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Pilgrim Uniting Church is a Uniting church located on Flinders Street, Adelaide in South Australia.. Social justice, as articulated by the Uniting Church in Australia in the inaugural Statement to the Nation (1977), and the Statement to the Nation (1988) for Australia's Bicentennial celebrations, is at the basis of the church's work.
In June 2023 the Synod of The Murray voted to allow the ordination of women as priests [59] and on 12 August 2023, Bishop Keith Dalby ordained three women and one man to the priesthood. Of the 23 Anglican dioceses in Australia, only two have never ordained women to the priesthood: the Diocese of Sydney and the Diocese of North West Australia .
The basalt church, designed by Lane in 1854, was finally completed in 1857 by Backhouse and Reynolds of Geelong as contractors for a price of £2,000. It was dedicated on 13 September 1857. The same contractors and architects were responsible for the nearby Lydiard Street Wesleyan Church, built of stone in 1858 for £5000.
An unusual example of the Melbourne-style is Albert Terrace, Adelaide (c.1880) which is one of the few South Australian terrace rows to feature a Melbourne-style parapet with name and date inscribed in stucco. [32] Marine Terraces, Grange Beach (1884). An exemplar of the Adelaide-style, with three storeys of setback filigree verandahs. [106]
Prior to the initial construction of the freeway in the 1960s, inbound and outbound road traffic between Adelaide and south-eastern South Australia or Victoria used a two-lane highway originally built in the early part of the 20th century. With growth in Adelaide's population, issues of congestion and safety mandated reconstruction.
However, with a gold rush in Victoria, Lambeth left along with many of the population, leaving no plans and with the community in economic depression. [ 1 ] The original foundation stone was put in place on 17 March 1856 by the vicar general , Father Michael Ryan, with the first part of the cathedral being dedicated on 11 July 1858.
It is the seat of the Archbishop of Adelaide and Metropolitan of the Province of South Australia. [1]: 48 The cathedral, a significant Adelaide landmark, is situated on approximately 1 acre (0.40 ha) of land at the corner of Pennington Terrace and King William Road in the suburb of North Adelaide.
It is one of the intermediate-width streets of the Adelaide grid, at 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 chains (99 ft; 30 m) wide. On the west side of King William Street, the western continuation of Grenfell Street is Currie Street, named after Raikes Currie , a member of the South Australian Association and South Australian Company .