Queensland Religious Places



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(c. 1910 SLQ 21244353220002061)

St Joseph's Catholic Church
Cnr Araluen Terrace and Brisbane Road, Monkland 4570
Roman Catholic
1875
timber
Demolished
Hickey, 217; Gympie Times, 24 September 1932
1932
Destroyed by storm
Gympie Times report on storm: 'The fury of the tornado wrought much damage at Monkland. The Catholic Church was wreck. the building having been lifted from its stumps and the whorle of a side wall blown in. The whole structure is buckled up and the furnsihings bent and battered. One eyewitness said that one end of the building was lifted 10 feet into the air.

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(Damage from storm, 1932 Gympie Times, 24 September 1932)


Location (-26.208712, 152.682)


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