With its multilingual parish and its long history, St John's Church is a concrete reminder of the area's development. The site is part of one of the first British land grants in the Fairfield area. In 1803 Governor King declared the Grant of the establishment of an Orphan School. The original Church was a small wooden building, which opened in 1915, holding donated furniture. The modern building you see today hosts truly multicultural Anglican and Vietnamese Evangelical congregations. Services are held in English and VietnameseDate2001Transcripts availableNoRightsFairfield City CouncilAccess conditionsAccess open for research, written permission required for personal copies and public useNotes"Tune into Fairfield City- A Multicultural Driving tour" was launched in 2001 as a joint initiative between the NSW Heritage Group, NSW Premier's Department and Fairfield City Council. The tour comprises of 15 locations around the LGA ranging from places of worship to shopping town centres. The tour presented Fairfield City Council with a vehicle to enhance the social cohesiveness within the multicultural community and provided the community with a means to exchange and interact
Essentially the tour represents the multicultural aspect of the City, assists in promoting the LGA and helps to inform tour participants of the historic and cultural aspects of multicultural Fairfield.
Tune in to Fairfield City - Stop 10 - St John's Park Anglican Church (2001). Fairfield City Heritage Collection, accessed 10/03/2026, https://heritagecollection.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/4176
