St Boniface Anglican Cathedral, Anglican cathedral in Bunbury, Australia.
St Boniface Anglican Cathedral is a double yellow face brick building with a parapeted clock tower, an undercroft crypt, stained glass memorial windows and a gabled terracotta tiled roof. Its western elevation has a full-height gabled bay with a cross at the apex and a full-height stained glass window with stone tracery in the form of the tree of life. A double-height entrance porch framed by wide brick piers stands on the south side.
Consecrated in 1962, St Boniface Cathedral was the first Anglican cathedral built and consecrated in Western Australia in the 20th century, and the only war memorial cathedral in the state. It was the first Anglican cathedral erected in a regional area of Western Australia. The Heritage Council of Western Australia assessed it with Bishopscourt for the State Register of Heritage Places.
The cathedral is the only war memorial cathedral in Western Australia, and its stained glass memorial windows commemorate individuals. The precinct on Brent Tor also holds a Calvary Wayside Shrine and Memorial Lawn, where the cathedral's role as a place of remembrance is continued outdoors.
The cathedral is in central Bunbury and easy to reach on foot from the town centre. An adjacent community hall hosts events and gatherings, so it is worth checking what is on before you visit.
This was the first Anglican cathedral built outside a major city in Western Australia, and it also serves as a war memorial for the whole state. That double role, as a place of worship and a state-level tribute to those who served, is rare for a regional building.
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