BENDIGO : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   Cathedral Church of St.Paul
   Myers Street,
     between Mitchell & Williamson Streets
   Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
   LL: S 36.76211, E 144.28269

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*Contact:

   Greg McKerlie, Cathedral Property Mgr
   E: stpaulscathedral@impulse.net.au

      Verify the current ringers' contact(s) at the ANZAB Website.

*Schedule:

   None - church closed indefinitely due
   to structural problems.

*Remarks:

   Recast bells hung lower in the tower
   than original, and rung from a higher
   level.  Also a chiming apparatus.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   Some bells were recast or replaced in 1964
     by Whitechapel 
   Prior history:
     In 1873, the instrument was begun with  8 bells
       by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1988

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The ANZAB Webpage about this ring has at least a photo of the tower, and possibly additional information.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Australia.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 24-Nov-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/11/19
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/17

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