But it was quickly recognised this could not be a long-term option and a new site of 40 acres (16 ha) was reserved for a new cemetery (now within Millbank) and burials commenced there in 1873.

[6] Reverend William NcNaught of the Primitive Methodist Church was appointed as its first minister in Bundaberg.

In 1878, Reverend J. Williams became the minister and a new "handsome" church was built on the Walla Street site.

The two church buildings were then physically relocated to the current site in Barolin Street and joined to accommodate the combined congregations with a stump-capping ceremony held on Thursday 7 April 1904.

[11][12][13] On Thursday 30 July 1936, the Governor-General Lord Gowrie laid the foundation stone of the new church.

[14] On Saturday 7 August 1937, the new church was officially opened by Reverend Hubert Hedley Trigge, the Master of King's College at the University of Queensland.

On Sunday 8 August 1920, the foundation stone for a new church was laid by Bishop Henry Le Fanu.

The school relocated in 1908 and then again in 1918 to its current site in Barolin Street adjacent to the Holy Rosary Church.

The Sisters of Mercy reduced their involvement with the operation of the school with the first lay principal appointed in 1985.

[28] Buss Park officially opened on Saturday 20 December 1930 replacing the former Market Square that had been an eyesore for many years.

[29][30] Following the death of Bundaberg-born aviator Bert Hinker in 1933, a public meeting held in Bundaberg in 1934 decided to honour Hinkler with a monument.

The monument was designed by Brisbane architect RP Cummings and was built by Messrs A Armitage & CoIt in the centre of Buss Park.

On 30 July 1936, it was officially unveiled by the Governor-General Lord Gowrie in front of a crowd of 3,000 people.