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Hello and welcome to St Dunstan's. Thank you for visiting. Please come inside and view our Centenary Exhibition display. We commence our journey straight ahead as you enter the church to: 'It starts here.' Follow the display around in a clockwise movement until you reach 'Our Future.'
Please sign our visitor's book and leave a comment if you wish. We would love to have your thoughts and your part in our story. We acknowledge all who have contributed to our exhibition, especially Pauline Madden who created the ‘First 80 Years photo exhibition’. The history of our parish starts from 1925. In that year, a windswept paddock of wet onion grass, with a few residences nearby, was selected as the site for a new parish church in East Camberwell. Although initially described as St Hilda's Riversdale, the new parish became known as St Dunstan's as a tribute to St Dunstan (928 – 988), a one time Archbishop of Canterbury. The first church was a temporary wooden building which sat where the vicarage currently sits at the front of the property. While that was being built, the vicar of the day, The Rev. Oliver Brady, conducted services in the homes of parishioners. The first service in the new building was held on 1 August 1926. A new brick church and parish hall were completed and dedicated in 1930 by Archbishop Head. This building lasts till now, 100 years. We have embraced the past and learned much from it. We now look towards our future and the generations who will worship here and enjoy being part of this wonderful community in Wattle Valley Road. |
欢迎并感谢参观圣邓斯坦百年纪念展。推荐您从“由此开始”标识顺时针参观，开启这段旅程，直到抵达“未来的我们”。如果您愿意，请在《访客留言簿》上签名并留下您的想法和观点。
感谢所有为本次展览做出贡献的人，特别是创建“前80年摄影展”的宝琳·马登。 我们教堂的历史始于1925年。那一年，东坎伯韦尔的这片风吹日晒、长满湿葱草的牧场，被选为新建教区教堂的地点。最初的教堂被称为圣希尔达河谷堂，后为纪念坎特伯雷大主教“圣邓斯坦”，更名为圣邓斯坦堂。第一座教堂是临时的木制建筑，位于如今牧师楼所在地块前。在教堂建造期间，当时的牧师奥利弗·布雷迪在教区居民家中主持礼拜。1926年8月1日，才在新堂举行第一次礼拜。新的砖砌教堂和礼堂于1930年竣工，并由大主教海德主持奉献仪式。这座建筑屹立不倒，至今已有100年历史。 我们珍视过去，并从中汲取经验。我们展望未来，期待着子孙后代在这里敬拜，并享受成为瓦特谷路这个美好社区的一份子。 |
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Our Futrue (2026 - ∞) |
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Our Past (1926 - 2026) |
You can click on each picture to read the text on its board.
You can also have the slides advance automatically every 5 seconds below.
Symbols of Our 100-Year Journey ⛪️✨As we celebrate this wonderful Centenary milestone, several historical symbols representing different decades were brought forward during our Centenary Thanksgiving Service. Each symbol tells a unique part of our story, beautifully reminding us of God's sustaining grace across the many seasons of our parish life.
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🍷 The 1985 Cruet
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This cruet was used in 1985, on the occasion of a visit by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Robert Runcie, to Melbourne. He was the Celebrant and Preacher at a service in Festival Hall, attended by thousands. Consecrating the bread and wine for thousands of attendees was a challenge, and more of these cruets of wine were consecrated than were needed. Since all consecrated bread and wine needed to be consumed at the end of the service, people were "volunteered" to assist by consuming the leftover wine, in return, they were offered a cruet to take home.
At the time, Festival Hall was used for rock concerts, music events, professional boxing and wrestling. The altar stage was set up over the boxing ring. Regional churches across Victoria organized synchronised transport, such as chartered buses, to drop thousands of churchgoers directly outside the West Melbourne venue. |
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This pulpit Bible was printed in 1929 by the Cambridge University Press and was used until late 90's in the parish.
It is a King James version, was kept on the then lectern in the original church. Evensong was a weekly service, 7pm, with a full choir. Two lay readers, Mr. Nigel Jackson and Mr Willison, were rostered to read the lessons for the day.. Mr Jackson was the CEO of one of the big banks and was chauffeured to work, occasionally offering a ride to parishioner Gail Cavanagh to her workplace. He had a very commanding presence and a dramatic way of reading scripture. In a later, more enlightened era, women also became readers. At one evensong, Joan Dennis, reading the Old Testament lesson, read from the book of Daniel, Chapter 3, the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in which those names appear in several verses. After reading "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego" two or three times she changed the words to "the three of them." Ever practical was Joan! The nine lesson carol service made famous by Kings College Cambridge was introduced to St Dunstan's in the 1960's. It was a privilege for a choir boy to be selected as a reader for one of the lessons, to step up to the lectern and read from the big bible |
📖 The 1929 Pulpit Bible
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✍️ The 1930 Bible
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Steeped in our foundational history, this precious Bible dates back to 1930. It inscription from our very first Vicar, Fr Oliver Brady, acknowledges Harold Cavanagh, with First Prize for Boys Bible Study, 1930.
Harold Cavavagh, father of current parishioner, Jenni McKenzie and her older sister, former parishioner, Gail Chugg, was born in 1914, in Preston. In 1926 the family moved to Camberwell. He was the oldest of three brothers, the other two being Jack and Norman. Both Harold and Jack played in the St Dunstan’s cricket team and were premiers in 1932. He first met his wife Joyce Lenegan, when her family lived in Kalang Ave, when the parish met in a house nearby, before the temporary church arrived. They married around 1940. Harold joined the army in 1942, spurred on by the bombing of Darwin, land served in northern QLD and New Guinea, in the 2nd division, Signals Corp. He died in 1957, aged 42, when Jenni was 11. |
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This lamp was introduced in 2024 signifying the multicultural ministry began at St.Dunstans'.This was made in Kerala, Inida.
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✍️ The 1930 Bible
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