Bungaree History Walk
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  • The Wathaurungs
    • Wathaurung Culture
    • Lal Lal Falls
    • The Important Mountains
    • Special Wathaurung Sites
    • Interesting Wathaurung Facts and Photos
    • The Legend of Bunjil
  • The Bungaree Blacksmiths
    • The Chisholm's
    • The Devereux's
    • The Ritchie's
    • The Cyclone Destroys a Blacksmith
    • Stories about the Blacksmith
  • The Bungaree Hotels
    • Grand Junction
    • Bridge Hotel
    • Morning Star
    • Horse and Jockey Hotel
    • Robbery at the Morning Star
    • The Cyclone Destroys a Hotel
  • The Bungaree Bank
    • The Bankers
    • Inside the bank
    • The Holey Incident
    • The Blacksmith's Joke
    • The Bungaree Bank Closes
  • The Bungaree Police Station
    • Stories about the Police Station
    • The Truck Crash
    • Archaeological Survey
    • Police Station Photos
  • The Bungaree Railway Station
    • The Train Wreck
    • The Busy Bungaree Station
    • Interview with Mr Lawless
    • Bungaree Railway Photos
    • The Bungaree Station Closes
  • The Bungaree Shops
    • The Chalmers Shop
    • Bottom Shop
    • Top Shop
    • The Lolly Shop and Butcher
    • Interviews about the Shops
    • Things the Shops Sold
  • The Bungaree Schools
    • The First School
    • The Bluestone School
    • The Current School
    • Interviews with Past Students
    • Bungaree School Photos
  • The Bungaree Mechanics' Institute
    • A Cyclone Destroys the Hall
  • St John's Anglican Church
    • Parish Life
    • Improvements to St John's
  • The Bungaree Fire Brigade
    • Black Friday
    • Fighting Fires
    • Early Fire Fighting Equipment
    • Bungaree CFA
    • The Mt Warrenheip Fire
    • The Captain visits the school
  • St Michael's Church, School and Convent
    • St Michael's School
    • St Michael's Church
    • St Michael's Convent
  • The Bungaree Recreation Oval
    • The Bungaree Footy Club
    • The Bungaree Netball Club
    • Interviews about the Institute
    • The Cricket and Tennis Clubs
  • The Making of the History Walk
  • Contact Details and Bibliography
  • Extra Information, photos and songs
  • Feedback Blog

Improvements to St John's


Improvements were continually added to the church as funds became available including:
  • 1876 a six horse stable was built. 
  • 1884 a platform built in the hall.
  • 1887 lamps installed in the church.
  • 1911 an additional bay and chancery were built and the church extended on the north.
  • 1915 an extra horse provided for the clergyman.
  • 1919 a weatherboard house was purchased and moved from Scarsdale to provide a vicarage. It included a pantry, cellar and linen press and had a water supply to the kitchen, bathroom and wash house. The church chronicle described it as 'an imposing Vicarage and one that does credit to the parishioners of Bungaree.'
  • 1920 the Shire Hall at Leigh Creek purchased and added to the Sunday School hall. A working bee was held to renovate the hall, Mr Herman Keeble and Mr Arthur Grigg were very much involved in the carpentry work. 
  • June 1927 the church suffers little damage from the cyclone.
  • 1931 a vestry added in memory of the late Mr Alfred Rice.
  • 1936 a cross added on the end of the church.
  • 1940 electricity supplied to the vicarage and church. Mr Ritchie thanked for his untiring attention to the gas lights year after year.
  • 1948 a new vicarage was built in Ballan and the Bungaree vicarage let out to tenants. 
  • 1968 the vicarage sold to Mr Ted Osborne for $60 who removed it.
  • 1984 the Sunday School hall renovated.
  • Many other improvements and additions to the interior occurred. 



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