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19 Bulnbuln St
Quilpie QLD 4480
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St Finbars Church is a top tourist attraction in
Quilpie. Entry is free. The main attraction is the opal-faced Altar, font and lecturn.
In 1976, the Priest at the time, Father
John Ryan, decided to compliment the opal mining background of the area by commissioning local miner, Des Burton to install a border of opal around the carving of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour.
Instead, Des offered the Priest ‘a bit on the wall’. This turned out to be almost an entire wall, which is now installed on St Finbarr’s altar, lectern and baptismal font.
Bill Durack who was part of a
Toowoomba Architectural firm that designed
Quilpie’s St Finbarr’s Church and his sister Mary Durack, author of Kings in Grass Castles, donated the beautiful coloured glass windows in the western side of the church, in memory of their famous ancestors.
The Church is open daily so head on in and see this beautiful display of
Quilpie’s Opal in all its glory!