1948: St Mark’s Anglican Church, Camberwell, Victoria.

Artist/Studio: Christian Waller (Mrs. Napier Waller) c.1948
Location: Camberwell, Victoria.
Building: St Mark’s, Camberwell.
Memorial: Charles & Sarah Lomax, and John George Duke
Donor: Mrs E. L. Duke.
Photos dated: 11th July 2013.

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The memorial text at the base of the St Luke and Florence Nightingale window is:

“TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE HELPFUL LIVES, SAMUEL CHARLES LOMAX 0B 17 OCT 1895, AND SARAH LOMAX OB. 4th AUG 1929, THE PARENTS OF EMMA SARAH DUKE.”

The memorial text at the base of the St John and David Livingstone window is:

“TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND WITH THANKFUL MEMORIES OF THE LIFE OF LOVE OF JOHN GEORGE DUKE OB. 5th JAN 1943, HUSBAND OF EMMA SARAH DUKE.”

The Argus, Melbourne, Vic, Monday 20^th December 1948, page 2.

“Windows Dedicated.

Four stained glass windows which were given to St Mark’s Church of England, Camberwell, by Mrs E. L. Duke in memory of her parents and husband were unveiled and dedicated by Bishop McKie of Geelong, at the morning service yesterday. The windows, which were the work of Mrs Napier Waller, represent St Luke and Florence Nightingale, St John and David Livingstone. They are in keeping with the scheme of subjects for all the windows based on the Te Deum. Bishop McKie said that devotion, service, and sacrifice, as exemplified by the subjects in the windows represented the best in Christianity and community life. Canon P. W. Robinson, the vicar, paid a high tribute to the work of Mrs Duke’s parents and husband for St Mark’s, especially in the early days of the church there. Members of her family gave of their best in the interests of the Church and the community. That spirit of service and sacrifice was needed probably to a greater extent now than in the past.”

Christian Waller’s original designs for these four windows can be seen here at the National Gallery of Victoria: http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/col/work/30928 and http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/col/work/30929

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28-03-1935: Old St James Cathedral, Melbourne, Victoria.

Artist/Studio: Christian Waller, Melbourne, Australia, c. 1935.
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Building: St James’s Old Cathedral, King Street
Memorial: Women Pioneers.
Photos dated: 10th May 2011.

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The Argus, Melbourne, Vic, Thursday 28^th March 1935, page 14.

“Memorial Window”

“Archbishop Head dedicated a beautiful stained-glass window in St James’s Old Cathedral last night in memory of the women pioneers of Victoria. The window which represents St. Hilda Abbess of Whitby was the gift of descendants of pioneer families and it was designed by Mrs Napier Waller. The sanctuary was floodlit last night, creating a wonderful effect and assisting in the service were Archdeacon Lamble and the Rev A.F. Falconer. Names of the pioneers to whom the window is erected are to be inscribed in a special book of remembrance to be kept by the Cathedral.”

The Advertiser, Adelaide, SA, Thursday 4^th April 1935, page 8.

“Honor For Pioneer Women.

When St. James Old Cathedral had to make way for business premises it was carefully rebuilt near the Flagstaff Gardens, where early settlers gathered to hear shipping news. Last week Archbishop Head unveiled a window in the cathedral, a gift from pioneer families in honor of pioneer women. The design represents St. Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, and is the work of Christian Waller, who herself, a pioneer woman here in the work of stained glass. She has her own kiln and takes a great joy in her work. Her husband is the well-known artist, Napier Waller, and she somehow finds time, while fulfilling her own destiny, to aid her husband when a rush of work makes It necessary as when she added thousands of pieces of mosaic to the great design which decorates Newspaper House, Collins street.”

The Argus, Melbourne, Vic, Monday 22^nd July 1935, page 7.

“…Unveiled a few months ago, the large stained glass window depicting St. Hilda, lights the nave of the cathedral. It has been placed there as a memorial to the pioneer women of the State. Preparations are being made for another stained glass window on the other side of the nave as a memorial to the pioneer men of the State, and it will be unveiled during the centenary of St James’s Old Cathedral. Another memorial in marble reminds the visitor of the years through which St James’s has passed. It is a tribute to the first dean of Melbourne – the Very Rev. H. B. Macartney – who was an incumbent of the parish. The memorial tablet tells us that he was born in 1799, 36 years before Melbourne was founded, and that he died in 1894, aged 95 years…”