Our ministers
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| York Street circuit1 | For Presbyterian ministers of St Peter's North Sydney, see their web site St Peter's opted to stay Presbyterian when the Uniting Church was formed in 1977 |
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1866
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William Bourne | ||||
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1867-68
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Robert Lamb | ||||
| 1869 | Samuel B. Rigby | ||||
| North St Leonard/North Sydney2 | |||||
| 1870-71 | Fredreck W. Ward | ||||
| 1872-73 | Edward J. Rodd | ||||
| 1874-76 | James G. Middleton | ||||
| 1877-79 | Charles Stead | ||||
| 1880-81 | Frank Firth | ||||
| 1882-84 | James E. Carruthers | ||||
| 1885-87 | William H. George |
Holtermann Street congregation began in 1886 as part of North St Leonard circuit |
North St Leonards3
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| 1888-89 | Edward J. Rodd | 1888-90 | H.A. Hutcheson | ||
| 1890-91 | W. Halse Rogers | 1893-1911 1899-1909 |
David Bruce4 W.H. Ash |
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| 1892-94 | Joseph Beale | ||||
| 1895-97 | James A. Nolan | ||||
| 1898-1900 | George Lane | ||||
| 1901-03 | Joseph Spence | ||||
| 1904-06 | W. Halse Rogers | ||||
| 1907-09 | W. Woolls Rutledge | ||||
| 1910-13 | Benjamin Dinning | 1911-39 | Alex Clark | ||
| 1914-15 | Frederick Colwell | ||||
| 1916-17 | James Colwell | ||||
| 1918-19 | Joseph Walker | ||||
| 1920 | Arthur H. Johnstone | ||||
| 1921 | Archibald Graham | Crows Nest circuit | |||
| 1922 | Claude L. Connor | 1922-23 | Archibald Graham | ||
| 1923-26 | J. Sweetnam Thomas | 1924-26 | William T. Dyer | ||
| 1927-29 | Albert E. Townsend | 1927-28 | Tom Ellison | ||
| 1930-33 | William R. Poole | 1929-32 | W. Mills Robson | ||
| 1934-37 | W. Waite Roger | 1933-36 | G. Stuart Udy | ||
| 1938-42 | Archibald Collins | 1937-41 | Victor T. Smith | 1939-45 | Colin Dyster |
| 1943-47 | Edward T. Chapman | 1942-46 | Charles Wheeler | ||
| 1948-50 | Kay Mason | 1947-48 | A. Edgar Walker | 1945-67 | Russell Scott |
| 1951-54 | John H. Sorrell | 1949 | Richard Piper | ||
| 1955 | Milford E. Southwell | 1950-52 | Albert E. Frede | ||
| 1956-59 | Jack G. Leonard | 1953-56 | Albert E. Frede | ||
| 1960-63 | Gloster S. Udy & Bernarr H. Stevens |
1957-61 | William E. Taylor | ||
| 1964 | Gloster S. Udy & Kenyon L. McDowell |
1962... | N. Lynford Smith | ||
| Crows Nest-North Sydney5 | |||||
| 1965 ...1965 1965-1967 |
Roy W. Hubbard N. Lynford Smith Noel Thomas |
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| 1966... | Roger Bush | ||||
| 1967... | N Keith Little | 1967... | Douglas Cole... | ||
| Renamed Northside Mission | |||||
| ...1970 ...1970 |
Roger Bush N. Keith Little |
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| 1971 | |||||
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| Holtermann Street | Shirley Road | ||||
| 1977- | …1981 | Douglas Cole | |||
| Ross Smith | 1982... | Moira Laidlaw | |||
| Two congregations, one minister | |||||
| ...1992 | Moira Laidlaw | ||||
| 1992... | Tom Plaizier | ||||
Combined at Shirley Road as
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| ...2004 | Tom Plaizier | ||||
| 2004-2012 | Michael Barnes | ||||
| 2013-2017 | Chris Udy | ||||
| 2018- | Michael Thomas | ||||
Northside Uniting Church
Crows Nest Uniting Church__________
1 The third minister in the York Street circuit (as listed) lived at St Leonards/North Shore
2 Originally known as St Leonards, renamed North Sydney in 1905
3 North St Leonards, changed to Crows Nest, and became Shirley Road congregation in the Northside Uniting Church (1977)
4 David Bruce was the third Moderator General of the Presbyterian Church of Australia (1903-05) while minister at Crows Nest. He was the oldest person (at 79) to be appointed in the period 1901-77, and the only person to have been also Moderator of the Prebyterian Church of New Zealand (1866-67)
5 at Holtermann Street, Crows Nest
Sources:
A Century of Service: Walker Street Methodist Church North Sydney 1865-1965
Uniting Church in Australia Northside Parish 1888-1988