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BROKEN BAY
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PARISH OF ST CECILIA WYONG |
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FOUNDED 1914 |
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DIOCESE BROKEN BAY |
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| THE ATTRACTIVE LITTLE TOWNSHIP OF WYONG LIES ON THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY BETWEEN GOSFORD AND LAKE MACQUARIE. ONE OF THE OLDER SETTLEMENTS ON THE CENTRAL COAST, TODAY IT IS A GROWING COMMUNITY OF YOUNG FAMILIES. THE PARISH OF WYONG IS THE SECOND OLDEST ON THE CENTRAL COAST HAVING BEEN FORMED IN 1914 FROM GOSFORD. ORIGINALLY STRETCHING NORTH TO LAKE MACQUARIE TODAY IT COMPRISES IN ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF WYONG THE GROWING COMMUNITY OF TUMBI UMBI. NEXT |
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| THE HISTORIC PARISH CHURCH OF ST CECILIA WAS BUILT IN 1907 AS A STATION CHURCH OF GOSFORD. THE CHURCH REFLECTS THESE SIMPLE ORIGINS EVEN TODAY. IT IS IN ESSENCE AN AISLELESS HALL CHURCH WITH MATCHING EAST AND WEST ENDS. A SMALL STATUE OF THE PARISH PATRON IS CONTAINED IN A NICHE OVER THE WEST WINDOWS. NEXT | |
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 | OVER THE YEARS CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH WAS EXTENDED AT BOTH ENDS AND THE ORIGINAL SACRISTY CONVERTED TO A SIDE PORCH AND A NEW SACRISTY AND A CONFESSIONAL ADDED. A NEW WEST WALL ALSO REPLACED THE EXISTING WALL AND PORCH. IN RECENT YEARS A MODERN AWNING HAS BEEN BUILT OVER THE ENTRANCE AREA TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR WORSHIPPERS. A PRACTICAL TOUCH IS PROVIDED BY THE OLD FASHIONED METAL EXHAUST STACKS RISING FROM THE ROOFLINE. NEXT |
| THE CHURCH IS BUILT OF PLAIN BRICK WITH VIRTUALLY NO ADORNMENT. SIMPLE DECORATIVE BUTRESSES ARE PLACED ALONG THE SIDE AND ATTRACTIVE ROUND HEADED LANCETS WITH SOME EARLY 20th CENTURY STAINED GLASS PROVIDE THE ONLY REAL DECORATION. A WOODEN CROSS SURMOUNTS THE EAST GABLE. THE EAST END IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE WEST WITH A PLAIN WALL AND THREE LANCETS. HERE HOWEVER THE CENTRAL LANCET IS HIGHER THAN ITS TWO NEIGHBOURS. THE SACRISTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED WITH AN ADDED LEAN-TO. AS A RESULT OF THIS ADDITION THE ENTRANCE TO THE SACRISTY FACES THE BACK RATHER THAN THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH. NEXT |  |
 | ONE OF THE RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH HAS BEEN A MEMORIAL WALL BUILT IN THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE SIDE PORCH AND THE SACRISTY TO HOLD THE ASHES OF THE DECEASED. IN THE BACKGROUND CAN BE SEEN ONE OF THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS. TOP STATION CHURCHES |
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| CHURCH OF ST JOHN FISHER, TUMBI UMBI | |
 | THE COMMUNITY OF TUMBI UMBI LIES ON THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF THE TUGGERAH LAKES. IN RECENT YEARS IN COMMON WITH MANY CENTRAL COAST COMMUNITUES IT HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT POPULATION GROWTH. AS A RESULT A SCHOOL AND STATION CHURCH WERE OPENED THERE IN THE 1990's. THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN FISHER, MARTYR OF THE ENGLISH REFORMATION, WAS OPENED IN 1988. IT IS A SIMPLE CEMENT BRICK BUILDING WITH PLAIN RECTANGULAR WINDOWS AND A TENT-LIKE STEEPLE AND CROSS OVER THE SANCTUARY. TOP STATION CHURCHES HISTORIC CHURCHES |
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| TUMBI UMBI ST JOHN FISHER'S SCHOOL |
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| PARISH SCHOOL OF ST JOHN FISHER, TUMBI UMBI | |
 | THE PARISH PRIMARY SCHOOL OF ST JOHN FISHER WAS OPENED IN 1988 TO PROVIDE FOR THE GROWING NUMBER OF YOUNG FAMILIES IN THE TUMBI UMBI AREA. BUILT IN AN ATTRACTIVE BUSHLAND SETTING IN A MODERN STYLE IT IS TYPICAL OF THE CURRENT EDUCATIONAL IDEAS. IT IS PART OF AN EXTENSIVE PARISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM COMPRISING TWO PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND A HIGH SCHOOL. TOP STATION CHURCHES HISTORIC CHURCHES OTHER BUILDINGS |
