Carapooee Community wins Pebble Church

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NORTH CENTRAL NEWS , 30th SEPTEMBER 2020.

This week marks are resounding win for community, in particular the Pebble Church Community Group antique coordinator of the community group, Johanna Medlyn.

After a week of negotiations with The Church of England, late Thursday afternoon the group was notified that they had secured the Carapooee former Saint Peter's Anglican Church, known as the Pebble Church, for the use and enjoyment of the community.

Negotiations are continuing on the terms of a confidential clause however, the group and it's large band of supporters paid a price higher than their first offer.

Johanna Medlyn said "we are elated, and busy working on becoming an incorporated association with the guidance of Michael Lowe, Solicitor.

"Then there is a big job of collecting the pledges and signing the contracts as we are forming a committee of management" Johanna said.

"We are looking forward to all the opportunities alongside other local and regional events to include the history of the Pebble church in having open days, and looking at it for venue hire for weddings etc, it also preserving and maintaining it "as is" is a huge priority of our group" Johanna said.

The Pebble church is heritage listed and has a deep connection with many families in the Carapooee district.

The mining ancestors of many local families carried the pebbles or rocks from the nearby Peter's Diggings for the outside walls of the church after the land was also donated by a local family. Their work and commitment has created a unique and notably attraction in this district that will now stay in community hands as a testament to the strength of what can be achieved when a community bands together, then and now.