St John's Church, Rockhampton, Anglican church in Berserker, Rockhampton, Australia.
St John's Church is a small Gothic-style timber building on Ford Street in Berserker, North Rockhampton. It has a gable roof with cross finials and was enlarged in 1916 with a sanctuary added to its eastern end. The exterior was clad in fibrous-cement sheeting for its 50th anniversary in 1962.
The original mission room was established in 1896 to serve the South Sea Islander workers who had arrived in the region. The present building was constructed in 1912 to replace this earlier structure and better accommodate the growing community.
The church's name comes from St John's Mission Room, built on this land in 1896 by the South Sea Islander community with their own materials and labour. Frank Solomon, born in the Solomon Islands, was a lay reader who led Sunday afternoon services and sat on the first church committee in 1912. Gifts from the people of Menapi in Papua include a clam-shell font on a carved pedestal.
St John's Church stands at 278 Ford Street in Berserker, North Rockhampton, set back behind a fence completed with the building in October 1912. The front entry porch was later enclosed, and pine trees flank the entrance. Services have historically been held on Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings, so time a visit outside worship.
St John's has ties to the people of Menapi in Papua, who have several times dedicated gifts to the North Rockhampton church. Among them is a clam-shell font on a carved pedestal, one of the most notable gifts received.
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