Know thy Friend: Anne Brown

by | 6 Mar, 2017

Interviewed by Pamela Leach for the Australian Friend AF: Anne, tell us something of your background. AB: I was born and raised in Melbourne and have lived in Melbourne and various parts of rural Victoria for most of my life.  In the 1960s we spent four years in Papua...

Reflections on the discernment processes at Yearly Meeting 2013

by | 24 Feb, 2013

By Wies Schuiringa, New South Wales Regional Meeting. During Yearly Meeting (YM) in Canberra in 2013 Friends made decisions about matters that are of importance to Quakers in Australia. The pointy end of these decisions is when we need to make decisions about...

The Wahroonga Experiment.

by | 16 Nov, 2012

John Michaelis, New South Wales Regional Meeting.   Enriching Quaker life Quakers everywhere aspire to deepen and enrich their lives. A group at Wahroonga local meeting, called the Living Experimentally Circle, has for some years been exploring ways to achieve...

Quaker Voices at Silver Wattle.

by | 20 Aug, 2012

Trish Johnson. Queensland Regional Meeting. As David and I prepare to take up appointments as Co-Directors at Silver Wattle in 2013, I reflect how much I have gained, and shared, in this journey to an Australian Quaker Centre. Three years ago I wrote about my...