St Matthew's Church, Marryatville Explained

St Matthew's Church
Denomination:	Anglican Church of Australia
Consecrated Date:	21 September 1849
Website:	www.stmatts.asn.au
Location:	146 Kensington Road, Marryatville, South Australia

St Matthew's Church is a heritage listed^[1] Anglican church in Marryatville, an inner eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It was established in 1848 and consecrated in 1849. It is adjacent to Marryatville High School.

History

The land for the church was donated in 1848 by the South Australia Company, who received it from George Brunskill. The church was consecrated on 21 September 1849.

Percy Grainger's parents, architect John Harry Grainger and Rose Annie Aldridge, daughter of a local hotel-keeper, were married in St Matthew's in 1880, and Percy's funeral was conducted there after his body was flown back from the United States in 1961.^[2]

The church was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate on 21 March 1978.^[3]

Grace Anglican Network

St Matthew's was as of 2021 part of the Grace Anglican Network,^[4] together with St Bartholomew's Church in Norwood (St Bart's Norwood). The network was created in 2002.^[5] The church communities described themselves as "gospel-centred" and evangelical in theological stance.^[6], "St Bart's Norwood" makes no mention of St Matthew's on its website,^[7] but says it is transitioning to a new ministry team.^[8]

Rectors

• Mathew Hale^[9]
• Tim Harris^[10]
• Kevin Giles, a well-known contributor to discussions about gender roles and the Trinity, including subordinationism.

Cemetery

Notable South Australians buried on the grounds of St Matthews include:

• Colonel Peter Edgerton Warburton, noted South Australian explorer and police commissioner, who died in 1889. His eldest daughter married the only son of Augustus Short, the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide.
• Baroness von Oertzen, born Matilda Goulding, 1 January 1840, in Marlborough, Wiltshire, died 27 April 1864, in South Australia, ancestor of Baron Klaus von Oertzen.

Further reading

• "St. Matthews Church, Kensington South Australia 1848–1988 : an historical record of our parish in celebration of Australia’s Bi-Centenary and for those who follow us", Editor: Kevin Giles. Published 1988.

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Percy Grainger in Adelaide. Stephen Orr, writer. 25 June 2019.
3. 21 March 1978. 3 September 2019.
4. Web site: Make Jesus Known - Grace Anglican Network . Grace Anglican Network . 2 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210303130404/https://gracenetwork.asn.au/ . 3 March 2021 . dead . 17 February 2022.
5. Web site: Grace Brings Change to Adelaide . The Living Church . 10 June 2016 . 17 February 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220217054301/https://livingchurch.org/2016/06/10/grace-brings-change-adelaide/. 17 February 2022.
6. Web site: What We Believe . Grace Anglican Network . 15 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210815080832/https://gracenetwork.asn.au/what-we-believe/. 15 August 2021.
7. Web site: St Bart's Norwood . St Bart's Norwood . 14 January 2022 . 17 February 2022.
8. Web site: Ministry Team . St Bart's Norwood . 17 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220217055039/https://stbarts.asn.au/ministry-team . 17 February 2022 . unfit . 17 February 2022.
9. News: ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, KENSINGTON. . . South Australia . 12 April 1929 . 12 February 2019 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
10. In May 2008 became the first Dean of Bishopdale Theological College, New Zealand