Mystery Walk with Quiz

Start in the Church car park – Eastern end

1. Guess the age and height of the tallest gum tree in the back garden of the Rectory. (please view from the eastern end of the car park – do not enter Rectory!).

2. Can you spot a railway at the eastern end of the car park?

3. What times are the 'The Workshop' open? Hint – look up the website https://stmatts.asn.au/events/

Western area

1. On a memorial in the children's play area, who is named as a past Incumbent of the Church?

2. According to the quote on the headstone of Frederick Valentine de Mole, who will be saved?

3. Whose prayer is quoted on the headstone of Emilie Louise?

4. What bible quote is on the headstone of Alice & George Ernest?

5. What is the quote from the Bible on Edward Phillipps Meredith's headstone?
   Hint – near the gate.

6. Find the stone frog, and the age of the person buried here.

7. What is our plead quoted on Joseph Stilling's headstone?
   Hint – on the western fence, opposite the SW corner of the Church's western wing.

8. Can you find the headstone with German writing?

9. Which baroness is buried here?
   Hint – look opposite the German headstone.

10. How many pine trees are there in the Church's western lawned area?

Outside the Church on the northern side

1. Find the memorial with a stone bird near the northern end of the western lawned area. What is the middle name of the person on the plaque?

2. Who is the Rock Memorial dedicated to?

• What historical event are they linked to?

• How many badges / coat-of-arms are there on the rock?

• Where can you find his and his wife's headstone? **Clue! Back near western gate/frog!

3. How many roof vents does the Church have?

4. Which corner of the original Church Building has the National Trust plaque?
   NE, NW, SW, SE?

5. Where can you find the plaque commemorating the Church's 150^th year?

6. Can you identify the four extensions to the Church building (excluding the hall, office)?

Inside the Church

1. How many crosses are on the back, side and front walls of the Church (excluding crosses in the windows)?

2. How many crosses are in the porch stained glass window facing Kensington Road (including the Christian Coptic cross)?

3. How many past rectors (incumbents)  have been in charge at St Matthew's Church between 1849 and 2022?

4. Which early Christian event is depicted in the painting on the western wall (north)?

5. What is the opening date for the enlarged and refurbished Church?

6. How many golden organ pipes are on the western wall?

7. Who donated the organ front?

8. How many from this Church died in World War 1? Hint – Review the Honour Rolls on the eastern wall of the sanctuary.

9. Which long-running TV show is named on the brass eagle lectern?

10. For how many years was Canon Jenkins the Rector?

Outside the Church in the north-eastern garden

1. How many seahorses are there in the front fenced garden?

2. How many trees with paper bark are there in the front fenced garden?

3. What colour brick was used for the hall?

4. What is the name of the courtyard?

5. What do friendships do in the courtyard?

 Plan View of Church Building

ANSWERS

1. Gum tree

• More than 200 years old, predating the arrival of the Europeans.

• Approximately 45 metres high, i.e. 15 storey building.

2. A model railway may be seen through the northern window of the white transportable hut.

3. 'The Workshop' ­ Open on Thursdays between 10:00 am and midday–open to all!

Western area

1. The Reverend Canon Edmund Augustus Jenkins.

2. Who will be saved?

• Those 'who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ' (Acts 26:31)

3. 'Jesus' (John 17:24 KJV).

4. 'I will ransom them from the grave; I will redeem them from death' (Hosea 13:14 KJV).

5. 'The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of the Lord endureth forever.' (1 Peter  1:24-25 KJV ).

6. 6 ½ months old. The stone frog is on a headstone next to the fence at the southern end of the western lawned area.

7. 'In thy agony and bloody sweat, good Jesus deliver us.'This quote is from the Book of Common Prayer's Great Litany, often read on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent leading up to Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

8. German writing is on the headstone near the southwestern corner of the Church.

9. Baroness von Oertzen, born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, was married for only nine months. The Baron attended her burial.

10. Eight.

Outside the Church on the northern side

1. The stone bird is on a headstone at the southern end of the western lawned area.

'Donald'

2. Rock Memorial: Colonel Peter Warburton

• He escorted the first gold escort from Bendigo, Victoria

• Four.

• Near the western gate

3. Seven vents along the top ridge of the main church building.

4. National Trust plaque is on North East corner of the original church building (Nave).

5. Church's 150^th year plaque – on the eastern side of the front porch, Kensington Road.

• 1849 ¬– Nave

• 1858 – Gallery (inside 'balcony')

• 1865 – Chancel & Vestry

• 1912 – Front porch

• 1991 – Eastern and Western wings of Nave.

Inside the Church

1. There are 20 crosses.

2. In the porch window, there are 15 crosses.

3. Past rectors (incumbents) 14.

4. The Palm Sunday entrance of Jesus Christ.

5. Plaque on the western wall states extensions opened on 7 April 1991.

6. There are 39 organ pipes.

7. The family of George E.C. Stevens.

8. There are 23 ­ Only those listed under 'In Hoc Signo' ('In this Sign [ye shall conquer]').

9. Brass eagle lectern – 'Sons and Daughters'! 

10. The Jenkins brass plaque on the northern wall shows it was 33 years.

Outside the Church in the north-eastern garden

Five seahorses.

1. Four Paperbark trees.

2. Cream brickwork may be seen on the eastern end of the hall.

3. 'The Butterworth Courtyard'.

4. 'Grow'! ('May friendships grow in this place.')