in Australia - St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong
In 1836 a wooden chapel with seating for 250 people was built for the Catholics of Wollongong. The first Catholic school was opened in 1838. The pioneer priest Father John Rigney decided to build a larger permanent church in 1839.
The church of St Francis Xavier is a stone building in the Gothic style, richly ornamented and large enough to contain 1,500 people. Its estimated cost was 2,000 Pounds.
The building was furnished in 1848 with a splendid Gothic interior. The interior has been greatly altered over the years and apart from the beautiful stained glass window behind the sanctuary and the ceiling over the nave, little exists of the original interior.
For more information, see the Wikipedia entry.
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Founded: 1839
When logging this virtual cache, please add a photo of yourself and/or your GNSSr receiver in front of this building!
Logs
)Now based at Cataract Park we headed out today with Tassie Trekkers and stopped to photograph this Church. The required photo has been added to the gallery. Another in the series ticked off. TFTV
Caching in the area with whitewebbs and snapped the required pic which has been added to the gallery.
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