Canon Robert Chittick, who died 24 April 2005, wearing the St Margaret's chasible, concludes the service by inviting us to 'Go in peace, to love and serve the Lord'.
St Margaret's congregation spent the first 11 days in March 2002, remembering and celebrating the wonderful ways the Lord has led and blessed His people of Mildura since this church was built 100 years ago. The original Architect was Edward Sharland, and his grandchildren joined in the festivities.
The work of the Anglican Church in our district, began with the Mission which was located at Yelta. Thomas Hill Goodwin and his assistant John Bulmer arrived 3 Aug 1856 and developed a Mission for the area, setting up a school, a garden with a windmill to provide irrigation, and a demonstration sheep station to teach farming skills. The mission was closed in 1868 and the district was devastated by the arrival of rabbits about 1880. The township of Mildura was developed by the Chaffey brothers who arrived in 1888 and then set up the irrigation district.
The people of Edinburgh Castle are maintaining the original St Margaret's Chapel, and it is visited daily.
The plaque reads 'St Margaret's Chapel, 12th Century'. St Margaret is the patron saint of wives and family life. She was the happy mother of six boys and two girls, as well as becoming regarded as the 'mother of Scotland', being remembered for her practical charity.
St Margaret's Chapel is a small building which can accommodate about 20 people seated. Towards the end of their reign, King Malcolm and Queen Margaret lived in the Castle at Edinburgh and the small building she used as her Oratory and we know as her Chapel, is probably the only surviving building from that time, with its demonstration of Norman architecture.
The physical description of the building emphasises the irregularities in construction, and the smallness of this special place, which was restored and dedicated on 16 March 1934. Princess Margaret started the St Margaret's Chapel Guild in 1942.
The renovations were continued in 1993 to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the death of St Margaret
The richly embroidered altar cloth designed by Hannah Frew Paterson MBE, uses many symbols recalling Margaret's life. The St Andrew window is in the East End behind the Holy Table, and the royal blue colour is repeated in the cloth.
The ladies of Scotland named Margaret replace the flowers weekly.
In 1853 Queen Victoria supported the beginnings of restoring the building, then in 1929 the authorities combined to complete restoration and the chapel was dedicated on 16 March 1934.
In 1993 the chapel was refurnished with ten bench seats, an alms-chest and table, a flower stand and a display stand. The five small windows now feature designs by Dr Douglas Strachan. The windows for St Columb and William Wallace are shown here, flanking the one depicting St Margaret.
Thankyou Jim, our parishioner who took the photos for this and the Margaret page.
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Mildura Grammar School
Parish of Northern Mallee established
The beautiful carved statue to St Margaret of Scotland, was given by his family in memory of Alexander Sharp William Bissland, 1907 - 1986. It was dedicated on 29 March 1987, gift of Mrs Con Bissland, daughter of Archdeacon Hardingham.
Margaret undertook to impose on the Scottish the ecclesiastical customs she had been accustomed to in England, customs that were also prevalent in France and Italy.
But Margaret was not concerned only with ceremonial considerations. She encouraged the founding of schools, hospitals, and orphanages. She argued in favor of the practice of receiving the Holy Communion frequently.
She was less successful in preventing feuding among Highland Clans, and Malcolm's raids into England. In 1093 he first visited William II at Gloucester, and later invaded again, reaching Alnwick where both Malcolm and his eldest son by Margaret, Edward, were killed. Margaret herself died in Edinburgh a few days later, on 16 Nov 1093 (of grief, it is said) aged about 48. She was canonised by Pope Innocent IV in 1249.
