Stained Glass Windows
The windows, particularly those by Napier and Christian Waller, the magnificent Janusz Kuzbicki Glory Window, commemorating the ministry of Albert and Betty Church, are exceptional.
Also there are beautiful windows by Peter Ferguson, John Ferguson and Derek Pearse.
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About the Artists
List of Services
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Napier Waller
Mervyn Napier Waller CMG OBE was a noted Australian muralist, mosaicist and painter in stained glass and other media.
He was born on June 19, 1893 and died on March 30, 1972.
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Christian Waller
Christian Marjory Emily Carlyle Waller was born on August 2, 1894 and died on May 25, 1954.
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John Ferguson
John Reginald Ferguson was born on October 31, 1923 and died on November 11, 2010 aged 87 years
An artist and designer who made significant contribution to Australia's stained glass modernistic style. His works are in many churches including St Andrew's Uniting Church, across the road from St Paul's in Frankston....two in the one street!
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Janusz Kuzbicki
Janusz Kuzbicki was born in Poland on 10 October 1954. He studied Fine Arts in Poland and France and married in France in 1979.
With his wife, he migrated to Australia in 1980, settling in Melbourne.
He established a professional art practice in painting, sculpture and ecclesiastical and architectural stained glass.
His major international commissions include the Centenary of Australian Federation stained glass window for St. George's Sacred Space, Windsor Castle, England. His work also forms part of St. Patrick's Catholic Cathedral in Melbourne and in Ballarat, Victoria, and St. Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne.
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Derek Pearse
Derek Sidney Pearse (1928-2007) was an Englishman who trained at Faith House,. London where he designed vestments, furnishings and other accoutrements to.
Derek Pearse R.S.A., Assoc. B.S.M.G-P. Melbourne Derek Sidney Pearse (1928-2007) was an Englishman who trained at Faith House, London where he designed vestments, furnishings and other accoutrements to worship, as well as stained glass. He immigrated to Australia in 1949 and was employed as a glass painter at Mathieson & Gibson, Melbourne. When that firm closed he completed a few commissions independently before gaining employment with Brooks, Robinson & Co. In 1956 he again set up on his own behalf, designing and making stained glass windows for all denominations, although a large proportion were for the Anglican Church and can be seen in St. Mark’s Fitzroy, St. Mark’s, Templestowe and Holy Advent, Malvern. See obituary, B. Hughes, Age, 27 July 2007
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Under the sovereignty of the one Creator, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who made all peoples in his own image,
we acknowledge our First Nations People, the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional custodians of this land upon which we meet.
We pay our respect to all First Nations People and pray for God's blessing on all Australians as we seek reconciliation and justice.
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