Parish of Albury

The City of Albury is just north of the Murray River in New South Wales and has a population of 43,000. St Matthew's Church is situated in the heart of the city, in Kiewa Street.
The Albury Parish dates back to 1850. It was founded by the pioneer Bishop of Sydney, William Grant Broughton.
The first resident clergyman here, the Revd Henry Elliott (1850-1857), had a parish extending from Mt Kosciusko to Wentworth.

St.Matthew's was built in several stages and then rebuilt following a devastating fire on 14th Sept.1991. The cross at the top is the highest point in central Albury.

The rebuilt church incorporates the best features of the original Blacket (1857-9) design and has carried through the Boles (1874-6) extensions to the nave. The reconsecrated 1994 church includes :
   1. Local Stone. Granite from Monument Hill and Lavington. Pink sandstone from Table Top.
   2. A copper spire made up of hundreds of interlocking shingles.
   3. Timber wood trusses with interlocking circles which incorporate 120 year old oregon, formerly in the Massey Ferguson factory in Sunshine, Victoria,. and West Australian knotted cedar.
   4. A bell tower with a ring of eight bells tuned to the key of A, plus one tolling bell, originally from St.John's Glastonbury,UK.
   5. Furnishings from All Saint's Old Cathedral, Bendigo which include;
      a) 6 blackwood choir stalls
      b) brass eagle lectern
      c) marble font
      d) Tasmanian blackwood screen
      e) Purbeck marble pulpit, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1855 for Westminster Abbey in London
   6. Letourneau organ which has 32 stops and 39 ranks
   7. Stained glass windows designed and built by:
      a) Kevin Little (Sydney)
      b) Philip Handel (Sydney)
      c) Martin van der Toorn (Sydney)
      d) Montgomery (Melbourne) originally from Christ Church,Melton Vic.
      e) C E Kempe & Co Ltd (UK) also from Christ Church, Melton Vic.
   8. A memorial for Albury's Own 2/23 Regiment and The Genadier Guards.