Leather bound bible with gilt text on the spine and gilt edged pages. The dedication page has a small newspaper cutting stuck at the bottom of the page.

rev t s b woodfull

Tooled brown leather pulpit bible with gilt text on the spine and gilt edged pages. There is a dedication pasted inside the front.

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Black leather bound book with handwritten notes inside covers.

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Mrs Emily Lord gifted £1500 to the building construction which had a total cost of £2000.

Soft black dimpled leather covered bible with gilt page edges. There is a calligraphic inscription in coloured ink inside the front cover.

"To My Friend Emily Lord in happy remembrance of Laying Of Foundation Stone Barkers Road Kew Sunday School by "Mother" November 9th 1935"

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Tooled leather bound pulpit bible with gilt edged pages and an inscription inside the front cover.

"Presented to my worthy friend Mr Michael O'Flarelle [?] for the use of the Wesleyan Chapel C....... [?} from H H Baylis [?} Geelong. "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers" Leb 13.2" In different ink and hand: "William Brinsmead Leopold 1 14 6"

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Brought to Australia in the 1830s.

Hand bound leather bible written in Gaelic. 279 p.

"Mr Dond McAskil Holy Bible 1859"

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Brought to Australia in 1830s.

Leather bound bible written in Gaelic with psalms at the back.

On back endpapers: "Mrs Donald McAskil Burwood Melbourne 1872"

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Brought to Australia in the 1830s.

Leather bound bible written in Gaelic.

Inside: "May McDonald Braonachair owns this Bible March 21 1831"

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Brought to Australia in 1830s.

Leather bound bible written in Gaelic.

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n 1927, during the ministry of the Reverend Charles Mason, Methodist Church services and a combined Anglican-Methodist Sunday School were held in the Mincha State School, The Mincha Memorial Methodist Church was opened on13 March 1936. It was called the Mincha Centenary Church to mark 100 years since the arrival in Victoria of Reverend Orton, the first Methodist minister.

The photograph shows the front and one side of the church and public hall which are located side by side.

Cast metal bookend with an image of a church.

Bottom RH edge "HAMMOND"

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G048.1 and G048.2 two rectangular wooden candle holders with a hole drilled on the top surface. Each has a gold coloured metal plate with text on one side.

"St Andrew's Kirk"

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Names on the duty roster: D Border, B Millar, J Stevenson, J Walker and J Pendrigh.

Stained timber noticeboard which is shaped at the top with a hole in it for hanging. It has a slot for notices to be changed. The typed duty roster in it is for December 1986.

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These finials were probably on the hall of St Andrew's Presbyterian church Ballarat and saved by the Rev Gary Douglas Jacobs when it was demolished. The hall was rebuilt in 1938-1959.

G650.1 and G650.2 metal St Andrew's crosses roof finials. They have been painted blue.

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"Brown's self interpreting Bible with numerous notes by the Rev Henry Cooke, DD, LLD. Reedited with additions by the Rev J L Porter DD" Editors preface dated 1873. Mary Hannah William Thomas married John Thomas at Sebastopol Congregation Church. John Brown (1722-1787) was a Scottish weaver who became a Presbyterian minister. Although self-educated, he prepared an annotated Bible, Bible dictionary and concordance, and a metrical version of the Psalms. His self-interpreting Bible appeared first in 1778 in Edinburgh and was reprinted many times. [Source: https://hbu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2018/06/Byrd-Collection-.pdf]

Heavy dark brown dimpled leather covered bible with marbled endpapers, gilt page edges and many monochrome plates. The bible has a dedication plate inside the front cover.

On spine "BROWN'S BIBLE" Plate: "A GIFT TO MISS MARY HANNAH WILLIAMS ON HER WEDDING DAY JANUARY 14TH, 1891, BY HER OLD SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER TIMOTHY THOMAS. "May the Lord protect her path"

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Rev Stuart Rea was at Central Mission, Lygon Street, Carlton from 1938-1942.

G073.1 Small brown leather suitcase-style case with two lock catches and a handle. The case has a stained wood insert containing G073.2 - G073.9 eight glass communion glasses. The case is lined with navy blue grosgrain fabric and has a small leather label in the lid. Secured in the lid with leather straps is a round silver box, G073.10, with an etched lid, G073.11. G073.12 Silver cylindrical flask with an etched design on the front with G073.13 silver screw top, cork lined, lid. G073.14 Circular white lace mat in a separate section of the box. G073.15 Stained and varnished wooden stand to hold 12 glasses. G073.1 has a name stamped between the handles and a dedication inside.

"REV STUART G. REA" "THE GIFT OF LYGON STREET METHODIST CHURCH"

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G075.1 Metal printing plate on a wooden block. It is an image of the exterior of a church. G075.2 Metal printing plate on a wooden block. It is an image of the main entrance to the church. G075.3 Metal printing plate on a wooden block. It is an image of the interior of the church.

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Unidentified church with Sunday School metal photographic printing block on a wooden block. The image is of one wood and one brick building side by side. The block has handwriting on the back.

"SS block Sunday School"

Barkly street Methodist Church Ballarat Sunday School metal printing plate on a wood block.

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G079.1 Dark brown leather box with gilt cross on its lid. The box has a single chrome keyed latch and is lined with pale grey satin. G079.2 - G079.7 Six small silver chalices with an etched cross on the front of each. They are secured by a leather strap to the side of G079.1. G079.8 Square white line cloth with an embroidered cross in one corner.

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Attributed to have been used in the Melbourne office in John Flynn's early days.

G080.1 Silver teaspoon with engraving on the handle. G080.2 Silver fruit fork with a decorative handle. .

G080.1 "AIM"

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Polished and varnished turned wood gavel with an inscribed silver disk.

"FRANK PATON MEMORIAL CHURCH DEEPDENE 22-2-41 Presented by the Architects SCARBOROUGH, ROBERTSON & LOVE"

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This President's chair was presented to the Victorian and Tasmanian Conference in 1932 by Mr Fred J Cato.

Dark hardwood ornately carved high backed chair with two arm rests. The chair includes two worn leather cushions on the bottom and the back. There is a small metal plaque at the back with the manufacture's details.

Octagonal varnished wood font with a fitted lid. The lid has a large brass knob on the top secured by three screws and the front a small brass plate on one side. Each of the other seven sides have carved two carved leaves. The font is on one single turned wood leg which sits on an octagonal base. The inside of the font contains a copper bowl. There is a support for the bowl which must be a later handmade addition to the font as it is made of plywood. The manufacturers name is on the inside of the lid.

"TO ST ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FRAMLINGHAM BY THE LADIES GUILD 18TH APRIL 1954"

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This offering plate is from St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Ballarat.

Round varnished wood offering plate with a raised edge. The inside is covered with red twill fabric. Text is scratched into the underside.

"St A's"

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Varnish wood offering plate with a long turned wood handle.

offering plate

A015.1 and A015.2 heavy metal printing blocks in octagonal shape with rectangular stamps. 15.1 has text and 15.2 text and the burning bush.

15.1 "PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH DORCAS STREET EMERALD HILL I.COR.XI.28" 15.2 "YET NOT CONSUMED"

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Communion "attendance" tokens were deposited in the collection plate at the communion service. They were delivered by Elders of the church to households in the week prior to the Quarterly Communion Service.

B121.1 - B121.6 round metal alloy communion tokens.

"ST JAMES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BALLARAT" "LUKE XXII.10 THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME"

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The Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania sold all its residential camps operated by UC Camping in June 2023. They were Grantville, Westernport Bay; Norval, Grampions/Gariwerd; Merricks Lodge, Mornington Peninsula and Adekate Camp, Creswick.

White magnetic sign with the UCA symbol at the top, taupe coloured text and yellow and green images.

"Uniting Church in Australia SYNOD OF VICTORIA AND TASMANIA" "UC CAMMPING creating opportunities www.uccamping.org.au"

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