05. John Cameron Memorial Window

Arriving in Van Diemen’s Land in 1837, John Cameron was a successful businessman and landowner. He was a strong supporter of St. John’s Church, and commissioned Ferguson and Urie of Melbourne to create the beautiful Ascension window, likely Launceston’s most splendid example of the craft of stained glass making during the height of the gothic revival period. The enormous pulpit was not long-lasting, perhaps disliked, and was replaced after just 23 years by the much more modest one now at St. Aidan’s. Parts of its structure were repurposed, and were still to be seen at St. John’s in the 2020s. Read about the window and the life of John Cameron at John Cameron Memorial Window [ASJ2022.07] and All Saints History Collection : John Cameron [P001]