Opening fire

The Salvation Army opened fire in Inverell on 11 June 1887, under the command of Captain Ford and Lieutenant Cutler. For the first few weeks the old Lodge Hall in Vivian Street was leased for meetings, but when money became low, the Army moved to an old blacksmith’s shop on the corner of Lawrence and Byron streets. The first Salvation Army hall was built on land donated by the Woodbury family on Vivien Street and served the corps (church) for 69 years before the current citadel was opened in 1957.

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