St Luke’s Church – Boyne Island
From 1918 Rev Johnson, from St Saviour’s Church of England in Gladstone, held church services in a lean-to at Boyne Island. Mrs Wheeler (nee Maplas) was on a visit from the Channel Islands to her brother at Boyne Island and she was horrified to see where the church services and the once-a-week school were held. On her arrival home she collected seventeen pounds from her friends and sent the donation to Boyne Island and this caused the local people to fund-raise.
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