George Dove (19 April 1833 – 5 May 1914) was a long serving

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History

Dove was born at Ulverston Hall,

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, Suffolk, and was educated at

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. After a break of three years he entered

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and was

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deacon by the

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in 1856 and priest in 1857. After a

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near Boston, and three years at

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, where he was the

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at St Michael's. He left for

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, Australia aboard ''Shakamaxon'' in November 1860, transferred to the steamer ''Balclutha'' and arrived in

on 25 February 1861 and was shortly required to act as curate of

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in place of Rev. James Farrell, which entailed taking over the duties of Colonial Chaplain. He served at St Mary's on the Sturt, 1861–1862, which included ministry to the congregations at

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and Christ Church, O'Halloran Hill, then in October 1882 left for

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, Walkerville, where he served for nearly 50 years. During his incumbency at Walkerville, Dove *was the first in the Adelaide diocese to introduce ''

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'' into the liturgy *also took charge of St Paul's, Adelaide during the absence of

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1869–1871 *was made Canon of

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in 1872 *organised the northern mission, which involved a horseback trek to

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*in 1875 left for two years in England with his wife and children, during which time he preached in six Cathedrals including

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and

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, raising funds for the St. Peter's Cathedral building fund. Canon Poole acted at Walkerville in his absence. *succeeded Archdeacon Twopeny as Archdeacon of the Flinders diocese, then was founding Archdeacon of Broughton diocese *secured a peal of bells for the Walkerville church, unique in Adelaide He retired in 1911, and was succeeded by Bishop Cecil Wilson. He was a great rose fancier, winning several prizes at floricultural exhibitions in Adelaide. He died on 5 May 1914, survived by his wife and three daughters, and his remains were interred in the

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Australian Anglican priests Archdeacons of Adelaide Archdeacons of Flinders Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1833 births 1914 deaths {{Australia-reli-bio-stub