by Peter Jones | 29 Jun, 2021
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 changed when she took up a career as a teacher and did some travelling....
by Kenise Neill | 2 Mar, 2021
Kenise Neill rsj, South Australia and Northern Territory Regional Meeting “…There is new light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.”Amanda Gordon, The Hill We Climb, read at the Inauguration of President Joe...
by David Swain | 3 Mar, 2019
Chris Hughes, Victoria Yearly Meeting I had the pleasure of attending the Treaty workshop held by the Treaty Relationships Group at the Friends Settlement at Whanganui, Aotearoa/New Zealand (A/NZ) from Friday September 28th to Sunday 30th 2018. The Settlement...
by David Swain | 4 Mar, 2018
Sally O’Wheel, Tasmania Regional Meeting This is the hardest thing I have had to deal with since I accepted the position as co-convenor of the Friends in Stitches, Australian Quaker Narrative Embroidery. I have had the job of creating the Friends in Stitches web page...
by David Swain | 4 Mar, 2018
Rae Litting, New South Wales Regional Meeting Many Quakers will know of Sydney Parkinson as the first Quaker to set foot in Australia. He was the botanical illustrator for Joseph Banks, and you can see many of his illustrations on-line. He was the subject of one of...
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