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St Johns Anglican Church & Organ

Location Cnr Barkley and Thompson Streets,, DUNOLLY VIC 3472 - Property No B1861 File Number B1861 Level Local

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Statement of Significance

Church Statement of Significance: Designed by Vahland & Getzschmann and built in 1866-7 in a striking combination of variegated sandstone with dressings of red brick, this church, in a rudimentary Decorated Gothic style, comprises a nave, polygonal chancel of compressed proportions and somewhat Germanic character, and northern entrance tower, never completed. It contains a pipe organ built in 1879 by George Fincham.
Church Classified: 'Regional' 20/04/1989
Revised: 03/08/1998

Organ Statement of Significance: A two-manual organ of 9 speaking stops built by George Fincham and remaining largely intact. The instrument retains its original console, action, pipework and case containing diapered pipes. It is the only pipe organ in the town and one of a number of Fincham organs in the Victorian goldfields region.
Organ Classified: 'Regional' 13/05/1992