A cross-shaped underground church cut from sandstone in 1977, with fittings made from mulga wood and an old miner's winch.
Cut into the hillside in the shape of a cross, the Catacomb Church features a cross, lectern and communion table fashioned from local mulga wood, and an old miner’s winch repurposed as a fitting. Quiet, cool and atmospheric.
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