St James' Church, Greenough, Western Australia - Visited 23rd September 2012
Simply dreadful photos of the most beautiful church in what remains of an old wheat field at South Greenough, Western Australia. I apologise, the photos do not do it's beauty justice. They were taken in the middle of the day in the worst light and before I had much experience taking images of landscapes.
Simply dreadful photos of the most beautiful church in what remains of an old wheat field at South Greenough, Western Australia. I apologise, the photos do not do it's beauty justice. They were taken in the middle of the day in the worst light and before I had much experience taking images of landscapes.
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| St James' Church, South Greenough, Western Australia - Visited 23rd September 2012 - Copyright Judith Gray |
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| St James' Church, South Greenough, Western Australia - Visited 23rd September 2012 - Copyright Judith Gray |
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| Pigeon calling St James' Church home, South Greenough, Western Australia - Visited 23rd September 2012 - Copyright Judith Gray |
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| St James' Church, South Greenough, Western Australia - Visited 23rd September 2012 - Copyright Judith Gray |
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| St James' Church, South Greenough, Western Australia - Visited 23rd September 2012 - Copyright Judith Gray |
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| St James' Church, South Greenough, Western Australia - Visited 23rd September 2012 - Copyright Judith Gray |
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| St James' Church, South Greenough, Western Australia - Visited 23rd September 2012 - Copyright Judith Gray |
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| St James' Church, South Greenough, Western Australia - Visited 23rd September 2012 - Copyright Judith Gray |
Some information that I was able to research on this beautiful church:
St James' Anglican Church, South Greenough, a rectangular plan church of random coursed limestone with corrugated iron roofing, designed in a simple rendition of Victorian Romanesque style, in an open setting with a remnant stone well.
The church remains a well conserved example of a simple rural church built in the Victorian Romanesque style.
St James Church, built in 1872, was part of the historic Central Greenough settlement,
“Earmarked for demolition in the 1960s, the local community embarked on a campaign to save the church, a testament of their passion for the region’s heritage,” Mr Castrilli said. The building has a high degree of authenticity remaining largely unaltered from when it was constructed
The National Trust of Australia (WA) worked in partnership with the community to save the church and acquire the property in 2001.
The Minister said the church was built at a time when the Greenough Front Flats were the focus for the Victoria district and is now part of the historic Central Greenough settlement.
“The simple design and lack of detailing is indicative of the precarious economic situation of farmers in early settlements,” he said.
“Surviving devastating floods in 1888, the church continued to be a place of worship until the 1960's.
“St James remains the only survivor of the first two Anglican Churches in what is now the Anglican Diocese of the North-West.”
The site is one of only three sites on the Greenough River Alluvial Flats where the critically endangered summer scented wattle forest with scattered River Red Gum ecological community remains.
Wurmbea tubulosa, a declared rare flora has been discovered on the site.
Photos taken Judith Gray 23 September 2012
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