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=St James' Church, Sydney=



An introduction to Wikipedia: its purpose, mechanisms and context using the Featured Article St James' Church, Sydney as a case study and jumping off point. The article appeared on the main page of the encyclopaedia on St James' Day (25 July) 2014 when it was received 8580 page views. There are usually about 1500 page views per month.

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 * Children's Chapel, St James' Church, Sydney
 * Richard Hill (clergyman)
 * William Carr Smith
 * Wedding of Nora Robinson and Alexander Kirkman Finlay
 * The Australian and New Zealand Association of Bellringers

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 * The Rector and the QRpedia code outside the Children's Chapel

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