All Saints Anglican Church (Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory)

"For All Saints Anglican Church, Brisbane, see All Saints Anglican Church, Brisbane."

All Saints Anglican Church is a Church in the suburb of Ainslie in Canberra, Australia.

It was originally constructed as a railway station for funeral trains at Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney in 1869. It was designed by james Barnet and constructed of sandstone from Pyrmont in Sydney. Funeral trains ceased running in the 1920s and the station fell into disrepair. In the 1950s the roof was burnt in a bushfire. Subsequently, the stonework in the building was sold. A Canberra builder, Stan Taunton and his son spent three months at Rookwood photographing the building and making drawings. Each block was numbered and sent to Canberra. It took 83 semi-trailer loads to transport the building to Canberra where it was rebuilt over twelve months and rededicated on All Saints Day, 1959 as "All Saints Anglican Church".

References

* "Exploring the ACT and Southeast New South Wales", J. Kay McDonald, Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1985 ISBN 0-86417-049-1

External links

* [http://www.allsaintsainslie.org.au/index.htm Church website]