HOLY CROSS CATHEDRAL
GERALDTON, WA ANGLICAN
PAUL SCOTT
We shall walk around the outside of the Cathedral, and then investigate the interior. This plan is a Cathedral publication, and shows items of interest by number. For completion, we shall add these numbers in square brackets, so identifying their location.
A brief history of the Cathedral is given below. However, if you wish to begin your tour of the Cathedral immediately, tap / click on START . You can also access intermediate points in the tour by a tap / click on the following links:
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HISTORY
[Wikipedia]
The Anglican Diocese of North West Australia is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese covering 2 million km² of Western Australia, north of Perth, is geographically the largest Anglican diocese in Australia and the largest land-based diocese in the world. The population of the area is about 150,000 people.
The diocese has 18 parishes and three Mission to Seafarers ministries and the cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Geraldton.
The Diocese of North West Australia is noted for its low church conservative Evangelical stance and no women serve as priests.
History
The Diocese of Perth was established in 1857, but the Diocese of Northern Australia (which became known by the present name in 1961) was not brought into existence until 1910. Broome was the original seat of the Diocese, from 1910 to 1965, with the Church of the Annunciation the pro-cathedral.
Cathedral
The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, located in Cathedral Avenue, Geraldton.
The cathedral building was built in 1964 to a design by architects McDonald and Whitaker. The brick modernist style building has a star shaped footprint and is said to resemble Coventry Cathedral in England. Internally the Cathedral has extensive stained glass and an organ built by Allen Organ Company.
