48 - 50 Rothwell Road
Little River, Victoria, 3211

Christ Church Little River

Christ Church is situated between Werribee and Lara and is deemed Semi Rural.  We are a small, relaxed and friendly group, meeting on Sunday afternoons at 4pm in the quiet space between the business of the weekend and the rush of the week.  

Before Christ Church, Church of England (now Anglican Church) was opened on its present site in 1893, the original church for this district was St James Wurdi You Yangs built in 1877, at the foot of the You Yangs along the Little-River Ripley Road.  The architect was Colonial Marine Architect Mr. Robert Huckson.

The trend of growth in the district around that time was to congregate close to the Railway Station thus forming the township of Little River.  As St James was remote from the homes of the parishioners they initially held their prayer services in the school building.  It was decided by the congregation to have the church moved to a site more central to Little River.  Mr Alex Drysdale and his brother-in-law  Mr John Eades demolished St James, and carted the blue stones down to its present site by horse and dray.  Christ Church was then  built and subsequently consecrated on the current site 22 December 1893.  Impressive features of the church building are the two stained glass windows.

The addition of a small red cedar timber building in 1996, which is able to serve a Sunday School/meeting room. This building includes a septic tank toilet and a kitchenette area.  The equipment shed was added in 2009.