Historical information
This bookmark was issued for the centenary of the Uniting Church Australia in 1949 . The church was amalgamated with the Congregational and Methodist churches to form the Uniting Church of Australia in 1977. Some congregations chose to maintain their adherence to their faith tradition and the Presbyterian Church has continued in those locations, one of which is at Ballarat where two Presbyterian church communities continue to worship as such in 2025.
Significance
This bookmark is significant in that it commemorates the 1949 centenary of the Presbyterian Church in Australia. Despite the amalgamation of the church into the Uniting Church in 1977 there remains a Presbyterian faith community in Ballarat.
