Christ Church, South Yarra | |
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37°50′19″S 144°59′09″E / 37.838636°S 144.98589°E | |
Address | 683-701 Punt Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
Country | Australia |
Denomination | Anglican |
Churchmanship | |
Website | ccsy |
History | |
Status | Church |
Founded | April 1856 |
Founder(s) | Major General Edward Macarthur |
Consecrated | 1875 by Dr Samuel Thornton, Bishop of Ballarat |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) |
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Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Specifications | |
Materials | Bluestone, Oamaru stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Melbourne |
Official name | Christ Church |
Type | State heritage (built) |
Designated | 30 July 1986 |
Reference no. | 1080 |
Christ Church, South Yarra is an Anglican church at 683-701 Punt Road, South Yarra in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1856, the congregation form part of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. The parish belongs to the Anglo-Catholic or High Church tradition; it was the location of the ordination of the first woman to be a deaconess in Australia in 1884.