[1] St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church was constructed in 1904 in the then important copper mining town of Mount Perry.

[1] The township of Mount Perry, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Bundaberg, was established following the discovery of copper in the vicinity in 1869.

The first Roman Catholic priest to visit Mount Perry was Father James Horan who was based in Gayndah in 1870.

[1] The population of the township quickly grew and 20 hotels sprang up in Mount Perry in the early 1870s, reflecting the high proportion of men without families on the field.

However, the copper mine ceased operations in October 1877 and was sold by liquidators in January 1878 on the expectation that it would not be re-opened until the Mount Perry railway line was completed.

Mount Perry became the railhead for the Upper Burnett and a major centre; now having nine hotels including 6 newly built ones, a courthouse, hospital and a School of Arts.

[1] Matters in Mount Perry soon improved as the London-based Queensland Copper Company bought the mine in 1898, sparking a revival in the town, and by 1904 the population in the field was 2000.

[1] Frederic Herbert (Herb) Faircloth was born in Maryborough in 1870 and was a pupil of German-trained Bundaberg architect Anton Hettrich.

[1] The parish was reopened with the arrival of Father Frawley in 1939 and in September that year Archbishop James Duhig visited Mount Perry and the surrounding area.

[1] St Patrick's Church is an elevated timber-framed building situated on a prominent ridge overlooking the town of Mount Perry and is a dominant feature of its townscape.

The twin entrance doors are arched and this motif is echoed in decorative open timber work to the porches and to the gables of the portico and main roof.

[1] The interior of the church is very intact and the clear finish to internal lining boards and painted decorative trim appears to be that applied when the building was first constructed.