40-508: Lawnton may refer to: Lawnton, Queensland , a suburb of the Moreton Bay Region of South East Queensland, Australia Lawnton railway station Lawnton, Pennsylvania [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
80-591: A mobile library service which visits Barclay Park on Nightingale Drive. Leis Park is on Leis Parade ( 27°16′31″S 152°58′43″E / 27.2754°S 152.9786°E / -27.2754; 152.9786 ( Leis Park ) ). It has electric barbecues and a boat ramp into the North Pine River ( 27°16′30″S 152°58′50″E / 27.27487°S 152.98047°E / -27.27487; 152.98047 ( Leis Park boat ramp ) ). The park and parade are both named after Carl Leis,
120-661: A Christian pacifist stance. According to the ABC, the diocese has close links to the legal establishment in Brisbane. This has led to public concerns about a serious conflict of interest. A conservative Anglo-Catholic parish, All Saints' Brisbane , joined the Forward in Faith movement in protest over the issue of the ordination of women and the diocese's refusal to provide alternative episcopal oversight. Archbishop Aspinall suspended
160-812: A St Thomas' Chapel within the new church. The old church was relocated to the Old Petrie Town open-air museum. The first railway bridge over the North Pine River from Lawnton to Petrie carrying the North Coast railway line was completed in 1888; it carried one railway line. Another bridge was built in 1913 to carry two railway lines. That bridge was replaced with another bridge completed in 2016 which can carry four railway lines. Lawnton State School opened in 1967. Pine Rivers Special School opened in April 1986. The area east of Gympie Road
200-400: A choir with children at Holy Trinity Church, Fortitude Valley . This led to public outcry. Although defrocked, "they were later allowed to keep reading to the congregation as what's known as a lector." The matter was referred to the diocese's professional standards board. According to an academic paper by Jonathan Holland, Archbishop Philip Strong had opposed 13 other bishops from around
240-583: A pioneer in the district. Lawnton Cemetery (also known as Mary Bray Park) is located on Norfolk Avenue ( 27°16′36″S 152°58′37″E / 27.2766°S 152.9770°E / -27.2766; 152.9770 ( Lawnton Cemetery ) ). Lawnton railway station provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane , Cleveland , Ipswich , Beenleigh and Springfield Central , as well as Kippa-Ring . Anglican Diocese of Brisbane The Anglican Diocese of Brisbane , also known as Anglican Church Southern Queensland ,
280-686: A strong ecumenical relationship with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane . The Anglican, Roman Catholic and Uniting churches perform some collaborative ministry and the Lutheran Church of Australia has been in discussions with them. However, the diocese only recognises church denominations with an episcopal form of government . In 2002, Aspinall suggested that the Uniting Church in Australia adopt such
320-518: Is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Lawnton had a population of 5,905 people. Lawnton is bounded on the north and north-east by the North Pine River , to the south-east by the South Pine River and Four Mile Creek. Brisbane–Woodford Road , concurrent with Gympie Road enters the suburb from the south ( Strathpine ) and passes through
360-541: Is a Youth Outreach Service by the Salvation Army which aims to get students who have disengaged with schooling to re-engage. There is no mainstream secondary school in Lawnton. The nearest government secondary schools are Pine Rivers State High School in neighbouring Strathpine to the south and Bray Park State High School in neighbouring Bray Park to the south-west. The Moreton Bay City Council operates
400-551: Is also heavily promoted by the diocese. The current Archbishop of Brisbane is Jeremy Greaves. The current assistant bishops are Cameron Venables (Bishop of the Western Region since 2014), John Roundhill (Southern Region since 2018) and Sarah Plowman (Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Brisbane and Bishop for the Northern Region from 2024). On 1 September 2023, Greaves was elected as the next archbishop, and
440-605: Is based in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. The diocesan bishop's seat is at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane . The diocese stretches from the south-eastern coastline of Queensland , down to the New South Wales border and west to the Northern Territory and South Australian borders. The diocese currently markets itself as "Anglican Church Southern Queensland" (ACSQ). The "Anglicare Southern Queensland" brand
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#1732797601714480-581: The 2021 census , Lawnton had a population of 5,905 people. The Lawnton industrial estate as well as retail and commerce establishments along Gympie Road provide local services and employment. Alluvial gravel and sand mining also occur in Lawnton. There have been recent industrial and retail developments in Lawnton. Lawnton State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Todds Road ( 27°16′54″S 152°58′29″E / 27.2818°S 152.9747°E / -27.2818; 152.9747 ( Lawnton State School ) ). In 2018,
520-478: The Australian Church Union 's 2006 Keble Mass . Despite the dominant liberal Anglo-Catholic ethos, there are a handful of low church parishes in a few of Brisbane's southern suburbs, such as Coorparoo . However the diocese's Anglo-Catholic orientation has rarely been questioned. The dean of the cathedral, Peter Catt , is the founder of A Progressive Christian Voice and is, according to
560-674: The Brisbane Time s, an advocate for same-sex marriage. He also chairs the diocese's social responsibilities committee. The Angligreen environmental group is also a significant voice in the diocese. Archbishop Aspinall observed that "Few Anglicans in Brisbane have any depth of knowledge of the Bible; few read or study the Bible regularly ..." Archbishop Aspinall supported English-born Brisbane priest and Saint Francis' lecturer, Josephine Inkpin, when she came out as Australia's first openly-transgender priest. Aspinall's letter indicated he
600-495: The Courier Mail , in 2015 the diocese's social responsibilities committee endorsed same-sex civil unions. A large number of priests in the diocese publicly support same-sex marriage. In 2022, St. John's Cathedral announced that it would offer blessings for same-sex unions. According to the Courier Mail and Brisbane Times , two convicted child sexual abuser priests attended church, perform lay reader duties and worked in
640-540: The Queensland Governor Anthony Musgrave laid the foundation stone for St Thomas’ Anglican church at North Pine (as the area was previously known). It was located on the corner of Station Road and Todds Road ( 27°16′58″S 152°58′54″E / 27.2828°S 152.9818°E / -27.2828; 152.9818 ( St Thomas's Anglican Church (former) ) ) on land donated by Stephen Lawn and built by James Todd. The church
680-440: The ABC, were purchased and blessed by Archbishop Aspinall before being installed on the cathedral's facade. Shortly before this, a storm warped one of the cathedral's walls, causing millions of dollars' worth of damage. Clergy trained in a variety of colleges and seminaries are active in the diocese. Those trained within it attend Saint Francis' Theological College , an affiliate of Charles Sturt University . The principal of
720-853: The Brisbane diocese was John Francis Stretch , who was consecrated at St Paul's cathedral in Melbourne in November, 1895. Stretch was the first Australian to be made a bishop for ministry in Australia (and his consecration service was only the second occasion that such a service had happened in Australia at that time). Among the previous assistant bishops of the Diocese of Brisbane were: Henry Le Fanu ( bishop coadjutor ), who became Archbishop of Perth and Primate of Australia; De Witt Batty (coadjutor, 1930–1931); Horace Henry Dixon (consecrated 29 March 1932 at St John's; coadjutor, 1932–1961); John Hudson served as coadjutor bishop from 1961; Ralph Wicks
760-509: The Diocese of Brisbane was subject to more complaints than any other Anglican diocese. In February 2018, a group of former students of the Anglican Church Grammar School called for an independent board to govern the school, saying that they no longer wanted the diocese to control church schools "amid concern about the handling of child sexual abuse cases and its dated school governance practices". The diocese has
800-667: The Sacred Advent was also founded in the city. According to the diocesan handbook, in keeping with the Anglo-Catholic nature of the diocese clergy must always wear a stole over the cassock or alb when celebrating the Eucharist (plain clothes or business suits are not allowed). Archbishop Phillip Aspinall is a liberal Anglo-Catholic of the Affirming Catholicism school and gave the keynote address at
840-672: The Southern until 2007; Ray Smith , Archdeacon of the Downs (Raymond Bruce Smith, not Raymond George Smith ) was consecrated 1 November 1996 to serve as assistant bishop for the Western Region; Rob Nolan was consecrated bishop on 27 June 2003 and served the Western Region until 2014; and John Parkes who became the Bishop of Wangaratta . Alison Taylor served as Bishop of the Southern Region from 2013 to 2017 and Sarah Plowman
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#1732797601714880-606: The apse were donated by Bishop Tufnell. In 1866, there was one archdeaconry: Benjamin Glennie was Archdeacon of Brisbane . The second bishop was Matthew Hale , who was translated from Perth in 1876. Hale was succeeded by William Webber . With the creation of the Province of Queensland in 1905, the Diocese of Brisbane became the permanent metropolitan see and its bishop the metropolitan archbishop . A bishops' house called Bishopsbourne (now Old Bishopsbourne )
920-641: The centre of the suburb in a south-north direction, exiting across a road bridge over the North Pine River. The Caboolture railway line ( North Coast railway line ) enters the suburb from the south (Strathpine / Bray Park ) to the west of the Brisbane-Woodford road and exits across a rail bridge over the North Pine River to the north ( Petrie ). The suburb served by Lawnton railway station ( 27°16′53″S 152°58′51″E / 27.2815°S 152.9809°E / -27.2815; 152.9809 ( Lawnton railway station ) ). The origin of
960-611: The college is Bishop Jonathan Holland. A motion put to the 2017 synod that would have allowed diocesan ordinands to study at the more evangelical Brisbane School of Theology , a historic "Bible college", was not carried. The diocese has a dominant liberal Anglo-Catholic ethos. Religious orders such as the Society of Saint Francis and the Oratory of the Good Shepherd have made Brisbane their Australian base. The Society of
1000-591: The country who had spoken out against Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War . Archbishop Strong had argued for National Service and vigorously defended Australia's support of America in Vietnam on the grounds that "Conflict at the right time and in the right place may serve the cause of ultimate world peace." At the same time, the priest in charge of the Chermside parish sought to dismiss curates who took
1040-416: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lawnton&oldid=969882198 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lawnton, Queensland Download coordinates as: Lawnton
1080-430: The national median of 37. 78.3% of people living in Lawnton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.1%, England 4%, Philippines 1%, India 0.9%, South Africa 0.6%. 90.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.8% Hindi, 0.5% Tagalog, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Spanish. In the 2016 census , Lawnton had a population of 5,658 people. In
1120-584: The priest in charge of the parish, David Chislett, after he was consecrated as a bishop by the Traditional Anglican Communion . In a speech to Federal Parliament, Peter Slipper declared, "I believe that this action by Archbishop Aspinall seriously brings into doubt his moral fitness to be the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane." In 2009, the diocese refused to revoke an age limit for child sex abuse claims, retaining
1160-420: The requirement that victims must sue the church before they were 21 years of age. A victim said it showed the church was protecting its money rather than its flock. Another victim stated that "[We] sue the diocese because of the overwhelming evidence that the diocese knew about the abuse and knew about the offenders yet did nothing to stop the abuse nor prevent further abuse." In 2015, a child abuse survivor who
1200-518: The school had an enrolment of 201 students with 58 teachers (49 full-time equivalent) and 62 non-teaching staff (41 full-time equivalent). YOS Lawnton is a private secondary (10-12) school for boys and girls at 27-29 Lawnton Pocket Road ( 27°16′59″S 152°59′06″E / 27.2830°S 152.9851°E / -27.2830; 152.9851 ( YOS Lawnton ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 50 students with 5 teachers and 11 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent). This school
1240-490: The school had an enrolment of 553 students with 40 teachers (33 full-time equivalent) and 27 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. Pine Rivers Special School is a special primary and secondary (Early Childhood-12) school for boys and girls at 10 Lawnton Pocket Road ( 27°16′58″S 152°59′02″E / 27.2829°S 152.9839°E / -27.2829; 152.9839 ( Pine Rivers Special School ) ). In 2018,
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1280-512: The suburb name is from an early property owner, the blacksmith Stephen Lawn. The property was acquired by Queensland Rail and was named Lawnton. Lawnton Cemetery was established in the 1880s on land donated by Carl Leis (1839-1926). Leis was a German immigrant who was a local farmer and also operated as a carrier to the Gympie goldfields using a barge to take goods across the North Pine River. On Saturday 25 August 1888, Lady Musgrave, wife of
1320-405: Was appointed Bishop of the Northern Region from 2024. The current assistant bishops are Cameron Venables (Bishop of the Western Region since 2014), Sarah Plowman (Northern Region since 2024) and John Roundhill (Southern Region since 2018). The Cathedral of Saint John was completed in 2005, after 100 years of construction. In 2015, a series of statues, costing $ 45,000 each according to
1360-526: Was aware "there are further transgender people involved in our wider diocesan life." Inkpin's wife, Penny Jones, was one of the first female priests in the United Kingdom. In 2020, Archbishop Aspinall supported another priest, Selina McMahon, in her transition. The State Library of Queensland interviewed Josephine Inkpin and her wife Penny about the intersection of gender, faith, religion and identity for their Dangerous Women podcast. According to
1400-667: Was built in Milton c. 1865 for Edward Tufnell. It was used by subsequent bishops and archbishops until Archbishop Philip Strong purchased the house Eldernell (formerly Farsley ) at 39 Eldernell Street, Hamilton , in 1964, renaming it Bishopsbourne . In April 2007, then Archbishop Phillip Aspinall sold the Hamilton residence for $ 11.2 million and moved to a residence in Ascot costing $ 2.6 million, which has also been renamed Bishopsbourne . The first co-adjutor bishop for
1440-496: Was consecrated 27 July 1973; Adrian Charles and Bruce Schultz were consecrated on 1 March 1983; George Browning was assistant bishop for the Northern Region, 1985–1992, then for the Coastal Region until he became Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn in 1993; John Noble and Ron Williams were consecrated on 29 June 1993 — Noble served the Northern Region until his 2002 election to North Queensland , and Williams served
1480-535: Was dedicated on St Thomas's Day 21 December 1888 by Reverend C.G. Robinson, Rural Dean of Brisbane . The pulpit from the Samsonvale Homestead was donated to the church by William Joyner. The church was last used in 1984. Its altar rails were re-conditioned for re-use in the new St Faith's Anglican Church in Strathpine , while the altar and other furnishings from St Thomas's were used to create
1520-500: Was installed in that position on 16 December 2023. In 1858, the Brisbane diocese was separated from the Diocese of Newcastle . Until then, the area had been under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Newcastle , William Tyrrell . In 1859, Queen Victoria appointed the diocese's first bishop, Edward Tufnell (1814–1896). Tufnell designated St John's Cathedral in Brisbane as the pro-cathedral. The central stained glass windows in
1560-568: Was previously known as Wyllie (named after Alexander James Wyllie) until September 1989 when the Queensland Government decided to incorporate it within the suburb of Lawnton. It was also the location of the World War II Petrie Airfield . In the 2011 census , Lawnton recorded a population of 5,356 people, 50.9% female and 49.1% male. The median age of the Lawnton population was 36 years, 1 year below
1600-586: Was threatening to sue the diocese, alleged to the Guardian newspaper that Archbishop Aspinall told him that litigation against the church would be sinful. Aspinall again denied the claims. In 2017, the diocese failed to meet two deadlines to pay another victim the compensation they were due. At the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in March 2017 it was reported that
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