Modern Australian

Uneasy heritage: Australia’s modern church buildings are disappearing

  • Written by Lisa Marie Daunt, PhD Candidate in Architecture, The University of Queensland
Uneasy heritage: Australia’s modern church buildings are disappearing Good Shepherd Chapel (c.1969, architect: A. Ian Ferrier) in Mitchelton, Brisbane, was demolished in 2004.Ferrier Slide Collection, used with permission, Author provided

In the post-war decades, Australian communities invested heavily in church buildings. Like civic centres, swimming pools and shire halls, these buildings made an important...