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Pre 1851 - Bacchus Marsh was probably served by itinerant preachers from around 1847.

1851 - prefabricated iron church erected. Amongst the first parishes in Victoria, the land was donated by William Bacchus, son of Captain W H Bacchus after whom Bacchus Marsh is named.

1861 - iron church building consecrated

1857 - school established on site of current hall

1868 - Andrew Scott (later to become bushranger "captain Moonlight") attended as lay reader.

1876 - Foundation Stone Laid

1877 - Current Sandstone church opened