Queensland Religious Places
(1903, SLQ 166437)
| Chinese Mission Hall | |
| Hamilton (Ching) Street, Townsville 4810 | |
| Anglican | |
| 1895 | |
| timber | |
| Demolished | |
| Brisbane Courier, 13 Feb 1903; Anglican Diocese of North Queensland Archives | |
| 1903 | |
| Demolished - destroyed in cyclone | |
| Date approximate. In 1899, Miss Florence Buchanan of Thursday Island, was invited by Bishop Barlow of the Church of England in Townsville, to work among the Chinese and Japanese children. A Japanese school was opened in Jubilee (now Synod) Hall, at the back of St James Cathedral, and a school for Chinese children was opened in the Mission Hall, constructed below Synod Hall in Ching St. The Japanese school continued at least until 1902 when Miss Buchanan returned to Thursday Island. However in 1903, Cyclone Leonta destroyed the Chinese church. |