What an interesting old site is the former Marburg Methodist Church. You turn off the
street into an old-fashioned yard - with the old fences you can just imagine the yard
full of horse-drawn buggies and horses tied up to the fence. The path up to the front
entrance has tall grass as it can't be easily mown, creating quite an unusual scene.
Please contact me if you know more about the history of this church.
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All Saints Anglican Church in Marburg is in excellent condition and is a fine example
of small wooden country churches, with stained glass windows over the altar. We attended
Mass here on Sunday 5 June 2006 and were very warmly welcomed by the parishioners.
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The interior of All Saints Anglican Church in Marburg. The stained glass windows over
the altar add a splash of colour to the neat interior.
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The old Marburg Hotel was built in 1881 and is the local landmark. It is a striking
building which I previously had listed as a disused pub. However I received an email from
Alexis putting me right "Just letting you know that the Marburg Hotel is indeed used as
a pub. It has great meals, great people and a great atmosphere (no cafe here). I work in
the kitchen, and it does indeed have interesting dips and bumps (in the verandah), but
is the best pub I've ever visited.".
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Marburg Motors has seen better days. There is a similar building opposite which seems as if
it may have been a workshop or similar but abandoned now.
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If Marburg Motors has seen better days, what about this old wooden service ramp! It looks
old enough to have catered to Model Ts.
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The Marburg Community Centre was once the local National Bank branch until closure
in 1970. There is a small WW1 memorial in front of it.
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There are two cemetaries in Marburg, separated originally by religion and now also by the
highway to Toowoomba. The larger one is predominantly populated by German surnames and
indeed, up until about the 1930s, almost all the headstones were in the German language.
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The Anglican Cemetary is smaller than the German one and enjoys a magnificent view
across the surrounding countryside and especially to Woodlands House, the former
Roman Catholic seminary.
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The Trinity Lutheran Church is the largest church in town, as you would expect
with the town's German heritage.
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The former private mansion, then Roman Catholic seminary and now Conference Centre
Woodlands House stands on a beautiful wooded knoll just outside Marburg.
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