The Australian Friend

Journal of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia

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The Australian Friend is the official journal of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia Inc. It has been continuously published since 1887. There are four issues per year, in March, June, September and December.

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Editorial

Editorial

  As the war in Ukraine enters its third year and images of bombed out starving Palestinians fill our tv screens, I am reminded of a recent online philosophy class (U3A) where three Quakers...

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Know thy Friend: Pat Mavromatis

Know thy Friend: Pat Mavromatis

Pat Mavromatis Peter Jones, Tasmania Regional MeetingPat Mavromatis comes from an illustrious Quaker ancestry as her great-great-grandfather, Henry Propsting (originally a Congregationalist from...

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The sense of presence

The sense of presence

Noël Staples, Peterborough Meeting, Cambridgeshire Area Meeting, UKSome time ago I remember ministering about how my sense of the presence seemed that morning to delight in itself, and how I shared...

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Hill of Vision

Hill of Vision

(A Ballad of George Fox at 400)  Tune: Slane*  It was to the hill of visionThat a young man was calledAnd upon it he soundedThe day of the LordAnd there he had a visionOf a people near and farWho...

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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Dying to be Green During the mini-Yearly Meeting in January, Katherine Purnell raised the issue of how to dispose of corpses so as to minimise damage to the environment.  I explored this topic in a...

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Editorial

Editorial

In this issue, as we approach George Fox’s 400th birthday,  we look back to past spiritual guides, and forward to see how our ancient testimonies can be applied to the current state of the world....

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