9 Royal George Road

Royal George TAS 7213

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HISTORY - No. 697 - Royal George - St Paul's Mission Hall
Royal George is a village in northeast Tasmania on the St. Pauls River and lies appro 15 kms southeast of Avoca. The township is named after the Royal George Mine which began operations in 1912 following the discovery of tin in the early 1890s. Royal George has had only a single church, St Pauls Anglican Mission Hall. The origins of the Mission Hall date back to May 1915 when Bishop Reginald Stephen visited Avoca for a confirmation service. It was on this occasion that Rev. C. Cox (Fingal) introduced the Bishop, and the Rev. J. Taylor (Avoca). In the course of his remarks he brought under the Bishop's notice the necessity of a room to hold service in at the Royal George.

Progress was soon made to this end with a fundraising event to establish a place of worship at the settlement. In July 1915 the Daily Post reported: A social was held at the Royal George Tin Mine on Wednesday night.the proceeds which amounted to 2, will be donated to a fund to build a room to hold church services, and also to be used as a school which is much needed here.

By the February 1916 the building had been completed although fundraising was still underway. The Launceston Examiner reported: February 19, 1916, will be a red-letter day in the annals of the St. Paul's Valley, as on that date a fair was held in the building to be used for divine service, Sunday school, and day school. The function was highly successful, the handsome sum of 42 being realised. The Rev. F Taylor, in the course of a brief speech, stated that the whole of the erection of the structure was voluntary, and asked Mrs. Cox to open the fair. A large amount of bunting was hung throughout the building, and the many ferns and greenery interspersed with flowers of every hue, helped to give the interior a gay and bright appearance.

In the following year the Bishop, Dr Stephen, visited Royal George to dedicate the Mission Hall in a ceremony on 2 October 1917. As a small and remote community, newspaper reports concerning the Hall are few and far between. With the cessation of mining activity, Royal Georges population declined yet the Hall continued to function until 1988 when it closed and was subsequently sold.

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