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Tabernacle Cemetery

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Location	:	Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor City, Australia
Description	:	An acre of land was ceded from the Crown in 1840 to be used for a church and cemetery. The first known burial, also in 1840, was that of John Jagger, son of pioneer settlers Matthew and Mary Jagger. Built in 1846, the Tabernacle Church was named by it's founder, the Reverend Ridgway W. Newland, after his former parish church in Hanley, Staffordshire, England. The church was a small limestone building with a timber shingled roof, two French windows and a verandah on one side. Whale oil lamps and tallow candles were used for lighting. A granite memorial was erected... Read More	An acre of land was ceded from the Crown in 1840 to be used for a church and cemetery. The first known burial, also in 1840, was that of John Jagger, son of pioneer settlers Matthew and Mary Jagger. Built in 1846, the Tabernacle Church was named by it's founder, the Reverend Ridgway W. Newland, after his former parish church in Hanley, Staffordshire, England. The church was a small limestone building with a timber shingled roof, two French windows and a verandah on one side. Whale oil lamps and tallow candles were used for lighting. A granite memorial was erected in 1925 by the Newland family on this site of the church which was demolished in the early 1880s. City of Victor Harbor

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Tabernacle Cemetery is located at No GPS information available Add GPS30 Tabernacle Road, Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor City, South Australia, Australia Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor City ,South Australia , 5211Australia.
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