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| Garden Island Naval Chapel | |
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 The Naval Chapel at Garden Island | |
  Garden Island Naval Chapel Location inSydney | |
| 33°51′44.5″S151°13′40.8″E / 33.862361°S 151.228000°E /-33.862361; 151.228000 | |
| Location | Cowper Wharf Roadway,Garden Island,City of Sydney,New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Non-denominational |
| History | |
| Status | Chapel |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect | James Barnet |
| Architectural type | Chapel |
| Style | Victorian Italianate |
| Years built |
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| Official name | Rigging Shed and Chapel, Riggers La, Garden Island, NSW, Australia |
| Type | Historic listed place |
| Designated | 22 June 2004 |
| Reference no. | 105288 |
| Official name | Rigging Shed and Chapel, Riggers La, Garden Island, NSW, Australia |
| Type | Historic (defunct register) |
| Designated | 21 October 1980 |
| Delisted | Defunct register |
| Reference no. | 2173 |
| Official name | Sydney Harbour Naval Precinct |
| Type | State heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 12 November 2004 |
| Reference no. | 5055190 |
TheGarden Island Naval Chapel is a heritage-listednon-denominationalChristianchapel located in the heritage-listedGarden Island Naval Precinct that comprises anaval base anddockyard in the inner easternSydney suburb ofGarden Island in theCity of Sydney local government area ofNew South Wales, Australia.
Housed in a building designed byJames Barnet and built between 1886 and 1887, the chapel was established in 1902 after conversion from the formersail loft and is the oldest Christian chapel of theRoyal Australian Navy (RAN)[1] and hasstained glass windows and plaques from that era to the present. The chapel was added to theCommonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004[2][3] and theNew South Wales State Heritage Register on 12 November 2004.[1]
The building is the oldest on Garden Island, two-storey, built ofstuccoed brick with stone sills, arches and columns. The original loft floor of timber remains,caulked withoakum andbitumen.
Garden Island is on the southern shore ofPort Jackson, the proper name for the harbour at Sydney, Australia. It is second promontory east of theSydney Harbour Bridge.
TheRoyal Navy used the island from February 1788, just a month after Australia's colonisation by theFirst Fleet, as a garden for provisioning firstHMS Sirius and later the fleet based in the port. During the nineteenth century, the island became the support base for the fleet and various buildings were established including houses for senior staff.
The stone and brick Rigging building was built in 1887, on the shoreside shelf at the northern end of the island, in which the chapel was later established. The building bears the dedication "VRI 1887", alluding to its construction during the reign of QueenVictoria of the United Kingdom ("Victoria Regina Imperatrix"). The building now sits at the north-eastern end of the Captain Cook Dry Dock, which was constructed in the channel between the island and the mainland and connected the island to the mainland shore atPotts Point. The building has been restored, including the wrought iron swing cranes adjacent to each major upper doorway which were formerly used to get rigging to and from the upper floor. These doorways in the chapel are now stained glass windows. The main entrance is from the northern side.
The entrance from street level leads to the winding wooden staircase to the main chapel (right) and Chapel of Remembrance (left).
At the entrance are three stained glass windows representing:
On the wall opposite the entrance doors, midway on the stairs, is a map showing the places where RAN Honours have been won, with at each side the current and formerWhite Ensigns of the RAN.
The main chapel is on the upper level of the building, accessed by a winding staircase from the main entrance. The layout was formerly with two equal lines of pews, until the modernisation when the Chapel of Remembrance was constructed. At that time the original stairs were removed and a staircase was erected from the new entrance. The Chapel of Remembrance could also be incorporated into the overall design of the space.
The pulpit is shaped like the bow of a boat.
The chapel houses the laid up or decommissioned fleet monarch'scolours (standards) received by the RAN since its formation in 1911, from:
The current fleet colour is held at Fleet Headquarters,HMAS Kuttabul, whilst the location of the colour presented during the reign of King George VI is unknown.
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The main chapel has various stained glass windows, some naturally lit and others in cases with back-lights. This list circles the chapel to the right from the altar.
Right of altar:
Right wall:
Back wall & door:
Left side:
Behind the pulpit:
Left of altar
Plaques adorn the main Chapel in great number. Several poignant plaques are:
Two side chapels lead off the main chapel, at the right, one each forProtestant andCatholic worship. Both have access only from the main Chapel; the Catholic chapel is at the rear, the Protestant near the front. A door connects the two, and also gives access to a small robing room that is shared with the main chapel. Each chapel has seating for about 20 people with an altar andlectern.
The Chapel of Remembrance is accessed from the main entrance and then by several steps down, and occupies a portion of the area under the main chapel. It was officially opened on 25 August 1996 by Rear Admiral David Campbell,AM RAN, Flag Officer Naval Support Command, and dedicated by Principal Chaplains Michael Holtz AM RANR and Gareth Clayton RAN and Chaplain J.F.B. Connelly RAN.
The front wall is faceted to allow plaques to be placed on the wooden screens. Two rough-hewn posts stand in the body of the chapel. The altar is a simple wooden block of a sandstone plinth, standing on a raised area at the front wall.
Three windows are on the left wall:
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) underCC BY 4.0licence.A list of the Catholic dioceses, chapels, churches, and cathedrals in Australia. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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