Will the spirit chat with us ? St Anne's Aldinga  @GhostlyFindingsParanormal
Channel: M&A Mystery Tours 🇦🇺
Date: 2023-03-05

Foundation stone 3 Oct 1865 by Mrs Short, wife of Bishop, architect Wright & Woods, open 1 May 1867, tower 1906 by architect English & Soward. Church closed 1948 due to dwindling numbers, re-opened 1954. Hall foundation stone 30 Apr 2000, opened 11 Feb 2001.
 “On Tuesday, the 3rd, His Lordship, accompanied by Mrs. Short, proceeded to Aldinga, where arrangements had been made for laying the foundation stone of St. Ann's Church. . . His Lordship delivered a suitable address, contrasting the condition of the locality when he first visited it in its wild state, with its present appearance and prospects. The company then adjourned to a building lent by Mr. G. Cox, where, ample provisions for tea had been made by the Committee of ladies, about 250 persons partaking thereof.” [Advertiser 14 Oct 1865]
 “Tenders. . . for erecting the Walls, putting on the Roof, &c., of St. Ann's Church, Aldinga. Plans and Specifications to be seen at the Office of Messrs. Wright and Woods, Architects.” [Advertiser 26 Oct 1865 advert]
 “St. Ann's Church, Aldinga. A Bazaar in aid of the Funds for completing this Church will be held in the unfinished building on Tuesday and Wednesday.” [Advertiser 19 Sep 1866 advert]
 “St. Ann's Church, Aldinga. . . It is highly satisfactory to see the congregation of this Church steadily increasing.” [Express & Telegraph 4 May 1867]
A walk among the headstones and simple grave markers tells the stories of local lives and losses.
Interestingly we see some markers facing west, when traditionally only the Priest would be orientated to face west with the belief that he is thus positioned to lead his congregation. The congregation, however, are traditionally oriented to face east, to greet the coming of Christ. There is a priest in this small cemetery who is oriented to face west. The majority of other graves are orientated to face east.
St Ann's Anglican church and cemetery remains in the hearts of the congregation even today. Many of the headstones are recent, telling of recent tragic losses. There is much personal artwork adorning the graves in this little cemetery.



ATKINS, William George
BARBER, Glen
BARRAS, Willliam Stewart
BATCHELDOR, Ada
BEAMISH, George Berry
BECKLEY, Alfred
BELCHAMBER-AROONSIRI, Melanie Karina
BENNETTS, James
BENNETTS, Mary
BINNS, Nora
BLADES, Isabelle Mary Lef
BLAKEWAY, Marjorie Jean
BOWDEN, Reginald Spicer & Sophie Estelle
BOWERING, Edgar Mills
BRIGGS, Jean Isabel
BROWN, James
BUTTERWORTH, Albert Broadbent
BUTTERWORTH, Broadbent
BUTTERWORTH, Joseph Robert
BUTTERWORTH, Mary McGregor
CHALMERS, Emma (formerly Beckley nee Pengilly)
CHAPMAN, Clement
CHAPMAN, Edna.
COOMBER, David Robert
CORTVRIEND, Abigail Ann
CROSER, Fred
DAVIES, Simon William
DELANEY, Frank James & Effie May
DOWNING, Carthy David
DOWNING, Fanny
DREWRY, Ida Florence (Norah)
DREWRY, W A
DRURY, James Frederick
FENNELL, Frederick Allan
FISHLOCK, Danny
FORREST, Charlotte (nee Cliff)
FORREST, Hellen (nee Dow)
FORREST, May Charlotte
FORREST, Thomas
FOSTER, Benjamin
FOSTER, Emma Jane & John Lillicrappe
FOSTER, Mary
FRITH, Ken
GILES, Christopher & Mary Rea
GILES, Elizabeth Irene & Eleanor Salome
GIUMELLIE, Sarah Tress
GREENLEES, Emily & Emily Mabel
HALE, Doreen Asta
HARRIS, Gwenda Hilda
HARRIS, Malcolm
HART, Angis & Jane
HAY-TAYLOR, Alexander & Elsa
HAY-TAYLOR, M
HENDRY, Margaret
HERRICK, Elizabeth & Edward
HERRICK, George Alexander
HERRICK, Robert James & Gwendolyn Nellie
HEYNEN, Charles
HILTON, Mary Ann
HILTON, Mary Anne
HOW, Henry William & Fanny
HUME, William Nichle & Hilda
HUNTER, James

JEANES, A Keith
JEANES, Merv R
JEANES, Pat Mc P
JOHNS, Michael Jay
JONES, Caroline
JONES, George
KIMBER, William
KNIPE, James T
LAMB, Shane Paul
LEONARD, Neville
LEVI, A James & Audrey
LITHGOW, Margaret Jane
LLOYD, Susannah
MADGWICK, Arthur William
MANN, Liam
McGAFFIN, Myrtle Ivy & Albert Francis
McKENZIE, Annie
McKENZIE, Jessie
McKENZIE, John
McKENZIE, Kenneth & Hannah & Annabelle
McKENZIE, Mary.
McKENZIE, Murdock & Donald
MONTEATH, William
MUMFORD, Alice
MUMFORD, J
MUMFORD, James & Sophia
MUMFORD, James Friend
NELSON, James Campbell
NELSON, Susanah & Thomas Henry
NORMAN, Alton Ross
NORMAN, Garnet Lloyd
ORTIS, Brian Bruno Pio
PENGILLY, Henry & Jeannie & Grace Jane
PENGILLY, Susan
PETTMAN, Gwenda Maud
REGONE, ... Elizabeth
ROBBINS, Heather Janet
ROBINSON, William Charles & May
ROGERS, John T & Elizabeth
ROGERS, Leslie
ROWLEY, Robert
SCHRAPE, Isobelle Emily & Arnold Charles
SEKULIC, Mico
SMITH, Eric Dudley & Mary Agnes
STONE, Nellie May
STRACHAN, Leonard
STUART, Arthur Henry
SYLOW, Niels Kristian & Frances Barbara
THOMSON, Mayo Harding
TREVENA, Dorothy Elvyn & William Gilbert
WADE, Audrey Jean
WAKELY, William & Eliza
WEDIN, James Watson
WIGLEY, Gordon Ralph
WILLIAMS, Frederick George
WITHNALL, Carole Christine

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