Yesterday Today | How landmark CBD church slowly took shape

By Alan McRae
September 14 2020 - 5:30am
GRAND VIEW: Looking north over King's Parade some time after January 1942. Note the small pine trees in the centre.
GRAND VIEW: Looking north over King's Parade some time after January 1942. Note the small pine trees in the centre.

THIS week's image is a postcard photo looking north over King's Parade, with the Walshaw Hall and All Saints' Cathedral on the right. The gardens are well laid out. The photo is thought to be taken during World War Two. After January 1942, the park's lighting and the city's streetlights were not turned on due to the fears of being attacked from the air by Japanese aircraft. Note the small pine trees in the centre and compare them with their size today.

The first All Saints' Church in Bathurst took about four years to build from 1845 to 1848.

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