This collection of caches has nothing to do with the Church Micro series in the UK. Given that the Australian 2016 census indicates that No Religion and Jedi Knight are the fastest increasing classifications of the optional religion question "What is the person's religion?" it is not surprising that there is surfeit of empty churches that have been repurposed.
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This is the site of the former Stirling East Church of Christ.
A stone church typical of nineteenth century church buildings with pointed arch windows (with decorative timber mullions) and a simple gabled roof.
It seems that the first services for this particular religious group in this area were held in about 1865 in a school house. By that time, a number of the members of the church from the Hindmarsh region had moved to the Hills. The numbers were strong enough to warrant the founding of a building fund for a church, and this chapel (at what was then called Stirling East) was opened in 1869.
This religious group was always troubled by cost of this and other building works and the debt that had been incurred. Not only did the construction of their building cause the debt but also the assistance they gave towards the construction of a sister church in the Aldgate Valley in the 1880s.
Although the initial membership of the church was small, it slowly grew over the years with a high point in membership occurring during the period of the 1910s and in the 1940s. By 1967, membership was down to only 37.
This church has had an interesting history having been:
- a church
- a home (several times)
- a restaurant
- a Blockbuster video store
- a restaurant (again)
- a real estate office
- commercial offices
To find the cache:
Looking at the modern rendered wall facing the roadside, A = the number of rectangular vents.
Standing at the published co-ordinates, calculate GZ by heading A x 3 metres on a bearing of 279 degrees.