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This month in South Australia’s history

St Patrick’s Church is constructed
St Patrick’s Church is constructed

The foundation stone for Adelaide’s first Catholic church, St Patrick’s, was laid in December 1845. It was the principal place of Catholic worship in Adelaide until St Francis Xavier Cathedral opened on Wakefield Street in 1858. A tower designed by architects Wright & Hamilton was added in 1876.
The Church of Christ is opened
The Church of Christ is opened

A chapel was constructed on the north side of Grote Street for the Church of Christ congregation led by Thomas Magarey. The low building, with its plain stucco façade and belfry, was opened on 14 December 1856. A Sunday school was built to the rear and east of the church in the mid 1880s. It was demolished in 1940.
Arrived in Darwin

On 10 December the Vickers-Vimy touched down in Darwin, claiming the prize money for the first flight from London to Australia in under 30 days.