by Wies Schuiringa | 5 Dec, 2021
Book review: The Bride of Almond Tree This novel by Robert Hillman was reviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald recently and mentioned that the protagonist is a young Quaker man who lives in regional Victoria, as did the author who now lives in Melbourne. I am always...
by David Swain | 1 Mar, 2020
Malcolm Whyte, Canberra Regional Meeting I thought I was the first, and only, Quaker in my family tree, but recently I was made aware by my son Bruce that I had a great-great uncle who was a convict and a Quaker early in the nineteenth century. Here is his story drawn...
by David Swain | 3 Sep, 2017
I picked up this book by Rebe Tayor in the library because I was intrigued by its subtitle: “A search for Human Antiquity”. On reading I discovered it was the story of a Quaker, Ernest Westlake. Ernest was a passionate, even obsessive, collector of stones which he...
by David Swain | 28 Nov, 2014
Chris Warner, Victoria Regional Meeting I am told that during blizzards in very cold climates, visibility can be so reduced that the snow-filled sky cannot be discerned from the snow-covered earth. The whole world turns white, the horizon disappears, and it is...
by David Swain | 27 Nov, 2014
Wuna Reilly and James Reilly, New South Wales Regional Meeting The history of Quakers’ engagement in China begins, appropriately, with opposition to war. During the Second Opium War in China (1856-1860), Adam Davidson was a 24-year-old Methodist from Ireland, and a...
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