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In the early 1850's the church site would have been one of the first places in Victoria to host white people. The road from Geelong to Ballarat crossed the creek somewhere behind the church and came through the site where the school is now.

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People travelling to and from the goldfields would camp on either side of the road. The house behind the church would have faced on to the old road.

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Before this, you can imagine that aboriginal people would have been active close to the creek. William Buckley's wife is said to have belonged to the Buninyong tribe, so it is possible that he also knew this place.

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In 1857 a Church of England school, Number 408 with 19 pupils, was opened on the church block. The school closed in 1874.

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In 1860 the piece of land was granted to the Church of England as a site for a church and school. A church called Christ Church housed the congregation until 1913 when it became the Sunday School to support the new Church of the Epiphany.

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Alex North designed the new church and the tender of Burn Brothers of Geelong, for 649 pounds 19 shillings, in November 1913, was accepted to build the church.

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On 22/11/1913, the foundation stone was laid by Rev D D Steven. In 1914, the Archbishop of Melbourne dedicated the church and praised the builders for the unusual design and for employing skilled workmen using the best of materials.

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The overall length is 60 feet, with internal lining of Tasmanian blue gum with contrasting fittings and features in Tasmanian oak.

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The main body or nave is 22 feet wide, and the chancel which contains the choir and altar, narrows to 14 feet. The altar rails and chancel screen are made from Tasmanian oak, carved in Launceston.

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The bell is the same bell used to call children to class when the first public school was on the site in 1857.

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There was a vicarage on the corner of Wallace Street and Lawler Street. This was a weatherboard building, the footings and remains of the underground water tank are still visible.

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The church hall was formerly the Anglican Church at Lethbridge.
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The foundations for the Lethbridge church were started on 26/6/1954. The timber for the new church was brought from Timber Top on 5/9/1954 by two local trucks and four men from the parish. The church was built by Geelong Grammar School boys under the direction of Mr White, the building foreman with voluntary labour supplied by the parishioners. The church was dedicated on 7/8/1955 by Bishop Donald Baker. The Rev Vernon Cohen was Parish Priest during this period.

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The building was moved to Meredith at the end of June 1985.

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The stained glass window from St Johns Lethbridge is in St Johns Bannockburn. See some more pictures in St Johns part of the Forum.

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