43-592: Download coordinates as: Meringandan is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Meringandan had a population of 530 people. The town is located on the Darling Downs near Highfields , 19 kilometres (12 mi) NNW of Toowoomba . It is drained by the meandering Meringandan Creek which also formed the boundary between the Shire of Crows Nest and
86-661: 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
129-400: 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
172-794: A sheep run on the upper section of Gowrie Creek in 1841. They later took over the land to the north up to the Great Dividing Range, the Meringandan run, from C W Pitts. Henry Hughes severed the partnership with Henry Isaac in 1850; he moved to Westbrook run and Henry Isaac took over the Gowrie aggregation. Henry then took his brother, Fred Isaac (1820-1865), into partnership with him. Fred had reveled in Australian country life and had quickly become an accomplished bushman and station manager. In 1854, Fred, who had gone home to England for
215-534: A smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996
258-686: 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
301-446: A visit, married his half-cousin, Caroline Sophia née Sparkes (1835-1913), and then returned to run Gowrie. (Their mothers were half-sisters.) By 1860, Henry Isaac had had enough of the pioneering life, so he sold his share of Gowrie to Fred, and returned to England, where he died shortly afterwards. To help with financing the purchase of Henry's share of Gowrie, Fred entered into a partnership with Ernest de St Jean de Satgé (1834-1901), who
344-534: 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 was installed in that position on 16 December 2023. In 1858,
387-554: 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 is also heavily promoted by the diocese. The current Archbishop of Brisbane
430-565: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Anglican Bishop of Brisbane The Anglican Diocese of Brisbane , also known as Anglican Church Southern Queensland , is based in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. The diocesan bishop's seat
473-545: Is the gateway to Cooby Dam . Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means
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#1732801109145516-478: 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
559-674: 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
602-495: 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
645-1149: The Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
688-463: The Shire of Rosalie and separated it from neighbouring Meringandan West The name Meringandan is a corruption of the aboriginal words, Moorin meaning fire and Gandan meaning clay . Therefore, Meringandan means 'place of fire and clay'. Following the settling of the Leslie brothers at Toolburra , near Warwick in 1840, Henry Hughes (1816-1882) and Henry Isaac (1816-1862) occupied Gowrie as
731-465: The vestry 12 by 14 feet (3.7 by 4.3 m) and the porch 7 by 8 feet (2.1 by 2.4 m) with 14 feet (4.3 m) high walls. Inside there was an elevated cedar pulpit . At the beginning of the 1900s, the Court House was moved from Cabarlah and erected at Meringandan. Before 1900, the farmers' wives baked their own bread, but early in the century a bakery was established by O. Wuersching,
774-440: 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
817-853: 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
860-545: 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 the apse were donated by Bishop Tufnell. In 1866, there
903-573: The Church of England, the Congregational Church, and the Church of Christ built Churches. After being thrown open for selection in 1872, the land was soon occupied. The township grew rapidly. General stores were erected, and hotels were built, "The Criterion"; "Farmers Arms". Blacksmiths were kept busy, and so were the butchers. Meringandan State School opened on 24 January 1876. It was built during 1875 by Jack Maag. Isaac John Thomas
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#1732801109145946-509: 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
989-667: 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
1032-620: 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
1075-611: 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
1118-591: 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
1161-544: The estate. The Lands Alienation Act of 1868 meant that the Meringandan portion of Gowrie Station was resumed and thrown open for settlement. Many German farmers emigrated to Queensland in the 1860s, some coming to the Darling Downs. Many families in this district are of German descent. These pioneers were amazed that the minimum amount of land they could select was 40 acres (160,000 m). The German settlers congregated in their little slab church, built in 1870. Later
1204-473: The farmers did their own carting, but well known carriers were Jack Wieck, Herman Lau, George Klein and Jack Lange. In the early 1900s a line of teams stretching a distance of half a mile, waiting to load or unload at the railway station, was a familiar sight. But the construction of the Haden railway line to Haden in 1910 reduced the need to use Meringandan's railway station; meanwhile the use of motor transport
1247-527: The first baker employed being Walls. Brigalow Park Provisional School opened on 17 October 1910. On 1 May 1912 it became Brigalow Park State School. It closed on 13 April 1962. In the 2011 census , Meringandan had a population of 305 people. In the 2016 census , Meringandan had a population of 487 people. In the 2021 census , Meringandan had a population of 530 people. There are no schools in Meringandan. The nearest government primary schools are Meringandan State School in neighbouring Meringandan West to
1290-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
1333-584: 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
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1376-420: 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
1419-817: The west, Geham State School in Geham to the east, and Highfields State School in Highfields to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Highfields State Secondary College in Highfields to the south-east. Meringandan has a country pub, convenience store and a butcher. There are two parks. Library services in Meringandan are provided by the Toowoomba Regional Council's mobile library service. The van visits Meringandan State School and Meringandan Produce Store every Thursday. It has an annual rodeo which many people attend. It
1462-491: Was Caroline's second cousin. In 1865, Fred Isaac died, the estate was sold to George King and the debts owing to Henry Isaac and Ernest de St Jean were settled. George King's sons initially continued to manage the property for sheep raising but later also bred horses for the Indian remount trade. It is local folklore that the first white child born in the Meringandan area was Eliza Hunt, her father being an overseer and stockman on
1505-405: 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
1548-517: Was appointed the first head teacher of the school. The enrolment for that year was 80 pupils. It is now within the suburb boundaries of Meringandan West . A branch railway line was constructed from Toowoomba to Cabarlah , the first train running in September, 1883. As Meringandan had a railway station, the settlers in the Goombungee and Haden areas used it to forward their goods. Most of
1591-526: 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
1634-667: 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
1677-496: 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
1720-419: Was increasing. Following the closure of the railway yards, the railway station was replaced with a park. St Gregory's Anglican Church was consecrated on Sunday 12 September 1886 by Bishop William Webber . It was located on a 1-acre (0.40 ha) piece of land near the railway station, donated by Mr Foland. It was built by Mr Maag and was 18 by 38 feet (5.5 by 11.6 m) and could seat 150 people. In 1905, it
1763-549: 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 )
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1806-412: Was relocated to Kingsthorpe where it was re-consecrated as St Gregory's by Archbishop St Clair Donaldson on 20 October 1905. It closed circa 1982. On Sunday 2 February 1896, a new Lutheran church opened replacing the previous one that had become dilapidated over its quarter century of use. The new church was built by L. Goebel and Son of Gomoran. The church was 40 by 20 feet (12.2 by 6.1 m) with
1849-586: 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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