Ravenswood Community Church

Cocin Community Ravenswood tsohuwar tsohuwar cocin Katolika ce ta Roman Katolika kuma yanzu  cocin ƙungiyar a Chapel Street, Ravenswood, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. Ross & O'Reilly ne ya gina shi a cikin 1871. Hakanan ana kiranta da Cocin Katolika na St Patrick. An saka shi cikin Rajista na Gadon Sarauniya a ranar 24 ga Satumba 1999.

## Tarihi
An buɗe cocin Ravenswood Community Church, tsohon Cocin Katolika na St Patrick, a ranar 21 ga Oktoba 1871. An ƙara ƙarawa cocin a kan lokaci kuma an fahimci cewa an ƙara ƙarin abubuwa a ginin a farkon karni na 20.

An fara gano zinare a yankin Ravenswood daga masu sa ido da suka jawo hankalin gundumar ta hanyar hakar zinare a Kogin Cape. An gano zinari a gundumar Ravenswood a cikin 1868 kodayake ba a gano Top Camp Lode ba sai shekara ta gaba.

Ravenswood da farko filin wasa ne mai cike da ɓangarorin ma'adini. Bayan gano raƙuman ruwa na quartz an sami matsaloli tare da jawo injinan murƙushewa. Zuwan batirin hatimin kai guda biyar a cikin 1869, ya haifar da ci gaba na dawowa daga raƙuman ruwa na quartz yana ba masu hakar ma'adinan kwarin guiwa don haɓaka ƙauyen gari na dindindin.

A tsakiyar 1870s, yawan jama'a ya yi daidai. Akwai masana'antun sabis da yawa da aka kafa da suka haɗa da otal biyar, sirdi, maƙera, chemist, mai yin burodi, mai assayer, da mahauta. mai gwanjo, shaguna iri-iri tun daga kyawawan kayayyaki zuwa masu sayar da kayayyaki.

Kusan Maris 1871 aka kafa kwamiti don tsara ginin cocin Katolika. An buɗe lissafin biyan kuɗi kuma an amince da gudummawa a cikin Ravenswood Miner. Gine-ginen cocin ya kasance wani al'amari na al'umma tare da mutane daga ɗarikoki da yawa suna ba da gudummawa ga aikin ko kuma taimakawa wajen gine-gine. An bude wata karamar makaranta a cikin dakin ibada jim kadan bayan kammala ginin.

Ross & O'Reilly wadanda ake kyautata zaton magina ne na gida ne suka gina ginin. An gano Hugh Ross a matsayin magini a Charters Towers a cikin 1875 inda ya gina ginin Acker & Company, Hall ɗin Oddfellows da cocin Anglican da Presbyterian. Waɗannan majami'u suna kama da ƙira ga Cocin Community Ravenswood.

Guguwa mai tsanani a shekara ta 1873 ta lalata cocin ko da yake ba a san yadda ta tsanani ba. Wani labari na yankin ya ce an sake gina bayan ginin yayin da wani kuma ya ce an ruguje ginin ne kuma ya bukaci sake gina shi

Ƙungiyar Katolika ta Ravenswood ta zama mai haɓaka tare da coci, makarantar kwana da gidan zuhudu da ke a titin Chapel. Fr JPF Connolly, daga Townsville, shine firist mai ziyara na farko zuwa Ravenswood. Daga baya, limaman mishan daga Italiya da Faransa sun ziyarci garin kafin ya zama Ikklesiya a kansa.

A cikin 1885 Fr Flood, limamin Ikklesiya na farko, ya fara tattaunawa tare da Sisters of Mercy don buɗe makaranta da gidan zuhudu. Al'ummar Ravenswood sun sake nuna imaninsu a cikin dogon lokaci na ci gaban garinsu ta hanyar tallafawa yaƙin neman zaɓe na Fr Flood. Fr Flood ya sayi gida ga matayen da suka zo a 1886. An buɗe makarantar zuhudu ta farko a cikin cocin. Kuma daga baya aka bude kwana daya aka bude makarantar kwana ta 1890.

A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu an kwashe daliban St Patrick's College, Strand, Townsville  zuwa makarantar kwana a Ravenswood. Bayan yakin St Patrick's dalibai sun koma Townsville. Makarantar kwana da gidan zuhudu sun kasance suna aiki har zuwa 1948 lokacin da aka rufe su duka.

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