Corpus Christi Church, Nundah
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Building and gardens in 2015
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| Location | 136 Buckland Road, Nundah, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°24′14″S 153°03′27″E / 27.404°S 153.0575°ECoordinates: 27°24′14″S 153°03′27″E / 27.404°S 153.0575°E |
| Design period | 1919 - 1930s (interwar period) |
| Built | 1925 - 1926 |
| Architect | Hennessey, Hennessey, Keesing and Co |
| Architectural style(s) | Romanesque |
| Official name: Corpus Christi Church | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 6 July 1995 |
| Reference no. | 601460 |
| Significant period | 1920s (historical) 1920s (fabric) ongoing (social) |
| Significant components | views to, furniture/fittings, views from, confessional, trees/plantings, church, garden/grounds, dome |
| Builders | Stanley Samuel Carrick |
 Location of Corpus Christi Church in Queensland
Location of Corpus Christi Church in Queensland
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Corpus Christi Church is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic church at 136 Buckland Road, Nundah, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Hennessey, Hennessey, Keesing and Co and built from 1925 to 1926 by Stanley Samuel Carrick. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 6 July 1995.
The Corpus Christi Church was constructed in 1925-1926, for the Roman Catholic parish at Nundah, who formerly practiced in a small timber church on another site. The church was constructed under the guidance of the then Archbishop James Duhig, who promoted Catholic presence in Brisbane by exploiting prominent sites, to produce landmarks. Corpus Christi may have been designed as a scale model for the Holy Name Cathedral which was in the planning stages at this time. The architects for the project were Hennessey, Hennessey, Keesing and Co.
Settlement in the Nundah area began with a Moravian mission set up for Aborigines in the area in 1838. Although the mission was closed by 1848 many of the missionaries and their families remained in the Nundah area. In the 1860s a strong German presence was felt in the area, particularly as a result of immigration. The first Lutheran and Methodist services in Queensland were held in Nundah.
It was not until 1903 that the catholic community in the area, who attended church at Wooloowin, Sandgate, or inner city areas, met to discuss the construction of a church. On June 19, 1904, Archbishop Robert Dunne blessed The Church of the Real Presence, and spoke of the momentous occasion, which saw the opening of a Catholic church in what was the birthplace of Protestantism in Queensland. The church cost £600, which was paid off before the opening and was located on the corner of Duke Street and Buckland Road.
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