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This month in South Australia’s history

Flinders Street Baptist Church opens

This church symbolised the consolidation of a previously divided Baptist community in Adelaide under the leadership of the young and dynamic Reverend Silas Mead who was instrumental in the erection of the church between 1861 and 1863.

Stow Memorial Church opens

The foundation stone was laid by Alexander Hay on the 7 February 1865 and the church officially opened on the 12 April 1867. The building served as a memorial to Reverend Thomas Quinton Stow. Stow, the first Congregational Minister in the colony.

Prince of Wales Visit

The Arch was a gathering place for crowds welcoming the visiting Prince of Wales.