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NTQDS14355 St James' Anglican Cathedral, Townsville, north Queensland
After an initial church building from the 1870s was used as the site of an Anglican presence in the town, building of a cathedral began in 1887, but work was halted in 1892 through lack of funds after only part of the planned building had been completed. Work was not begun again until 1953, with completion by 1959, resulting in a very warm red brick building on a hill site. The white statue of St. James was added in 1960 - the work of Erwin A. Guth, a German sculptor who migrated to Australia in 1954.
NTQDS14355 St James' Anglican Cathedral, Townsville, north Queensland
After an initial church building from the 1870s was used as the site of an Anglican presence in the town, building of a cathedral began in 1887, but work was halted in 1892 through lack of funds after only part of the planned building had been completed. Work was not begun again until 1953, with completion by 1959, resulting in a very warm red brick building on a hill site. The white statue of St. James was added in 1960 - the work of Erwin A. Guth, a German sculptor who migrated to Australia in 1954.