Welcome to The Church
The Church Tasmania is a beautifully restored 1857 heritage venue in the very Heart of Tasmania — an all-inclusive destination for meetings, office hire, luxe picnics, coach and tour groups, weddings, catering, events, expos, and private functions. Here, rich history blends seamlessly with modern hospitality and professional care.
📅 Open by Appointment
As a privately owned property, we open our gates by appointment — meaning every visit is personal, unrushed, and tailored to you. Whether you’re planning an intimate picnic, a group tour, a meeting, or a once-in-a-lifetime wedding, we’ll create a bespoke experience just for your occasion. With prior arrangement, we welcome guests seven days a week.
🍴 Our Focus
Every experience at The Church is grounded in Tasmania’s finest produce, sustainable practices, and a genuine spirit of inclusivity. From seasonal catering to our signature grazing platters, we celebrate local flavours and community values in everything we do.
🌿 Historic Roots, Modern Spirit
After standing closed for more than 25 years, The Church has been lovingly restored by its owners to once again welcome the community. Originally built for Scottish settlers in Campbell Town, it remains a proud symbol of the region’s heritage — our motto: “Where Scotland & Tasmania Meet.”
Today, The Church is both a guardian of history and a vibrant gathering place — a venue where heritage and hospitality come together to create new memories for generations to come.
Where Scotland & Tasmania Meet
Nestled in the heart of Campbell Town, The Church is a beautifully restored, heritage-listed sandstone property built in 1857. Steeped in Scottish and Tasmanian history, it now serves as one of the region’s most unique destinations for gatherings and events.
From corporate meetings and office hire to unforgettable weddings, fully styled and catered garden picnics, coach and group tours with a Tasmanian buffet lunch, and our signature grazing platters, The Church offers experiences that are both memorable and meaningful. Guests can also enjoy heritage picnics in the private grounds, or explore the many ways we showcase Tasmania’s finest local produce through our catering.
Every visit is enriched by an immersive historical slideshow, projected within the sandstone walls of the church. This visual journey shares the fascinating story of The Church, Campbell Town, and the surrounding Midlands region, ensuring your time here is not just an occasion—but an experience.
Surrounded by fully fenced gardens, manicured lawns, and immaculate facilities, The Church blends Tasmania’s natural beauty with its strong Scottish roots. The town itself was named after Elizabeth Campbell, wife of Lachlan Macquarie, and its heritage has been shaped by the many Scottish settlers who made this district their home. Built for the local Scottish Presbyterian community, the Church’s first minister was the esteemed Scotsman, Dr. Adam Turnbull.
Once alive with Highland Games and gatherings of early settlers, Campbell Town still proudly reflects its Scottish ancestry today, alongside strong Australian and English ties. Our connection to this history runs deeply—not only through the property, but personally, as owners descended from the Campbell, Gordon, McGregor/Gregor, and Graham clans.
At The Church Tasmania, history, hospitality, and heritage come together to create a place where every event feels special, and every visit becomes a story worth remembering.
Sustainability at The Church Tasmania
Caring for Our Heritage, Community & Environment
At The Church Tasmania, sustainability is simply how we do business.
We have lovingly restored and repurposed our 1857 heritage church, preserving its history while creating a thriving venue for meetings, weddings, tourism, live music and community events.
We proudly support Tasmanian farmers, growers, makers and suppliers wherever possible, reducing food miles while strengthening our local economy.
Our catering is homemade from scratch, using fresh Tasmanian ingredients, reducing unnecessary packaging and delivering exceptional quality.
Nothing goes to waste. Suitable food scraps feed our free-range chickens, the remainder is composted, and that compost nourishes our gardens, which now feature more than 1,300 trees, shrubs, herbs, fruit trees, edible flowers and native plants. Our 6,300-litre rainwater tank supplies most of our garden irrigation, with further water-saving projects planned.
We continually look for new ways to reduce waste, improve efficiency and lessen our environmental footprint because we believe that many small, thoughtful decisions create meaningful change.
Good for our guests. Good for our community. Good for our planet. 🌿
The Church History
The Church at Campbell Town is centrally located in “The Heart of Tasmania” on the historic Midlands Highway and Campbell Town, which is a well known stop for those travelling between Launceston and Hobart.
The Church was built in 1857 with solid sandstone and stands tall on the high side of the property with its magnificent tall spire and Victorian gothic charm making it a standout of local history.
Tasmania
Tasmania or ‘Tassie’ is the idyllic Australian island state located 240 kilometres to the south of the mainland, separated by tempestuous Bass Strait. The southernmost point on Tasmania is only 2,575 km from Antarctica.
The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, and the surrounding 334 smaller islands, the largest of which are Flinders and King Islands. Tasmania’s capital Hobart is home to over 45% of the islands population and sits at the end of the River Derwent hugging the harbour.
Launceston is Tasmania’s second major city and is a vibrant hub for food and wine, culture and nature.
Australia’s smallest state is a natural paradise with pristine cool temperate rainforest, crystal clear rivers feeding cascading waterfalls and magnificent outcrops, gorges and cliffs. Roughly 52% of Tasmania’s land is protected, which includes national parks, marine parks and World Heritage Sites. Cradle Mountain in Lake St Clair National Park, is surrounded by glacial lakes and ancient rainforest. Kunanyi or Mt Wellington’s summit passing through temperate rainforest and glacial rock formations, ending in panoramic views of Hobart, Bruny Island, South Arm and the Tasman Peninsula. Tasmania is also home to the visually stunning Bay of Fires or larapuna whose turquoise water and fine white sand leading to huge orange tinged boulders.
Tasmania creates excellent cold climate wines and premium natural produce due to its rich land and pure air and water. Farmers markets, cellar doors, food festivals and local eateries are found across the island. The stand out cultural attraction is The Museum of Old and New Art or MONA it is Australia’s largest private museum and one of the most controversial private collections of modern art and antiquities in the world.
Lutruwita is the palawa name for Tasmania, the local palawa people of Tasmania can be traced back 40,000 years on the island. Palawa people are the only group of humans to evolve in isolation for over 10,000 years, when the seas rose cutting Tasmania off from the mainland, creating a distinctly different culture and heritage from mainland Aboriginal cultures.
Source: Welcome to Country Tasmania | Aboriginal Experiences | Welcome to Country