by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2014
Report for The Australian Friend on Recent Activities Since YM 2014 the committee has continued its efforts to keep Friends informed of current international and domestic peace concerns, and to represent Friends’ views in the public domain. A separate article has...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2014
Marvellous Melbourne looks forward to welcoming Friends from around Australia for Yearly Meeting 2015. Remember to set aside January 3-10 and come and join all your favourite people at Queen’s College. Be energized, be challenged, be encouraged – with Summer School on...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2014
This travelling exhibition will illustrate the experience of Quakers in Australia during the challenges of the WW I period and beyond. We will pay tribute to the courage of those diverse people who expressed their faith and conviction by opposing war preparations,...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2014
Dear Friends, The Melbourne Age, 18th March 2014, reported on Australian-led opposition to child and female sexual slavery under the headline: “Forrest Fights Slavery”. It recorded that Andrew Forrest, West Australian iron ore magnate and Australian billionaire...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2014
Devonshire Street Meeting House is the second oldest Meeting House in use in Australia. Built in 1903, it is somewhat younger than the Adelaide Meeting House which arrived from England in 69 packages (together with 3,300 slates) in 1840. The previous Meeting House in...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2014
We intend to make this a regular feature in which we will briefly record interesting publications and websites that have come to our attention. Inclusion of an item in this format does not preclude a possible longer review in a later issue. We welcome suggestions for...
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