Patron:
William Grant Broughton
(1788 - 1853)

William Broughton came to New South Wales under the patronage of the Duke of Wellington.

In 1829 he became the head of the Anglican Church in Australia as archdeacon. He then became bishop in 1836. Up until that time the suspension of the Church and School Corporation took away the Anglican Church's independent income. However the Church Act finally gave financial support to churches.

William Broughton worked hard to ensure state funding for his church schools.

He was generally respected as a devoted chuchman, however his conservatism and High Church leanings concerned some.