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
EditorialAt last, we are on line with our June issue. We've been plagued with technical problems which has necessitated a complete site rebuild. We thank Danni Green of Black Cactus Creative for...
Revisiting the “Journal of George Fox”
Rae Litting, New South Wales Regional MeetingAlthough Quakers are the spiritual heirs of George Fox, very few seem to have read his Journal. I counted 19 quotes from the Journal in Quaker Faith and...
Know Thy Friend: Jo Vallentine
Peter Jones, Tasmania Regional Meeting Jo comes from a conservative farming background in the Western Australian wheat belt and attended a Catholic boarding school, but her outlook on life...
Positive Peace and Makaratta
David Evans, South Australia and Northern Territory Region Meeting Positive Peace War in the Pacific ended in 1945 when I was nine years old, and as a stamp collector I bought blocks of four of the...
Our aging Society
Tessa Spratt and Ginnie Allwood, Victoria Regional Meeting[1] As a birthright Member of the Society of 82 years standing, over the last few years, I have felt like a lone voice in the wilderness....
Yearly Meeting 2022, how will we do this?
By Wies Schuiringa New South Wales Regional Meeting Quakers in Australia need to decide about holding YM2022 later this year. A venue will have to be found and an initial booking made sooner. The...
QSA Notes: Food security: the family farmer and the global food system
Ai Leen Quah | QSA Project Manager According to the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation’s (FAO) State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 report, the number of people affected by...
What is the place for Outreach among Quakers today?
John Michaelis, University Monthly Meetin, Seattle, USA We all know that our membership and the number of attenders and associates are shrinking. The rate we are shrinking is exponential and a...
Conscientious objection
David Purnell, Canberra Regional Meeting, and Quaker Peace and Legislation Committee The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has recently released a publication on International Standards on...
Quaker Meeting
Silence No sound. Presence permeates space, gentles anxiety, Lifts all our stumblings From the week that’s past and offers us new possibilities. We hold each other in this tender Light, and...
“Let Your Lives Speak” Quaker Peace Video Project
Adrian Glamorgan, West Australia Regional Meeting Many Friends know that our first peace testimony was declared to Charles II and Parliament in 1660. But how has peace prospered in Australia...
Book Review: Thy Kingdom Come – A Quaker`s View of Jesus.
Ingmar Hollsing is a Swedish Friend, a teacher, and holds a Bachelor of Divinity from Uppsala University which specialises in the historical Jesus. He reads English and German, so is able to access...
Poems
Poems Justin Simpson, New South Wales Regional Meeting In Silence Together Quietly we listento the whispering windgaze softlyat the wind-swept oceanconcentrate deeplyon the vast horizon (silent...
Backhouse Lecture: Searching for Truth: Friends in a “post-truth” world
You are warmly invited to the 56th Annual Backhouse Panel, presented by Australia Yearly Meeting 7.00-8.30pm (AEST), 5th July 2021 (9am GMT) What does Truth mean to Friends today? How do we maintain...
Yearly Meeting 2021
Are you ready to join Yearly Meeting 2021 ? We’re looking forward to welcoming you to YM21 on Saturday, July 3, by Zoom. The details our on the Quakers Australia website:...
Songs for a Quaker Choir
Songs for a Quaker Choir New words by Janice Blakeney, Tasmania Regional MeetingThe Sound of Silence - Revisited with apologies to Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel Come to Meeting with the Friends,All...