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History 

In 1803 the first C of E (Church of England) service in Southern Australia was held in sight of the You Yangs – what was to be part of Little River 3211. The service was taken by the Rev. Robert Knopwood at Sullivan Bay near the future site for Sorrento.
In 1842 – St James – Melbourne’s first C of E church was opened and in 1850 its second – St Paul’s Church – on the future site of today’s Cathedral of the same name. 
In 1857 Anglicans of Little River attended their first service at the You Yangs Parsonage and by 1877 their new bluestone church building was opened.
On the 13th June 1877 the Little River Anglican Church had its cornerstone laid with a silver trowel, had its Bishop preach of the widow’s mite and its architect illuminate a large crowd as to the location of coins of the realm by then deposited under the stone. The Reverend Alfred Caffin was Pastor of the Parochial District. The large choir conducted by Miss M’Cord sang before them. On the 16th December 1877 the “pretty little church” with seating for 80 was open for Divine worship but not at its present location. The same building yes but Rothwell Road no! By the early 1890’s the congregation resolved to move the bluestone church, then called St James and on Little River-Ripley Road, to the centre of town. They did – stone by stone. On the 22nd December 1893 his Lordship Field Flowers Goe DD, third Bishop of Melbourne, re-named and consecrated the relocated church. In 1877 there were hardly 170 residents in Little River. Today, there are 1,700 and in five years?           

The Communion Table

The Communion Table was dedicated by Rev. A.C.F. Gates, Vicar of Little River from 1923-1927 in the memory of the late Mrs. Terdich on May 17 1924
The gift was presented to the parish by Mrs J. Ball who at the time resided in Little River.
The Communion Table is a very handsome piece of work, executed in beautifully figured blackwood.
The design was copied from the memorial altar in the Lady Chapel of St Andrews Cross Clifton Hill, but slightly reduced in size.

170 Years of Reverends

Year                       Reverend                                    
1856 – (1875?) The Rev. Thomas Fullager
1875 - 1887     The Rev. Alfred Caffin
1877                H.L.Bishop James Moorhouse DD Φ
1887 – 1890    The Rev. H. Kelly
1890 – 1892    The Rev. W. G. Marsh
1892 – 1895    The Rev. W. E. Percival
1895 – 1898    The Rev. A. K. Kellaway
1898 – 1904    The Rev. H. W. Lane
1904 – 1908    The Rev. C. G. Brazier
1908 - 1911     The Rev. J. T. Redhead
1911 - 1916     The Rev. H. T. Fowler
1916 - 1917     The Rev. C. C. MacMichael
1917 - 1923     The Rev. J. S. Woods
1923 - 1927     The Rev. A. C. F. Gates
1927 - 1940     The Rev. W. E. Dexter
1940 - 1943     The Rev. G. L. Perry
1945 - 1949     The Rev. J. A. Rowell
1950 – 1954    The Rev. Lindsey Y. Pace
         


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Year                       Reverend 
1954 - 1956     The Rev. W. ‘Bill’ Carter 
1956 - 1960     The Rev. Robert L. Butterss
1960 - 1966     The Rev. A. L. Mills
1966 - 1974     The Rev. Fred Dearnaley
1974 - 1982     The Rev. Noel K. Cockings
1982 - 1991     The Rev. Bruce E. Hansford
1991 – 1991     The Rev Lesley R. Girvan Ļ
1991 - 1995     The Rev. John E. Swift
1996 - 2002     The Rev. Elizabeth A. Dean
1997                  Most Rv Archbishop Keith Raynor Φ
2002 – 2003     The Rev. B. E. Muller Ļ                        
2003 – 2003     The Rev. Noah Park Ļ              
2003- 2010      The Rev. Elaine E. Ryan
2010 – 2011     Father David Patterson Ļ         
2011-   2020    The Rev. Shirley Littras  
2020-    2021   The Rev. Lynne Clarke ​Ļ
2021-                 The Rev. Roxanne Addley 

KEY:    Ļ = Locum

            Φ = Visit by senior clergy   
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