Lost Pipe Organs of Australia: A Pictorial Record

By Geoffrey Cox, Kelvin Hastie and John Maidment

This book has been published to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the foundation of the Organ Historical Trust of Australia in 1977. It provides a pictorial record of pipe organs in Australia that have been lost through various agencies. Some have simply been removed and broken up, others have been destroyed by fire, and others have been rebuilt beyond visual or tonal recognition. This book is not intended to provide a comprehensive account of such instruments, but rather a selective representation of those for which suitable images have survived. Insofar as individual organs can be accurately dated, the images are arranged in chronological order. These have been sourced from public and private collections, and many are published here for the first time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Sep 13, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543403305

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Copyright © 2017 by Geoffrey Cox, Kelvin Hastie, John Maidment.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Kangaroo Point, Qld: St Mary’s Anglican Church

Sydney, NSW: St James’ Anglican Church

Townsville, Qld: residence of Mr Thomas James Brown

Sydney, NSW: Christ Church St Laurence Anglican Church.

Milton, Qld: Congregational Church, Baroona Road

Melbourne, Vic: St Francis’ Catholic Church.

Shepparton, Vic: St Augustine’s Anglican Church.

Prospect, NSW: St Batholomew’s Anglican Church

Hobart, Tas: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Geelong, Vic: Independent (Congregational) Church.

Launceston, Tas: St John’s Anglican Church

Brisbane, Qld: All Saints’ Anglican Church, Wickham Terrace.

Ormond, Vic: Christ Church Anglican Church

Potts Point, NSW: McQuade residence

Prahran, Vic: Prahran Town Hall

Campbell Town, Tas: ‘The Grange’, residence of Dr William Valentine.

Sydney, NSW: Exhibition Hall, Prince Alfred Park

Melbourne, Vic: Melbourne Town Hall

Perth, WA: St George’s Anglican Cathedral

Magill, SA: Wesleyan Church

Sydney, NSW: Garden Palace

Sydney, NSW: St Barnabas’ Anglican Church, Broadway.

Melbourne, Vic: St Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral

Carlton, Vic: Exhibition Building (Fincham)

Carlton, Vic: Exhibition Building (Fuller)

Essendon, Vic: ‘Tooronga’, residence of Robert

Newtown, NSW: University of Sydney Great Hall

East Melbourne, Vic: Cairns Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Bathurst, NSW: All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral

Toowong, Qld: St Thomas’ Anglican Church

Adelaide, SA: Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition - Hall

Melbourne, Vic: Freemasons Hall

Melbourne, Vic: The Australian Church

Brighton, Vic: residence of W.G.P. Wood

Manly, NSW: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

St Kilda, Vic: St Kilda Town Hall

Burwood, NSW: Methodist Church

Yandilla, Qld: homestead of the Gore family

North Sydney, NSW: St Thomas’ Anglican Church

Ascot Vale, Vic: Presbyterian Church

Wagga Wagga, NSW: Presbyterian Church

Perth, WA: St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral

South Brisbane, Qld: Congregational Church

Guildford, WA: Chapel of SS Mary & George, Guildford Grammar School

Brighton, Vic: St Andrew’s Anglican Church

Ballarat, Vic: Christ Church Anglican Cathedral

Sydney, NSW: St Andrew’s Anglican Cathedral

Ipswich, Qld: Central Congregational Church

Hawthorn, Vic: Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, Scotch College

Darwin, NT: St Mary-Star-of-the-Sea Catholic Cathedral

South Brisbane, Qld: residence of E. J. Peel

East Melbourne, Vic: Dallas Brooks Hall

Preface

Australia’s heritage of pipe organs stretches from the early nineteenth century to the present day. The earliest instruments were imported, especially from Britain, and locally built organs appeared from 1840 onwards. By the start of the twentieth century, Australia possessed a fine and representative collection of pipe organs of international significance.

Many of these instruments are now ‘lost’, and this has occurred through various agencies. Some have simply been removed and broken up; others have been destroyed by fire; while others have been