Stained Glass Window at Camberwell St. Mark's Anglican Church

Burke Road, Camberwell, BOROONDARA CITY

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Camberwell St Mark's Anglican Church, New Guinea Martyrs, Joseph Stansfield 1972

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  • Stained Glass Window at Camberwell St. Mark's Anglican Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Camberwell St. Mark's Anglican Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Camberwell St. Mark's Anglican Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Camberwell St. Mark's Anglican Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Camberwell St. Mark's Anglican Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
  • Stained Glass Window at Camberwell St. Mark's Anglican Church - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
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  • Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements

    Stained Glass Window at Camberwell St. Mark's Anglican Church - Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements

    Margaret A. Hookey, St. Mark's Camberwell, the first seventy-five years, Vestry of St. Mark's, Camberwell, 1988, p.90; http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2663255.htm; http://www.leatherheadweb.org.uk/warmemorials/stj_redlich.htm

    Memorial Window Subject

    Stained Glass Window at Camberwell St. Mark's Anglican Church - Memorial Window Subject

    St. Stephen and the New Guinea Martyrs

    Memorial Window Text

    Stained Glass Window at Camberwell St. Mark's Anglican Church - Memorial Window Text

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    Memorial Window Inscription

    Stained Glass Window at Camberwell St. Mark's Anglican Church - Memorial Window Inscription

    These windows depicting St. Stephen and New Guinea Martyrs are erected to the glory of God and in meditation for fifty years of faithful service to the church of William Lambert Armstrong

    Memorial Window Description & History

    Stained Glass Window at Camberwell St. Mark's Anglican Church - Memorial Window Description & History

    St. Mark's Church designated the south aisle of the nave as a warriors' chapel, commemorative of war. Each of the two-light windows in the nave depicts a saint from the Bible with a modern martyr. This window wasdesigned by Joseph Stansfield. Standing at the west end of the aisle, it was dedicated by the former Primate of Australia, Archbishop Sir Philip Strong, on 13 February 1972.

    A representative of the New Guinea martyrs, Anglican priest, Father Vivian Redlich was the subject of the window, depicted with a nurse at either side. During the Second World War this group of priests and nurses stood by their native flock at Gona, rather than take the opportunity to return to safer soil in Australia. Although the unusual backdrop shows the martyrs being taken by Japanese soldiers it has emerged since that Vivian Redlich was probably betrayed and killed by members of the Orokaiva tribe with whom he and the thirteen others in the missionary group had taken shelter.

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Vic War Heritage Inventory - Stained Glass Memorial Windows Study

    Author: Bronwyn Hughes
    Year: 2013
    Grading: Local

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