NEW CHURCH TEMPLE

2-6 MORRISON PLACE AND 420-422 ALBERT STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

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Victorian Heritage Register

NEW TEMPLE CHURCH SOHE 2008

Statement of Significance

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  • History

    NEW CHURCH TEMPLE - History

    Contextual History:
    The Church of the New Jerusalem arose from the writings of Emmanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), a Swedish scientist and mystic, who began to experience visions with angels in 1743. He turned to theology and teaching. He taught that there is a correspondence between the external universe and spiritual realities; for example that the sun's heat corresponds to the love and wisdom of God. In England the first Swedenborgian congregation was founded in the 1780s, the same year as the United States. The most important centre is now Pennsylvania.
    (From file note, with references to I A Robinson, History of the New Church in Australia 1832-1980, and J R Hinnells (ed.) Dictionary of Religions, New York 1984)
    
    History of Place:
    Members of the New Church first arrived in Port Phillip District in 1843. In the 1850s they met at various places, including the Temperance Hotel in Bourke Street and the Mechanics Institute (now the Atheneum) in Collins Street. The congreagstion applied several times for land grants and was finally granted a site in 1872 for 1393 pounds. Loyd Tayler, a New Churchman himself, was commissioned as architect and remitted half of his 5% fee. The foundation stone was laid on 30 October 1872 and benath it was place newspapers of the day including three copies of Melbourne's New Chruch Herald, a copy of the society's rules and a short history of New Church (I A Robinson, A History of the New Church in Australia 1832-1980, p.41)
    The opening ceremony was held in March 1873. The congregation remained very small rising from only 45 in 1873 to 80 in 1880. The church was sold to the Eye and Ear Hospital in 1962.
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    Plaque Citation

    NEW CHURCH TEMPLE - Plaque Citation

    Built in 1872-73, this was the first of two Swedenborgian churches established in Victoria.Designed by architect Lloyd Tayler, the main facade has a Gothic-style window of three lights flanked by buttresses.

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    NEW CHURCH TEMPLE - Permit Exemptions

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