Dr Barrie Pittock is clerk of the Melbourne regional Meeting of the Society of Friends and a member of the Victorian Council of Churches executive. He is a research scientist with the CSIRO and has written on aboriginal affairs.BW photo of Dr Barrie Pittock, wearing spectacles.Barry [sic] Pittock. Church and Nation 21 September 1977 p5barrie pittock; society of friends (quakers); victorian council of churches

Small, faded pink embossed cloth covered book. Title on first page: "A catechism of religious faith and practice; also a few questions relative to the views of the Society of Friends concerning some Christian precepts". 40 pages.Inscription inside front cover: "Rebekah Collins/her Catechism/I left home on the/29 of 5 month 1851/to sail for Australia/and landed on/the 17 of 9 month/1851".rebekah collins, religion, society of friends (quakers), catechism

This pair of 19th century candleholders were presented to Nazareth House Ballarat by J.A.Chalk one of Ballarat's richest 19th century gold-mining entrepeneurs. J.A.Chalk was a partner in the Madam Berry Mines together with Martin Loughlin and William Bailey and was Manager of the Buninyong Estate Co., the Band and Barton Co., the Sebastopol Plateau Co., and the Prince of Wales and Bonshaw Co. mines in 1887. Chalk was a Quaker and benefactor to many Ballarat institutions. He arranged for the Council Chambers to be made available for meetings of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in the mid 19th century.One of a pair of large 19th century ornamented candle holders for use in the Chapel at Nazareth House Ballarat presented by 19th century Ballarat philanthropist and gold-mining magnate.The candleholders are in two separate sections the heavy lead-filled brass base with demountable seven-branched candleholders surmounting the base. The lower portion or base form a single candlestick when the branched top section is removed. The branches are decorated with styalised rose petals and the tops of each base decorated with rims of neo-gothic coronas.Presented with King Regards By J.A.Chalk Ballarat.candleholders, candlesticks, nazareth house, ballarat. j.a.chalk, madam berry mines, goldmining, entrepenauer, buninyong, sebastopol, prince of wales, bonshaw co, quaker, society of friends.