The Bible commands us to gather together for worship. “Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more as ye see the day approaching” it says in Hebrews 10:25. But what if you just don’t enjoy being there? What if yo…
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Since 1982, the Pinetown Ecclesia has been involved in the organising and running of a Summer Bible School in South Africa, which is held at the end of December each year. We have been fortunate to secure speakers from oversees on many occasions, which has added tremendous value to those attending,…
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Israel celebrated 74 years of independence on 5 May this year. The passage of time and the solemn black-and-white photos of the period lend a feeling that the historic events and the nascent country’s first footsteps were orderly, well thought-out affairs.
But in reality, things couldn’t be mor…
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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.
Th…
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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It is over 75 years since the end of World War II. When the advancing allied forces liberated the German concentration camps the full horror of the Nazi’s “Final Solution” to what they called the “Jewish problem” was exposed. There was world-wide sympathy for the Jews (and others) who suff…
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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