by David Swain | 1 Sep, 2019
I’m a 77-year-old retiree. I’ve been married to Lorna for 52 years. We have three children and four grandchildren. I’ve been a member of Queensland Regional Meeting (QRM) for 16 years. I was born in Northern Ireland during the dark days of the second...
by David Swain | 3 Sep, 2018
Ai Leen Quah and Jackie Perkins, QSA During Yearly Meeting 2018, QSA reported on the progress of many of the overseas projects that have been supported by Friends and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. A power point presentation...
by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
Louise Giudici, The Friends’ School Hobart I have been at teacher at The Friends’ School Tasmania for 16 years. I teach Humanities, Comparative Religious Studies, Social Psychology and Sociology. I am the staff nominee to the School Board and also year 11/12...
by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
Peter D. Jones. The Friends’ School, Hobart Quaker attitudes to education have obviously evolved over time, so a quick look at how these have changed is a good start. Initially in England and Ireland, the first schools reflected the period they were set up in. For a...
by David Swain | 18 Mar, 2016
Nelson File, Principal, The Friends’ School, Hobart More than 300 years ago, William Penn fashioned a “Holy Experiment” in the newly founded colony of Pennsylvania (Penn’s Woods) based on his conviction in Quakerism. In the seventeenth-century world framed by...
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