BATHURST - A : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   All Saints' Anglican Cathedral
   Church Street near William Street
     (opposite King's Parade)
   Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
   LL: S 33.418, E 149.580 

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Ringers' contact(s):

   (unknown)

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

*Contact:

   All Saints' Cathedral
   *parcel:
     3 Church Street
     Bathurst, NSW 2795
   *postal:
     PO Box 258
     Bathurst, NSW 2795
   T: 02 6331 4711   F: 02 6331 4347
   E: bxcathedral@ix.net.au

*Schedule:

   None - awaiting installation.

*Remarks:

   Originally a ring of 6 by Warner, cast
   in 1854 & hung in 1855; treble recast
   in 1860.  Removed to storage in 1970
   on demolition of the old building;
   refurbished in 1988 by Eayre & Smith,
   but not then hung.  Tenor replaced and
   2 trebles added by Taylor in 2004;
   original tenor now the service bell.
   Apr.2008: New tower under construction.
   Feb.2009: Bells dedicated before their
   installation.
   Oct.2009: Opening scheduled for 31st.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2009
     with bells made by Taylor in 2004 (except for 5)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2009

*Links:

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

The Cathedral Website is closely associated with a separate Website for the project to build a tower and hang these bells.

Interactive map of Bathurst city center, with carillon and cathedral (both on Church Street) shown at lower left corner

The initial phase of this work having fewer than 8 bells, it is not indexed by foundry.  (But see the Warner foundry index for other work by them.)
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor 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 10-Nov-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/09/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2009/11/03

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