by David Swain | 1 Dec, 2013
David Purnell, Canberra Regional Meeting I have had a long love affair with Quakers. I was brought up within the Congregational tradition, which had a strong sense of independence of thought and action. When I first attended the Canberra Quaker Meeting in the...
by David Swain | 7 May, 2012
David Purnell, Yearly Meeting Planning Committee. In January 2013 Yearly Meeting will be held in Canberra, hosted by Canberra Regional Meeting. We look forward to welcoming you at the beginning of our centenary year as the capital city of Australia. The...
by David Swain | 14 Feb, 2012
Sue Reynolds, Aotearoa/New Zealand Yearly Meeting My first impressions of Western Australia were the warmth of our welcome by the local people and Quaker F/friends. On our arrival at Perth airport we were met by an elderly Aboriginal woman with 2 enormous suitcases...
by australianfriend | 14 Feb, 2012
Wilma Davidson, Canberra Regional Meeting. By the time you read this you would have received the minutes of YM and had access to DIA. You will know about decisions made and reports accepted. You may have read the Backhouse Lecture and State of the Art Address. You may...
by David Swain | 11 Feb, 2012
Ian Hughes, New South Wales Regional Meeting The James Backhouse Lectures were instituted by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia on the day it was established, January 1, 1964. They have been delivered during Australia Yearly Meeting in January...
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