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Wesleyan Methodist Church, Coburg

1858 establishments in Australia19th-century churches in AustraliaBuildings and structures in the City of Merri-bekChurches completed in 1849Former Methodist churches in Victoria (state)
Gothic Revival church buildings in AustraliaPlaces on the Victorian Heritage Register in the City of Merri-bekUse Australian English from July 2026

The Wesleyan Methodist Church is a Uniting chapel, and former parish church, located at the junction of Sydney Road and Bell Street in Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Built from 1849 by the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia, it is the earliest known surviving Methodist chapel in Victoria. The chapel was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 11 February 1993.

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Wesleyan Methodist Church, Coburg
Bell Street, Melbourne Coburg

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3058 Melbourne, Coburg
Victoria, Australia
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