Our Lady of the Rosary (St Mary’s) Church

First mass was celebrated in the Gold Diggers Arms hotel on the corner of Piper and Ebden Streets in 1852. Building of the present church commenced in 1857, dedication 1861 by Bishop Goold. It was finally completed in 1869 by William Wardell. It has a fine ceiling, and the beautiful stained glass windows and church furnishings were donated by local families. The original marble altar is made of Sicilian marble. The 14 Stations of the Cross were carved in Munich, Germany, and installed in 1868. The church is built of bluestone quarried on and near the site, the builder being Andrea Stombuco, a sculptor, builder, and architect from Florence.

Charles Hansome, architect.

"If men KNEW what ETERNITY is, they would do EVERYTHING to CHANGE their LIVES."

— Message from Our Lady of Fatima to Blessed Jacinta Marto, 1920

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Basilica di Domenico, Bologna Madonna of the Rosary, after a design by Guido Reni (1632)