"The history of that church is woven into the history and the cultural life of the city of Wollongong."
"There's a church in Sydney that became an office space, and the organ still gets used for regular concerts,"he said.
"I think we assume that young people don't have the patience for such things; what's more likely is they are being distracted by other things,"he said.
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