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It closed in 1973 and the congregation merged with Memorial Congregational Church, which in 1977 became part of the
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served as minister from 1874 to 1877, while Clarke traveled in England and Palestine. Later,
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was laid by Henry Hopkins on 31 July 1856. Designed by
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The former Davey Street Congregational Church, 2017
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42°53′08″S 147°19′40″E / 42.8855°S 147.3278°E / -42.8855; 147.3278
Davey Street
Hobart
Tasmania
Denomination
Uniting
Congregational
Church
Architect(s)
Charles Tiffin
William Davidson

Materials
Risdon
Congregational
church
Davey Street
Hobart
Tasmania
foundation stone
Charles Tiffin
William Montgomery Davenport Davidson
Uniting Church in Australia
George Clarke
Stafford Bird
Frederick Pratt
"The Opening of the Congregational Church, Davey Street"
Colonial Times
"No. 289 - The Former Congregational Church on Davey Street Hobart"

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