St Mark's Anglican Church
Crown Street, Wollongong West

1880 J.W. Walker & Sons for St David's Anglican Church, Surry Hills
Res. & inst. present location 1972 Arthur Jones, 1m., 7 sp.st., 1c., tr.

From SOJ June/July 1983 and Winter 2007:

St Mark's Anglican Church has a single manual organ built by J.W. Walker of 1880 (job no. 1136). It was built for St David's Anglican Church in Surry Hills (now demolished) and restored and moved to Wollongong by Arthur Jones in 1972, where it was placed in the rear gallery. Like other Walker organs , it is solidly made and has given effective and reliable service for over a century. It was one of the last or a large number of small Walker organs to be imported to NSW. The organ is in excellent condition and unchanged from its original specification and can be heard clearly in the nave.

The church was built in the second half of last century and is of a contemporary design. it is rectangular, moderately large, with a high ceiling and rear gallery.

The specification is:

Manual Open Diapason Dulciana Wald Flute Stopped Diapason Bass Principal Stopped Flute Fifteenth Pedal Bourdon Manual to pedal coupler

8 8 8 8 4 4 2 16

TC TC CC-BB TC

Manual pipework enclosed except for the speaking facade pipes (Open Diapason 8').

Compass 56/25

Hitch down swell pedal.

Flat and parallel pedal board

Mechanical action throughout.

Photos above: Stephen Bydder 2006

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Four photos above: Trevor Bunning, April 2007