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Ebenezer
Historic 'Macquarie' town located on the banks of the
Hawkesbury River
Ebenezer is located 69 km north west of Sydney and only a
few kilometres from the larger centre of Wilberforce. It is
a typical, early 19th century village which straggles along
the roads rather than being compactly established around a
village centre.
Visitors to the area should continue through Wilberforce
on King Road (do not take the Singleton-Putty Road).
Ebenezer is a small and pretty village which can claim to
have the oldest standing Presbyterian Church in Australia
and the oldest existing school building in Australia.
The church was built in 1808-9 by Scots, most of whom had
emigrated from London, and looks more like a crofterıs
cottage than a church. It is open from 10.00 a.m. - 3.30
p.m. daily. The history of the church is interesting. The
area was settled in 1803 by a number of free settler
families who sailed to Australia on the Coromandel in 1802.
They were not all Presbyterians but one of their number,
James Mein, was an elder of Galashiels kirk and he started
holding informal services in his house at Portland. Out of
these meetings grew the desire to build the church at
Ebenezer. There was a plan to build a schoolhouse at the
same time and it seems the original church was divided with
half the building being used as a schoolhouse and the other
half as a place of worship. The schoolmaster's residence is
now used to serve Devonshire teas.
It should always be remembered, when absorbing history
such as that at Ebenezer, that nearly every historic
building has been tampered with. Ebenezer Church is no
exception. The stone entrance porch was added in 1929 and
the eastern vestry is as recent as 1966. The cedar bookcase
in the porch belonged to the first minister, Dr John
McGarvie, who lived in Ebenezer from 1826-1831.
Things to see:
Ebenezer Church
Now known as Ebenezer Uniting Church it is the oldest church
in Australia. Its restoration has been done with much care
and a recognition of the church's importance. It is still
used and worshippers can attend a Sunday service at 8.30
a.m. While the church seems to have been completed between
1807-9 it was not finally fitted out until 1817. Its
location on the banks of the Hawkesbury is particularly
beautiful.
John Turnbull's House
From Ebenezer Church and Schoolhouse it is necessary to
return to Tizzana Road and proceed towards Tizzana Winery.
It is worth searching for the house of Turnbull which is
behind new houses opposite the golf course. This house,
which dates from around 1820, was built on an 1804 grant by
John Turnbull, an enthusiastic supporter of the church at
Ebenezer. The house was used by the famous Presbyterian
minister, John Dunmore Lang, when he preached at Ebenezer in
1823-24. It is a gracious and impressive house which has
been sympathetically restored. It is not open to the public.
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Tizzana Winery
Continue along Tizzana Road until you reach Tizzana Winery.
The winery promotes itself as 'a touch of Tuscany on the
banks of the Hawkesbury River'. The large stone winery was
built in 1887 by Dr Thomas Henry Fiaschi (he was a
distinguished doctor who is remembered by the huge and much
loved bronze boar outside Sydney Hospital) who had emigrated
to Australia from Florence in 1875.
Fiaschi was a strong advocate of the judicious use of
wine. He told a meeting of the Australian Trained Nurses
Association in 1906 that 'I consider the temporate use of
wine a valuable support to healthy man in this thorny path
of life, and that the judicious use of it has proved itself
to me of incalculable benefit in the treatment of the sick
and convalescent.' Spoken like a true wine grower.
The Tizzana winery is open for tastings and local wines,
as well as wines from other small vineyards, can be
purchased.
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