Rev. J. Saunders’s Chapel, Sydney,…

Saunders, John (1806 – 1859) We are unable to locate any other example of this engraving or reference to it. Very rare. Saunders was a Baptist minister arrived in Sydney in 1834. Baptist services were begun first in York Street, then in a room attached to St James’s Church of England, known as the Court House Room. Services were held also at South Head lighthouse. Finally in 1836 the first Baptist chapel was built on land in Bathurst Street granted to a congregation of Baptists under the leadership of Rev. John McKaeg. source adonline