Local Government
Chapman Valley
Region
Midwest
Chapman Valley Rd Yuna
Geraldton-Yuna Rd; Lot 14, Diagram D18476
Chapman Valley
Midwest
Constructed from 1967
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 17 Oct 2012 | Category 4 | |
Our Lady Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church has some local social significance for it role in the religious activities of the Yuna community. The building is evidence of how the local community can work together to achieve an end result.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church is of cream brick construction with a green concrete tile gable roof. The building has a combination of timber and aluminium windows and doors. The flat roofed enclosed entry porch is accessed via a side sliding door. The western wall of the entry porch features coloured glass. Overall the church is a very simple building of little architectural significance.
Between 1923 and 1930, an annual Catholic Mass was celebrated in Yuna by Father John Cyril Hawes. Hawes, the Parish Priest at Mullewa would ride his horse to the McGauran home in East Yuna where the Mass was celebrated. Between 1923 and 1963, Monsignor Irwin from the Northampton Parish celebrated Mass in the Rockwell Hall and also at the Nabawa church. Following the opening of the South Yuna School in 1929, Monsignor Irwin celebrated Mass there for people in the Yuna district. In 1963 Monsignor Owen C’Connor was appointed Parish Priest of Northampton and it was at this time that the idea of building a church in Yuna developed. A planned giving programme was organised and together with a generous donation of grain, enabled the church to be constructed. Charles Taylor donated the land and local parishioners donated their time. On 22 October 1967 the church, Our Lady Queen of Peace, was blessed and opened by the Most Reverend F.X. Thomas DD, Bishop of Geraldton. A large crowd was in attendance followed by a social evening at the Yuna Memorial Hall. Both Anglican and Catholic Church services are conducted in this building.
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| Vlahov, J; "In Search of Land: Stories of Yuna". pp 36-37 | Guardian Print, Geraldton. | 2002 |
Individual Building or Group
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| Original Use | RELIGIOUS | Church, Cathedral or Chapel |
| Present Use | RELIGIOUS | Church, Cathedral or Chapel |
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| Wall | BRICK | Common Brick |
| Roof | TILE | Cement Tile |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Religion |
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