*Location:

   Christ Church (Anglican)
   Woongarra & Maryborough Streets
   Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
   LL: S 24.86749, E 152.34725

   1972-77:
     (in storage)
   1892-1972:
     Passionist Monastery
     Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
   1889-92:
     Sydney [GPO], New South Wales

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Anglican Parish of Bundaberg
   *parcel:
     59 Woongarra Street
     Bundaberg Central, QLD 4670
   *postal:
     PO Box 275
     Bundaberg, QLD 4670
   T: (07)4151 3128   F: (07)4152 5408
   E: admin/@/bundaberganglican DOTorg

*Schedule:

   (unknown for this chime)

*Remarks:

   Tubular bells by Harrington, originally
   supplied to Sydney clockmaker
   Angelo Tornaghi in 1889, intended for
   the tower of the General Post Office,
   but he did not win the contract.  Tower
   has also contained a G&J bell since
   1935 (G, 1648#); augmented to a ring
   of 6 in 2018.

*Technical data:

   Chime with Ellacombe stand of  8 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1977
     with tubular bells by the maker cited in Remarks above 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

Building photo

Stock photo of bell tower

The ANZAB page about the tower includes a photo that shows some of the Harrington tubes near the 1935 bell, which is the tenor of the present ring of six.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of its maker.

Ranking among all tower tube instruments by size (number of notes).

Index to all tower tube instruments in Australia.
Index to all tower bell instruments in Australia, including the ring of 6 in the same belfry.

   This page was built from the database on 27-May-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/05/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/11/12