Churches of Tasmania

Cornelian Bay cemetery opened in 1872 after four of Hobart’s cemeteries were condemned as health hazards. Some, but not all bodies were exhumed and reinterred at Cornelian Bay. The cemetery was originally divided into sections for religious denominations: Church of England, Catholic; Presbyterian; Jewish; Quaker; Baptist and Independent. A War Grave and Pauper section were also established. It is estimated that there has been 100,000 burials and 60,000 cremations at Cornelian Bay. The layout of the cemetery was planned by Hobart architect, Henry Hunter, who was one of the original trustees of the Cemetery Board established in 1866. Hunter’s original plan proposed that each religious denomination would be allocated land for their own mortuary chapel. However, only a non-denominational mortuary chapel and a Jewish mortuary ‘Receiving Hose’ were built. In June 1872 Hunter submitted plans for a chapel which included a “temporary wooden edifice” until a permanent stone building could be...

Rocherlea is an outer northeastern suburb of Launceston. The area was previously known as Rocher’s Lane, which was the location of Rocklands, a house built by Charles Rocher, a barrister of the Supreme Court. The suburb was developed in the 1960s with the construction of public housing. The House of Prayer Bible Fellowship International is a non-denominal church located in a former supermarket on Blackwood Drive. The church was founded by Pastor Abdul-Karim Kamara. The congregation met at a number of locations before it found a permanent home at Rocherlea in 2015. A feature of the church is its multicultural character with members of the congregation drawn from across the globe and this is reflected in the church’s name.  Additional information about this church is welcomed as all articles are continually updated. I can be contacted through this page or my Facebook page "Churches of Tasmania" which is linked here: Churches of Tasmania . Sources and links: The Examiner, Sunday...