Ebenezer Church & School

Ebenezer Church is both the oldest existing church and the oldest existing schoolhouse in Australia. It is still an active church, but the school was discontinued.
The church was started by a group of fifteen pioneer families that emigrated together to Australia from England in 1802. In 1803 they settled as a group in the Windsor area near the Hawkesbury River, north-​west of Sydney, and began church services under a large tree which is still there. In 1809 the group completed construction of a sturdy sandstone church building across the street and services commenced in the building.
The following year, in 1910, the group established a school which had sleeping quarters for the teacher and children. School was conducted in the church building.
Strangely enough for me, this location was about a mile from my parents house in Wilberforce, so we stopped by. We were shown the church and school buildings by one of the church ladies who were having morning tea at the time. The three classic buildings were recently fully restored and are examples of early colonial architecture. There is also a pioneer cemetery. This facility is open daily from 10.00am to 3.00pm, often closing later on weekends. Devonshire teas/​coffees (but not lunches) are available for casual visitors.
This location is a little out of the way unless it is a stopover on the way to Katoomba along the northern route along Bells Line of Road (Highway 40). From Windsor you cross the Hawkesbury Bridge and go 5 km to Wilberforce and turn right on King Road for about 3 km.