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St Denys Anglican Church is a heritage-listed church at 17 Trevethan Lane, Amiens, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1923 to 1923. It is also known as Church of St Denys. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 3 August 2005. == History == The Church of St Denys is a small timber church built in 1923 to serve a soldier settlement at Amiens.〔 Under the provisions of ''The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act 1917'' land was resumed or set aside for returned soldiers. The intent of the act was to create a "land fit for heroes" and promote a yeomen farming class to aid in the more intensive farming and closer settlement of regional Australia. The schemes, while well intentioned, failed on the most part because blocks were too small to be economically viable. In the Stanthorpe Shire about 17400 acres was set aside for this purpose in the parishes of Pikedale and Marsh. Over 700 returned soldiers were allocated blocks in what become the Pikedale Soldier Settlement area. At the time the area consisted mostly of a number of small railway sidings with a store and/or post office.〔 In 1922 the Church of England Diocesan and the Soldiers' Church of England Help Society provided a grant to assist a the Reverend C D Gillman, a returned soldier, residing in Amiens to work on the soldier settlements. A church was built in 1923 from £335 sourced from the Soldiers' Church of England Help Society. The altar ornaments and frontal cloth came from the Australian base at Le Harve and are believed to originate from the Cathedral in Amiens, presented to the Church at Amiens, Queensland as a token of gratitude for the part played by Australian soldiers in France during the 1914-18 war, such as the Battle of Amiens. Additionally both the altar and credence table were donated to the church by the Ladies Guild, Palmer Green, London in 1923.〔 The modest nature of the church matches the modest means of the area and the fortunes of those soldier settlers who moved to Amiens. The church in this respect reflects the community it serves. The link between the church in Queensland and the wartime service in France of many of the congregation is reflected in the dedication of the building to the patron saint of France, Saint Denys. This link is further reflected in the gifts made to the church and demonstrates the lasting effects of this experience on those who returned.〔 Maintenance of the church has been undertaken by the St Denys guild, volunteers, many of which are decedents of the original soldier settlers. Currently the church does not have a resident priest, but is serviced as part of the Stanthorpe parish. Church services are irregularly held via public notice in the local Stanthorpe Border Post newspaper.〔 The church is very intact with only a new set of steps to the entry porch recently added approximately 10 years ago.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Denys Anglican Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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