No. 1640 - Triabunna - St Anne's Catholic Church (1869) - 'The Echoes of a Voice Still Forever'
Triabunna is a small town on the East Coast situated at the northern end of Spring Bay. It was established as a whaling station and was later used as a garrison town to service the Maria Island convict settlement. Triabunna is an aboriginal word for 'native hen'. Only two churches have been built at Triabunna. In 1909 a correspondent for Hobart’s Daily Post complained: “Judging from the small number of churches seen here, only two, the Anglican and the Roman Catholic, the spiritual side of the people is thoroughly neglected. There are supposed lo be fortnightly services held in the Anglican, and occasionally in the other. There are no Methodist, Presbyterian, etc., church to be found here as may be seen elsewhere. On the whole there is little or nothing done to encourage church going. The young fellows have to turn their attention to football on Sundays”. In the early1860s religious services for Anglicans at Triabunna were held in the Municipal buildings which were designed for...