Sydney Australia Temple

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Sydney Australia Temple

Number	28	edit data
Announcement	1980-04-02
Groundbreaking	1982-08-13 by Bruce R. McConkie
Open House	6 September - 18 September 1984
Dedication	1984-09-20 by Gordon B. Hinckley
Location	756 Pennant Hills Road (Corner of Pennant Hills Road and Moseley Street) Carlingford, New South Wales Australia
Phone number	(61) 2-9841-5471
Site	3 acres (1.2 hectares)
Total floor area	30,677 sq ft (2,850 m²)
Exterior finish	Precast panels; white quartz finish; terra cotta roof tiles
Temple design	Modern, single-spire design
Ordinance rooms	2
Sealing rooms	3
Clothing rental	Yes
Cafeteria	Full services
Visitors' center	No
Preceded by	Boise Idaho Temple
Followed by	Manila Philippines Temple
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The Sydney Australia Temple is the 30th constructed and 28th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1 Construction And dedication
2 See also
3 Notes
4 External links
5 Latter-day Saint temples in Oceania

[edit] Construction And dedication

Located in Carlingford, a suburb in Baulkham Hills Shire lying north of Sydney, Australia, this was the last of the temples built with the small single spire design. The Apia Samoa Temple, Nuku alofa Tonga Temple, and the Santiago Chile Temple all have the same basic design as this temple.

The Sydney Australia Temple was announced on April 2, 1980, and dedicated on September 20, 1984 by Gordon B. Hinckley. The temple was built on a 3 acre plot, has 2 ordinance rooms and 3 sealing rooms, and has a total floor area of 30,677 square feet. Due to a ruling by the local government, the temple was dedicated without a statue of the angel Moroni. The ruling was overturned about a year later, and the statue was hoisted into place atop the spire the next day, September 3, 1985.^[1]