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Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Sister Bessie (Emma Elizabeth Dau), Undated c.1888
Possible dates: b. 12/10/1868, d. 14/10/1947. Husband, Alfred Coates was Home Missionary in Diamond Creek from 1910 to 1913 and in Bacchus Marsh on 18/3/191, according to the Argus, p. 19, 18/3/1916.B & W studio portrait of Sister Bessie (Emma Elizabeth Dau - married Alfred Coates in 1888) as a young woman.dau, emma elizabeth, sister bessie, methodist central mission, home missionary, alfred coates -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Book, How great thine aunt, 2018
This is the untold story of Margaret (1904) and Jean (1906) Davies and their uncompromising faith, amazing courage and endless endurance. Margaret was called to Korea as an educator from 1910 to 1940. During the Mansei Uprising, Japanese police arrested her for inciting to riot and drove Kim Il-Sung into Manchuria where he founded Korean Communism. Jean gave up a promising career in surgery at the Women's Hospital in Melbourne to practise at a mission hospital in Chinju, Korea. Sent home as a foreign alien before the attack on Pearl Harbor she practised at outback mission stations in Australia, doubling as the Flying Doctor. She medically examined the population of the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) as a first step to rid the country of leprosy. Jean returned to Pukatja in South Australia during British nuclear bomb testing at Maralinga.Small paperback bookmargaret davies, ellice jean davies, clarendon-presbyterian-ladies-college, 1900s, korea, missionary, surgeon, maralinga, vanuatu -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Journal, William B McGregor, Language and history : special issue on 19th and 20th century studies of Pacific Languages, 2011
William B McGregor: Guest Editorial Wafer, Jim and Carey, Hilary M: Waiting for Biraban: Lancelot Threlkeld and the " in Australian Missionary LinguisticsChibcha Phenomenon" Koch, Harold: G A Robinson and the Documentation of Languages of South-Eastern New South Wales Clark, Ross: On the Margins of Pacific Linguistics: P A Lanyion-Orgill Marcondes, Danilo: Rebeca Barriga Villanueva and Pedro Martin Butragueno, eds Historia Sociolinguisticaq de MexicoMaps, word listshistory, linguistics, australian missionary linguistics -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Through foreign eyes : European perceptions of the Kurnai tribe of Gippsland, 1994
This book is the second of Gardner's 3 volume history on the Kurnai tribes. It studies the Kurnai through the diaries and letters of various European observers, including an explorer, squatters, government officials, Aboriginal protectors, missionaries and an anthropologist. There is also an account of one of the victims, a summary of Gardner's massacre thesis and an appendix on the 'white woman' affair. This book is considered the most professional production of the trilogy and was highly commended in the Caltex-Bendigo Advertiser Awards of 1988. B&w illustrations, b&w photographshistories, victorian aborigines, victorian history, local history, victoria, gippsland, kurnai, european -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Painting oil, Victorian Summer Landscape
This artwork was painted by Charlotte Rippert who was interned in Camp 3 with her whole family. The painting was painted in camp. Charlotte Rippert was a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.Rectangular wooden frame - oil painting on wooden board - scene depicting blue river, trees, shrubbery and unsealed road in the foreground and a yellow hill in the backgroundTag attached - reads "Victorian Summer Landscape by Frau Rippert in Camp 3. Donors: Glockemann Family."landscape -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Black Forest Scene
This artwork was painted by Charlotte Rippert who was interned in Camp 3 with her whole family. The painting was painted in camp. Charlotte Rippert was a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.Green slopes in the foreground and snowy mountain tops in the back ground - river running through a valley, 3 prominent clumps of trees and two human figuresFront: 'C.R. 1941' Back: 'Black Forest Scene by Frau Charlotte Rippert. - Donor: Elfrieda (Kaltenbach) - Faig. April 2002' -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Painting, Farm Scene
This artwork was painted by Charlotte Rippert who was interned in Camp 3 with her whole family. The painting was painted in camp. Charlotte Rippert was a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.Oil painting on Board (framed) - painting is of a farm scene with a large yellow-green tree in the centre-left with four other green trees and a farm and fence - in the background are hills against the skylineBack: 'Oil painting believed to be by Charlotte Rippert. Wedding gift to Otto Lobert in Camp 3, WW2. (One of a pair C3505) DONOR: Otto Lobert, Nov. 1993' charlotte rippert, otto lobert, mrs lobert, camp 3 weddings, queen elizabeth, camp 3 artwork -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Painting - Oil, Black Forest
This artwork was painted by Charlotte Rippert who was interned in Camp 3 with her whole family. The painting was painted in camp. Charlotte Rippert was a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.oil painting on boardBack: 'Black Forest Scene by Frau Charlotte Rippert, DONOR: Elfrieda Kaltenbach FAIG, APRIL 2002 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Painting, Oil, Deutscher Wald
This artwork was painted by Charlotte Rippert who was interned in Camp 3 with her whole family. The painting was painted in camp. Charlotte Rippert was a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.green and yellow forest with a natural path coming from the left side and 6 prominent trees along itBack: (in pencil) 'Deutscher Wald. gemalt in Tatura (Australia) Charlotte Rippert.', a sticker for the Tatura and District Historical Society Museum, another sticker that reads - 'Gerd Aberle, 40 London Street, Bentleigh Vic 3204. Artist Charlotte Rippert Camp 3 -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, K. Ewins, undated c.1970s
Reverend Ken Ewins (06/03/1929 - 11/08/2002) started training at Otira in 1956 and moved to Manangatang in 1957 as a Home Missionary. He entered Queen's College in 1959. After ordination he served at Jeparit-Rainbow, Boort, Blackburn, and Charlton before retiring in 1996.B&W photograph of Rev Ken Ewins."K Ewins"ewins, ken, otira, methodist, minister, home missionary -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph
Reverend Ken Ewins (06/05/1929 - 11/08/2002) started training at Otira in 1956 and moved to Manangatang in 1957 as a Home Missionary. He entered Queen's College in 1959. After ordination he served at Jeparit-Rainbow, Boort, Blackburn, and Charlton before retiring in 1996.Group photograph including Reverend Jock Lavender, Mrs. Lavender, Reverend Ken Ewins, Mrs. Ewins, Reverend Lawrie Turner and Mrs. Turner."Ken Ewins (with mutton chops) Left to right Reverend Jock Lavender, Mrs Lavender, Reverenk Ken Ewins, Mrs Ewins, Reverend Lawrie Turner and Mrs Turner Boort 46.5 cm"ewins, ken, rev jock lavender, rev lawrie turner, otira, queen's college, home missionary -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Textile - Tablecloth
Lilian (Lily) Thomas, 1888 - 1922, lived with her parents in Bay road Sandringham. Her sister was Dr Elsie Lilian Carne (nee Thomas) who was married to the Rev. T. Clemet Carne. They were Methodist missionaries in India and were associated with the Azamgath Zenana Mission Hospital.Square white cotton cloth with blue embroidered names around the borders. There is a dedication embroidered in the centre.In the centre: "'Lily Thomas Cot Sandringham YWMM 1927"young women's missionary movement, lily thomas, lilian olive thomas 1888 - 1922 -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Bible
Embossed black leather covered bible with gold leaf writing on front cover and spine. Has handwriting on endpaper. Gilt edged pages.Cover: In Memory of William Henry Greene 1871-1961" Endpaper: "Presented by his family and members of this church in loving memory of the late William Henry Green former Methodist Home Missionary and lay preacher 1871-1961. Dedicated Rev T.F.Freeman at Toorak 17/12/61".freeman, t.f., rev, green, william henry, methodist home missionary -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Giving Box
2 Gold coloured oblong tin with a hinged lid which has black decoration and text on the lid. BX020.1 has a card insert with a cartoon image of a man driving a car and text."The METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA SYSTEMATIC GIVING LEAGUE SYSTEMATIC GIVING BOX THE OBLIGATION: Ye then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak. THE METHOD: On the first day of the week let every one of you lay by in store, as God hath prospered him. THE REWARD: Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." BX020 "This recently discovered Genuine Antique Collection Tin from the first years of this century, was produced to support missionaries when their stipend was less thank 200 pounds per year. It is being used in 1972 to help raise stipends above the present $2066." -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Lydia Chancellor collection: A Prussian priest gave Bendigo his heart
George Henry Backhaus (1811-1882) was born in Prussia. He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1836 and began his missionary work in India. In 1846 he came to Australia, first ministering in Sydney and then Adelaide. With the discovery of gold in Victoria, Backhaus believed he was called to become a missionary on the goldfields. His first Bendigo mass was celebrated 2/5/1852. He travelled extensively throughout the goldfields eventually establishing a tent church on the site of St Killians in 1852. In 1853 this was replaced by a slab-walled and canvas-roofed church.. The site also included a Catholic school. In 1863 he returned to Germany but came back to Bendigo in 1867. He retired from parish work in 1881 and moved to Melbourne but as his health declined he returned to Bendigo in 1882 to die.The age from 08/01/1966. Article titled: A Prussian priest gave Bendigo his heart, Churches of history - 9 by John Hetherington. The article details the life of Dr. Henry Backhaus, the first Catholic priest in Bendigo.In blue pen "The Age" 8-1-66bendigo churches, backhaus, st.killian -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - St. Mary’s Church, Caulfield
An item from The Australasian dated 26/02/1898 on the Rev. H.B. Macartney, incumbent of St. Mary’s Caulfield. Gives brief history of his education and mentions the five sister churches and of Mr. Macartney’s curates. Article also mentions missionaries sent to India and China with mention of Miss Annie Slaney.macartney h.b. rev., slaney annie, saunders nellie, saunders topsy, st. mary’s, caulfield, stephen george sir., stephen wilberforce, stephen frank, billing r.a., bardwell e., webb george, sunday schools, st. catherine’s, st. stephen’s, st. elmo, st. agnes -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Award - Address to Miss A Hope Goldie, 27/02/1954
From the staff and pupils of the Goodlet High School, Sholinghur,. Sholinghur is a municipality under Sholinghur taluk in Ranipet District of Tamil Nadu, India. Deaconess Hope Goldie attended Rolland House, Deaconess' Training Institute and the Missionary Training Institute. She left her home in Port Fairy for India in 1927. Fine cotton printed address in the form of a scroll. It is attached to stained brown wooden rods at tend end and is printed with indigo blue."AN ADDRESS PRESENTED TO MISS A. HOPE GOLDIE, ON THE OCCASION OF HER SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION"a hope goldie, annie hope goldie, presbyterian missionary, goodlet high school sholinghur india, presbyterian deaconess -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MALE GROUP PHOTO, C 1940
Black and white photograph mounted on rectangular cream board outside front entrance of church or church hall. 4 rows of men and 1 woman - 51 people in total. ' from Flo Phillips, 51 Raglan St., White Hills, Nov. 1999 - ' possibly a group of methodist home missionaries and minister C 1940 '. ' 3rd row from front, 9 from left, Hedley Charles Phillips was a methodist home missioner' Helen MainkaMatt --------- Geelongperson, group -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - First Presbyterian Church, Wodonga
Members of the Presbyterian faith were among the first settlers in the North-east of Victoria, and in the year 1842 the Presbytery of Melbourne requested the Rev. Peter Gunn, Minister of the Gaelic Church, Melbourne, to visit Presbyterians along the Murray River. This was the first of a series of annual visits, and was of a missionary nature. In May 1851, the Rev. David Hunter Ballantyne was appointed to the Wodonga district based out of Albury. In 1860 the Presbytery of Beechworth was formed, and from it two large presbyteries have grown - Wagga Wagga and Beechworth. In the early days the services at Wodonga were held in the old court house, which still stands. Wodonga Presbyterian Church continued as part of the Parish of Albury until the end of 1887, when it was placed under the administration of the Session of the Beechworth Church, with a home missionary in charge. Mr William Cooper was placed in charge for the first months, then Mr William Smith, a city missionary who had recently arrived from Scotland, was appointed. Mr Smith conducted a cordage factory at Stonleigh. He remained as missionary in charge for the next 10 years, and in that time the church steadily progressed. Plans were made for the erection of the building which now stands in High Street, Wodonga. Mr John Whan was a Founding Member of the Church and was appointed Sunday School Superintendent, an office which he held for 46 years, rendering extensive and valued service to the church and congregation. With a growing congregation and realising the challenges presented to the Church by changing conditions, land for a new church was sought. In September 1950 property was purchased in Nilmar Avenue in Wodonga and the new Presbyterian Church St Stephens became their new home. With the amalgamation of the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, the new Church became the Uniting Church. The original Presbyterian Church was later sold to the Free Serbian Orthodox Church.These photographs are significant because they provide evidence of the changing nature of religious worship and groups in Wodonga.A collection of black and white photographic images depicting the first Presbyterian Church at Wodonga. The Church was later taken over by the Free Serbian Orthodox Church.presbyterian church, free serbian orthodox church, wodonga churches -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, c.1869
Born Wolverhampton July 24 1826. Converted to Methodism in 1841. Trained at the Theological Institution at Richmond, U.K. Appointed as missionary to Ceylon by the 1850 English Conference. Returned to England due to ill health. Arrived in Victoria in 1854. Appointed Chairman of Castlemaine and Sandhurst District. Murdered by a prisoner at Pentridge Prison on May 13 1869. Oval, sepia toned head and shoulders studio portrait of Rev. William Hill, mounted on B & W lithographed in memoriam card.In Memoriam The Late Revd. William Hill Wesleyan Minister Who met with a Violent Death at the hands of a Prisoner, whilst in the discharge of his Ministerial duties at Pentridge Stockade. VICTORIA. AUSTRALIA. May 13th 1869. AETAT 45 yearswilliam hill, methodist, minister, ceylon, missionary, murdered, pentridge prison -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - DAVID LIVINGSTONE, 1912
Book, Les Gillies Collection. A green hardcovered book, with a portrait of a man on it,titled ''David Livingstone'': the man, the missionary, and the explorer'', by Edward Hume, 242 pages with portraits and illustrations. Published at 57 & 59 Ludgate Hill, E.C., by the Sunday School Union, London. St. Andrews G.O.C. Bendigo - Prize awarded to David Hodges for diligence, Class Senior Boys. W. Hodges - Teacher, S.Glover - Acting Superintendent. Date April 24- 1912.The G.O.C. Bendigo Donated by David A.Hodges, in 1933Edward Humebiography, family, david livingstone -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Rev. Joseph Ebery and his wife Emily Jane (née Walker), Christmas 1927, 1927
Joseph Ebery was a Congregational minister, born 1858, died November 3, 1947. Ministry was as Wesleyan Home Missionary ?–1897; Congregational churches – Dover (Tas) 1897-1907; Tamar St Launceston 1907-1909; Devonport 1909-1914; Gatton (Qld) 1915-?; Redcliffe (Qld) 1921-1927; Beechworth (Vic) 1927-1930; Hughesdale 1930-1934. Was a Wesleyan lay preacher at Allandale and Woodbridge (Tas). Obituary - "… For ten years carried on an energetic evangelistic ministry, riding his horse over the roughtest roads in his scattered district, which was 25 miles long, and visiting even the southern-mosst home in the island (Tasmania)" As a Wesleyan Home Missionary he was not allowed to marry. The Congregationalists had no such restrictions so he joined the Congregational Church and married his Emily. [See Munster, Biographical Index of Congregational Ministers in Victoria 1838-1977.)Photocopy of studio portrait of Rev. Joseph Ebery and Mrs. Emily Jane (nee Walker) Ebery, Joseph aged 69 and Emily aged 68. Joseph, beard and moustache, is wearing a suit with a cellophane collar, no tie. Emily is earing a coat over a patterned shirt, and a choker necklace and glasses.As for the title.ebery, joseph, congregationalist, wesleyan home missionary, 1858-1947 -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Accessory - Woven fan, c1850s
From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. The Rev James Watkin, 1805-1886, was a Pioneer Wesleyan missionary. He was born in Manchester, UK, in 1805. In 1830 was accepted as a candidate for the Wesleyan Ministry and married Hannah Entwistle. They sailed with a missionary party to Tonga. The work of the mission was jeopardised by prolonged and involved struggles between Christian and non-Christian Tongan chiefs. He left with his family for Sydney in September 1837. He was offered a free passage for a missionary appointed to Waikouaiti, New Zealand and arrived there in May 1840. He established the first mission station in the South Island of New Zealand. Watkin established schools at Waikouaiti and Matanaka, and stationed partly trained Maori teachers at Stewart Island and at Moeraki. He had a natural flair for languages, preached in Maori four months after his arrival, and compiled an elementary reading book to be printed in Ngai Tahu. Watkin was relieved by Charles Creed and inWatkin finished his posiion in Waikouaiti in June 1844 when he sailed for Wellington, leaving 227 church members in Otago. In 1855 Watkin settled in New South Wales, Australia, and was president of the National Methodist Conference at Adelaide in 1862. He retired in 1869 and died on 14 May 1886, at Ashfield, New South Wales. Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/watkin-jamesETH071.1 and ETH071.2: Mid nineteenth century woven palm fans with red coloured bamboo handles.rev james watkin -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Accessory - Woven fan, c1850s
From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. The Rev James Watkin, 1805-1886, was a Pioneer Wesleyan missionary. He was born in Manchester, UK, in 1805. In 1830 was accepted as a candidate for the Wesleyan Ministry and married Hannah Entwistle. They sailed with a missionary party to Tonga. The work of the mission was jeopardised by prolonged and involved struggles between Christian and non-Christian Tongan chiefs. He left with his family for Sydney in September 1837. He was offered a free passage for a missionary appointed to Waikouaiti, New Zealand and arrived there in May 1840. He established the first mission station in the South Island of New Zealand. Watkin established schools at Waikouaiti and Matanaka, and stationed partly trained Maori teachers at Stewart Island and at Moeraki. He had a natural flair for languages, preached in Maori four months after his arrival, and compiled an elementary reading book to be printed in Ngai Tahu. Watkin was relieved by Charles Creed and inWatkin finished his posiion in Waikouaiti in June 1844 when he sailed for Wellington, leaving 227 church members in Otago. In 1855 Watkin settled in New South Wales, Australia, and was president of the National Methodist Conference at Adelaide in 1862. He retired in 1869 and died on 14 May 1886, at Ashfield, New South Wales. Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/watkin-jamesETH072.1 and ETH072.2: Mid nineteenth century woven palm fans with handles.rev james watkin -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Accessory - Seed necklace and bracelet, c1850s
From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. The Rev James Watkin, 1805-1886, was a Pioneer Wesleyan missionary. He was born in Manchester, UK, in 1805. In 1830 was accepted as a candidate for the Wesleyan Ministry and married Hannah Entwistle. They sailed with a missionary party to Tonga. The work of the mission was jeopardised by prolonged and involved struggles between Christian and non-Christian Tongan chiefs. He left with his family for Sydney in September 1837. He was offered a free passage for a missionary appointed to Waikouaiti, New Zealand and arrived there in May 1840. He established the first mission station in the South Island of New Zealand. Watkin established schools at Waikouaiti and Matanaka, and stationed partly trained Maori teachers at Stewart Island and at Moeraki. He had a natural flair for languages, preached in Maori four months after his arrival, and compiled an elementary reading book to be printed in Ngai Tahu. Watkin was relieved by Charles Creed and inWatkin finished his posiion in Waikouaiti in June 1844 when he sailed for Wellington, leaving 227 church members in Otago. In 1855 Watkin settled in New South Wales, Australia, and was president of the National Methodist Conference at Adelaide in 1862. He retired in 1869 and died on 14 May 1886, at Ashfield, New South Wales. Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/watkin-jamesETH073.1 dark brown wild tamarind seed necklace and ETH073.2 bracelet.rev james watkin -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Accessory - Wooden comb, c1850s
From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. The Rev James Watkin, 1805-1886, was a Pioneer Wesleyan missionary. He was born in Manchester, UK, in 1805. In 1830 was accepted as a candidate for the Wesleyan Ministry and married Hannah Entwistle. They sailed with a missionary party to Tonga. The work of the mission was jeopardised by prolonged and involved struggles between Christian and non-Christian Tongan chiefs. He left with his family for Sydney in September 1837. He was offered a free passage for a missionary appointed to Waikouaiti, New Zealand and arrived there in May 1840. He established the first mission station in the South Island of New Zealand. Watkin established schools at Waikouaiti and Matanaka, and stationed partly trained Maori teachers at Stewart Island and at Moeraki. He had a natural flair for languages, preached in Maori four months after his arrival, and compiled an elementary reading book to be printed in Ngai Tahu. Watkin was relieved by Charles Creed and inWatkin finished his posiion in Waikouaiti in June 1844 when he sailed for Wellington, leaving 227 church members in Otago. In 1855 Watkin settled in New South Wales, Australia, and was president of the National Methodist Conference at Adelaide in 1862. He retired in 1869 and died on 14 May 1886, at Ashfield, New South Wales. Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/watkin-jamesMid nineteenth century wooden comb from Pacific Islands.rev james watkin -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Accessory - Woven bag, c1850s
From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. The Rev James Watkin, 1805-1886, was a Pioneer Wesleyan missionary. He was born in Manchester, UK, in 1805. In 1830 was accepted as a candidate for the Wesleyan Ministry and married Hannah Entwistle. They sailed with a missionary party to Tonga. The work of the mission was jeopardised by prolonged and involved struggles between Christian and non-Christian Tongan chiefs. He left with his family for Sydney in September 1837. He was offered a free passage for a missionary appointed to Waikouaiti, New Zealand and arrived there in May 1840. He established the first mission station in the South Island of New Zealand. Watkin established schools at Waikouaiti and Matanaka, and stationed partly trained Maori teachers at Stewart Island and at Moeraki. He had a natural flair for languages, preached in Maori four months after his arrival, and compiled an elementary reading book to be printed in Ngai Tahu. Watkin was relieved by Charles Creed and inWatkin finished his posiion in Waikouaiti in June 1844 when he sailed for Wellington, leaving 227 church members in Otago. In 1855 Watkin settled in New South Wales, Australia, and was president of the National Methodist Conference at Adelaide in 1862. He retired in 1869 and died on 14 May 1886, at Ashfield, New South Wales. Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/watkin-jamesMid nineteenth century cylindrical woven carry bag with a lid attached and a platted handle. The bag has a brown pattern within the weaving at the top and bottom.rev james watkin, pioneer wesleyan missionary -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, c.1930
Group of 11 young men photographed holding babies from the Methodist Babies' Home. The photograph was probably taken to mark the first birthday of the Babies' Home in 1930. The money for the property at 12 Copelen Street, South Yarra, was largely raised by the Young Men's section of the Methodist Church's Laymen's Missionary Movement. The donor's husband is one of the young men in the photgraph.B & W photograph mounted on cardmethodist babies' home, laymen's missionary movement, copelen street -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Rev. Benjamin Danks, 19th C
Benjamin Danks was b. 1853 England, ordained 1878, and died 1921 in Rookwood, NSW. DANKS, Benjamin (1853-1921) Michael Horsburgh, DANKS, BENJAMIN (b. Wednesbury, England, 12 Feb 1853; d. Sydney, NSW, 12 April 1921). Methodist missionary in New Britain and missionary administrator. Benjamin Danks migrated to Vic with his family when a young child. He entered the Wesleyan Methodist ministry in 1878 and was sent with his wife, Emma, daughter of John and Elizabeth Watsford, to join the Rev George Brown in the newly established missionary venture on the Duke of York group in New Britain, where he remained for nine years. An opponent of 'blackbirding', the traffic in indentured island labour for the Australian sugar cane industry, he warned local inhabitants not to go aboard any vessel recruiting labour for distant places, much to the displeasure of the labour traders. In 1880 he participated in the rescue of the survivors of the ill-fated settlement established by the Marquis de Rays. In 1907 he succeeded George Brown as the general secretary of Foreign Missions for the Methodist Church of Australasia and was president of the NSW Conference in 1908. He retired in 1918 and died in 1921 after a long illness attributed to the privations of his missionary career. Danks was highly regarded as a linguist and published the first book in the Tolai language of New Britain. He was a strong supporter of state legislation to control social evils, and to ensure pure food and drugs. He was an ardent temperance advocate. George Brown, An Autobiography (London, 1908); New South Wales Methodist Conference, Souvenir of the Presidency of the Rev. Benjamin Danks (Sydney, 1909); Wallace Deane (ed), In Wild New Britain (Sydney, 1933); Neville Threlfall, One Hundred Years in the Islands (Rabaul, 1975). MICHAEL HORSBURGH Electronic Version © Southern Cross College, 2004. Content © Evangelical History Association of Australia and the author, 2004.Sepia oval portrait photo of a younger man with wiry beard and moustache, dressed as clergyman.danks, benjamin, new britain -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Engraving, Rev. Benjamin Danks, 19th C
Benjamin Danks was b. 1853 England, ordained 1878, and died 1921 in Rookwood, NSW. DANKS, Benjamin (1853-1921) Michael Horsburgh DANKS, BENJAMIN (b. Wednesbury, England, 12 Feb 1853; d. Sydney, NSW, 12 April 1921). Methodist missionary in New Britain and missionary administrator. Benjamin Danks migrated to Vic with his family when a young child. He entered the Wesleyan Methodist ministry in 1878 and was sent with his wife, Emma, daughter of John and Elizabeth Watsford, to join the Rev George Brown in the newly established missionary venture on the Duke of York group in New Britain, where he remained for nine years. An opponent of 'blackbirding', the traffic in indentured island labour for the Australian sugar cane industry, he warned local inhabitants not to go aboard any vessel recruiting labour for distant places, much to the displeasure of the labour traders. In 1880 he participated in the rescue of the survivors of the ill-fated settlement established by the Marquis de Rays. In 1907 he succeeded George Brown as the general secretary of Foreign Missions for the Methodist Church of Australasia and was president of the NSW Conference in 1908. He retired in 1918 and died in 1921 after a long illness attributed to the privations of his missionary career. Danks was highly regarded as a linguist and published the first book in the Tolai language of New Britain. He was a strong supporter of state legislation to control social evils, and to ensure pure food and drugs. He was an ardent temperance advocate. George Brown, An Autobiography (London, 1908); New South Wales Methodist Conference, Souvenir of the Presidency of the Rev. Benjamin Danks (Sydney, 1909); Wallace Deane (ed), In Wild New Britain (Sydney, 1933); Neville Threlfall, One Hundred Years in the Islands (Rabaul, 1975). MICHAEL HORSBURGH Electronic Version © Southern Cross College, 2004. Content © Evangelical History Association of Australia and the author, 2004.Engraving of Rev. Benjamin Danks based on the portrait."Rev. B. Danks. Late of New Guinea, Foreign Mission Secretary, Melbourne."danks, benjamin, new britain