Description All Saints Anglican Church, Yandilla

headstone of charles alfred owen, died 1864

located on road between toowoomba millmerran, saints church highly visible in flat landscape. gothic influenced timber building on low stumps clad pit sawn weatherboards. roof steeply pitched, clad corrugated iron , topped louvred belfry , slender spire @ western end. painted white outside, was. church entered porch on southern side of building. on northern side small vestry sheeted in vertical timber boards. interior oiled timber , lit plain lancet windows, set of 3 lancets windows set stained glass in chancel. connected eastern end of church through gothic arch , visually separated main body of church smaller scale. stained glass windows in memory of reverend william gore above altar , depict christ king. 2 oak prayer desks , chairs heavily carved cherubs, lions etc. set on either side of chancel. church otherwise furnished.

there 95 burials ranged around church dating between 1864 , 1982. earliest burial of yandilla manager , partner, charles owen, murdered @ owen s scrub, yandilla on 29 april 1864. of graves have railings , memorials include work of masons r.c. ziegler, bruce brothers, j.h. wagner , bailey (toowoomba). elaborate grave, has ornate ironwork, of harriet gore, wife of francis gore. there mature trees in grounds, including bunya pine. churchyard surrounded simple post , top rail fence.