Darwin
Darwin is a tropical city on the north coast of Australia. In 1940, the town had a population of about 2,000. Some 10,000 troops were sent to Darwin during World War II. The town was bombed about 100 times by the Japanese in 1942 and 1943. Today, Darwin’s population is about 150,000.
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The population growth of Western Australia was initially very slow, and only grew significantly in the 1890s with the discovery of gold. In 1880 the population was about 29,500. Twenty years later it was nearly 180,000. The population of Perth more than tripled from 1890 to 1900—8447 to 27, 553. G…
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Brother Robert Roberts described Tasmania on his first visit in 1896 in these words:
“Its slow growth, by comparison with Australia and New Zealand, is due to the greater farming and grazing eligibility of the two latter countries, and also the early discovery of gold in Australia, which divert…
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In addition to the Christadelphian magazines published in the 19th and 20th centuries in Australia and Britain, the histories of the Adelaide and Goolwa/Victor Harbor ecclesias have been published. The Ecclesial Family Tree in SA by Brother Reuben Thomas is also a valuable resource. The challenge of…
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Early Baptisms in Sydney
Brother Everitt in an article entitled Reminiscences of the Truth for Forty Years in Sydney stated that:
“About the time of the Maori trouble in New Zealand, Bro. Sinclair, refusing to take up arms, came to Sydney. Finding a body of Campbellites meeting in a hall in …
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In 1841, New Zealand became a separate British colony, having been part of New South Wales before then. By 1860, there were over 100,000 British settlers in New Zealand. The Otago Association actively recruited settlers from Scotland, creating a definite Scottish influence in the Otago region. The O…
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The first brethren in Queensland
The earliest reference to Queensland in my sources is from 1861: “For some years there resided in this town [Gourock, 45km west of Glasgow, Scotland] a couple, Robert and Mrs Sinclair—who were well known for their interest in the truth and in all that concerned …
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On the 5 March 1871 Brother John Thomas died in New York at the age of 65. The 150th anniversary of this event gives us an opportunity to reflect on his life, his legacy and what we are as a community today. We live in tumultuous times and need more than ever a clear vision of the future and a stron…
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“This is a wonderful country. Very many have been attracted to it in the last two years by its reputation for gold. Naturally, I regard it as one of the finest countries in the world; but the minds of its people are nearly all intoxicated with “the gold that perisheth.” Many thousands here do …
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“God has no grandchildren”
This saying emphasises the need for every generation to respond to the calling of God in Christ. None of us can inherit our religion, but we can and do benefit from those who have gone before us, both from a biblical perspective and more recently from brothers and sis…
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