Stained Glass Window in St Matthew's Anglican Church c1848, Kensington Road, Marryatville, South Australia

            St Matthew’s Anglican Church established 1848, Kensington Road Marryatville.

An elegant early Victorian village church with gable roof, bell tower and gable porch. Major additions carried out have removed much of the side walls and altered internal perception of original church.

One of the earliest churches in South Australia. Foundation stone laid 22 May 1848. Donation of stone and free quarrying lessened the cost while cedar was used for most of the furnishing. First part of rectory built 1850 with later additions. 

"Marryatville was founded in the forties by Mr George Brunskill," is stated in the brief account of that district in the interesting History of Kensington and Norwood issued by the corporation in 1903. As will be seen, Mr Brunskill gave the land for St Matthew's Church, and assisted materially in its erection. The following interesting notes have been supplied by Mrs Reid, formerly Miss Brunskill, who writes: — "My parents arrived in the ship Thomas Harrison in February, 1839. They settled at once on the land now Marryatville, and built their first home on the spot where Sir Edwin Smith afterwards lived, then a cottage at the east end of the section, and finally on the spot where Mrs Scarfe's house is. We finally left 20 years later, after selling most of the land. My father gave an acre of land for a church and parsonage, and was annoyed when the Bishop consecrated the ground for a burial ground.

One incident still in memory is seeing my father bring home a Norfolk Island pine in a flower pot, price 7/6! It is now an ornament to the neighbourhood in the Scarfe garden. I have heard my mother say that they used to light a fire to show my father the way home from town, so the place must have been thickly wooded!"

Sir Edwin Smith, whose hospitality at his beautiful home, "The Acacias," will long be remembered.

Mr George Brunskill's property ran from Portrush road (then called Glen Osmond road) to the further side of Ringmore road (now called Dudley Road).

Ref: State Heritage Register: Register (Adelaide SA) Monday 16 April 1923.

Taken on: December 19, 2023

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Camera: Nikon D7500, f/3.5, 1/125 sec, 18mm (=27mm), ISO 1800 (more info) (hide info)

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Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	18mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
ISO:	1800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
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