St Saviour's Cathedral

St Saviour's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, and one of the most architecturally significant churches in regional New South Wales. The bluestone and sandstone building dominates the rise above the city centre, its Gothic tower visible from most approaches to town. The interior has fine stained glass and a sense of Victorian certainty that suits a city that once considered itself destined to be the capital of inland Australia.

The grounds around the cathedral give a good view over the surrounding streets and toward the distant hills of the Southern Tablelands. Worth visiting for the architecture alone, even if you have no particular interest in church history.

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St Saviour's was designed by Edmund Blacket, the architect also responsible for the University of Sydney's Great Hall and many of New South Wales's finest colonial churches. Blacket worked on it from the 1870s until his death in 1883, though the building was not completed to his full design until 1929. The result is one of the most accomplished Gothic Revival churches in the country.