Adelaide Australia Temple

Adelaide Australia Temple
Adelaide Australia Temple
Number	89
Dedication	15 June 2000, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Site	6.94 acres (2.81 ha)
Floor area	10,700 sq ft (990 m2)
Height	71 ft (22 m)
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Church chronology
Additional information
Announced	17 March 1999, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Groundbreaking	29 May 1999, by Vaughn J. Featherstone
Open house	3–10 June 2000
Current president	Michael William McIlwaine
Designed by	Simon Drew
Location	Marden, South Australia, Australia
Geographic coordinates	34°53′32.90280″S 138°38′6.007199″E / 34.8924730000°S 138.63500199972°E
Exterior finish	Snow-white granite of Campolonghi, Italy
Temple design	Classic modern, single-spire design
Baptistries	1
Ordinance rooms	2 (two-stage progressive)
Sealing rooms	2
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The Adelaide Australia Temple is the 89th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

History

Plans to build the temple in Adelaide were announced on 17 March 1999.^[2] LDS Church members previously had to travel between fifteen and twenty hours one-way to visit the church's closest temple in Sydney. Membership growth in Australia prompted LDS Church leaders to announce new temples across Australia in the late 1990s. In addition to Adelaide, temples were constructed in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth. An additional temple for Brisbane south was announced in 2024.

A groundbreaking ceremony and site dedication were held on 29 May 1999. Vaughn J. Featherstone, a church general authority, led the ceremony and gave the site dedication prayer. Despite heavy rains, more than 500 people gathered to witness the event, with the Mayor of Adelaide, other government officials, and children participating.^[3]

When construction was completed, a public open house was held 3–10 June 2000.^{[citation needed]} The temple was dedicated on 15 June 2000 by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley.^[4] Hinckley dedicated four different temples in the same trip—the first time this had occurred in church history—with the temple in Adelaide being the third of the four.^[5] Four dedicatory sessions were held, which allowed for more than 2,500 members to be present at the temple's dedication.

The Adelaide Australia Temple has a total of 990 square metres (10,700 sq ft), with two ordinance rooms and two sealing rooms.^[6] The temple sits on 2.81 hectares (6.94 acres) a few miles from the centre of the city of Adelaide.

In 2020, like all others in the church, the Adelaide Australia Temple was closed for a time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]