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Lonely church.

This is the Matheson Presbyterian Church situated in the middle of nowhere, literally, on the road between Glen Innes and Inverell in northern New South Wales. It was erected in memory of Reverend Archibald Cameron who the foundation stone says was the first minister in the north. It was laid down on 22nd April 1925, but the memorialised Minister must have been working for God much earlier. It sits in the middle of paddocks and farms in this rich pastoral and agricultural area where sheep, cattle and goats live side by side with wheat, canola and other grain crops.

As far as I can see, the church is no longer is use except perhaps as a country wedding chapel, very, very, occasionally. It still has one also very lonely old outhouse at the back!

There is no township or other building nearby, the closest thing is a wind farm which can just be seen in the distance.

We are having a little break, already disrupted by hire car problems! I apologise if I don't get to see or comment on my flickr friend's photos for a short while. I will do what I can but sometimes dodgy wifi and our schedule gets the better of me. Take care all.

May 2016 - the same church and it's little toilet

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Taken on: August 6, 2023

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Glen Innes-Inverell Road, New South Wales

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