But why stop with him? Why not the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams? I say this because there is a small bit of vested interest in Holy Trinity - one of his predecessors gave money for its construction. When the first rector, Philip Palmer, went to England in the mid-1840s on fund-raising for this he was remarkably successful in persuading many notable people to contribute.
The then Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, and the Bishop of London, each gave twenty-five pounds. It’s a pity someone didn’t ask the present Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, for his views on Holy Trinity when he visited Australia in August.
But there were many more of the early prominent Anglicans who gave - the Bishops of Durham, Winchester, Chichester, Gloucester, Bristol, Salisbury, Lincoln, Hereford, Carlisle and Ripon, plus clergy and laity, And with the Dowager Queen Adelaide and Lady Angela Burdett-Coutts, the richest heiress in England, chipping in as well, more than a thousand pounds were raised.
A substantial stake from old Britain in our church on the hill.

Billy MacTold

Approaches have been made to Primate Aspinall (Hobart-born and head of Anglicare in Tasmania before he took over as head of the church in Australia) about the Holy Trinity situation. I know these approaches have come from concerned people in Tasmania and interstate. I also understand that the Primate was approached on it when the General Synod of the church was held in Canberra late last month.