December 17, 2010

Nazareth Lutheran Church, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

In May 2000 Nazareth Lutheran Church, Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba, burnt down by arson attack. All that was left were the brick walls. The church had been built in 1896 for the Lutheran congregation of South Brisbane that had been founded in the 1860s. As with South Australia, there was an […]
December 17, 2010

Sommerville House Girls’ School, South Brisbane

This instrument was originally built for Waverley Methodist Church, Sydney, by A. Hunter & Son of London in 1888. In 1974, this instrument was acquired by the Old Girls’ Association of Somerville House.  Whitehouse Bros. replaced the original tubular pneumatic action by an electro-pneumatic action.  The instrument was placed in […]
December 17, 2010

Wesley Uniting Church Kangaroo Point

This charming organ was built in c. 1903 by B. B. Whitehouse & Co. It has mechanical action using backfalls. The church is a fine brick building two blocks from the Gabba cricket ground. The two manuals are on a common slider soundboard. The 4′ Principal and 2′ Piccolo were […]
December 17, 2010

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Woolloongabba

This organ was built for Holy Trinity by Whitehouse Bros. in 1930 in this magnificent building. Reginald Halse was the Anglican Archbishop of the day and he had brought back two designs from a holiday in Southern Italy. The other design was used for Holy Trinity, Mackay. The Stopped Diapason […]