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Churches, 1837

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Aboriginal Mission

The Colonist · Thursday 7 September 1837 · page 3

IN the Church Missionary Paper for the use of weekly or monthly contributors, published Christmas 1836, we meet with an account of the proceedings of the Rev. Mr. Watson at…

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South Australian Church and the Loud Bishop of Australia

The Australian · Tuesday 12 September 1837 · page 6

IT will be seen from an advertisement in our columns regarding the Church, that considerable delay has taken place in its erection, in consequence of want of funds. Our friends in England who have…

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The Church

The Colonist · Thursday 14 September 1837 · page 3

BY a late arrival from home, we hear that an appeal has been made to the friends of the Church of England in behalf of their brethren in Australia. The object of this appeal is to…

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English Extracts. the Church in Danger

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 20 September 1837 · page 3

What are we to understand by the Church? And what does the cry of its being in danger mean? Are we to understand that the episcopal mode of church government is in danger, that we are on the…

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Sir Richard B[?] and the Church Establishments

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1837 · page 2

THE Church of England, from the foundation of the Colony up to the period of the passing of Sir Richard Bourke's Church [?], although not [?]…

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Domestic Intelligence. Church Missionary Society

The Colonist · Thursday 28 September 1837 · page 4

THROUGH the kind attention of a Correspondent, we have been favoured with a copy of the Third Annual Report of the Australian Auxiliary Church Missionary Society for the year ended…

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The Church Bill

The Australian · Friday 29 September 1837 · page 2

The Editor of the Gazette, with the usual alacrity he has, ever evinced in attacking.the present Administration, has ventured in open defiance of every rule of reason and propriety, to…

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"Vox Populi—Vox Dei." "Sir Richard Bourke and the Church Establishment"—gazette

The Australian · Tuesday 3 October 1837 · page 2

This article proves that, whatever may have been the case during the Tory dynasty in this Colony, there is no restraint in the liberty of the press under…

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Colonial Statistics. Church of Scotland. An Act to regulate the Temporal Affairs of Presbyterian Churches and Chapels connected with the Church of Scotland, in the Colony of New South Wales

The Colonist · Thursday 12 October 1837 · page 2

I. WHEREAS by an Act of the Governor of New South Wales, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, passed in the seventh year of the Reign of his present Majesty King William the…

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A Chapter on Churchyards

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1837 · page 2

It may seem strange to those who have been accustomed to look upon Churchyards only as affording a melancholy and instructive lesson on the frailty and…

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The Church

The Colonist · Thursday 19 October 1837 · page 2

WE have been anxiously anticipating the arrival of the clergymen of the Church of England, who, we were led to suppose by various representations, would have arrived about three or…

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Colonial Politics. Have We an Established Church?

The Colonist · Thursday 26 October 1837 · page 1

IMPORTANT as this question is, it is but of late years that the British colonies have bethought them of seriously propounding and considering it. Like many others, involving the political and…

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Domestic Intelligence. the Church of England

The Sydney Herald · Monday 6 November 1837 · page 2

It is seldom that we read a Colonial publication with the pleasure we felt when rending the "Report of the Diocesan Committee of the Societies for the Propagation of the Gospel in…

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Literature and Science. Russian Scientific Mission to the Eastern Coast of the Black Sea

The Colonist · Thursday 23 November 1837 · page 6

THE subjoined extract from a late number of The Times, will be read with interest by our brings millions of water-fowl on whistling wings from the countries of the north, to seek a milder climate in…

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Van Dieman's Land. Van Dieman's Land Church of Scotland Society

The Colonist · Thursday 23 November 1837 · page 6

THE Presbytery of Van Dieman's Land, having directed their Committee to take steps for the formation of a Society, in connexion with the Church of Scotland, for promoting Christian Education and…

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Domestic Intelligence. to the Scotch and Other Presbyterian Inhabitants of New South Wales

The Colonist · Thursday 7 December 1837 · page 2

Fellow Colonists and Christian Brethren, HAVING been enabled, by the good providence of God, to return to this colony in safety, after having once more circumnavigated…

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The Presbyterian Clergy

The Australian · Friday 8 December 1837 · page 2

To Hit Excellency Lieutenant Central SIR RICHARD BOURKE, K. C. B., Commanding Her Majesty's Forces in, and Governor of, New South Wales, &c., &c., &c…

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Roman Catholic Bishop & Clergy

The Australian · Friday 8 December 1837 · page 2

To His Excellency Lieutenant General SIR RICHARD BOURKE, K. C. B., Commanding Her Majesty's Forces in, and Governor of, New South Wales, &c. &c. &c…

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To the Scotch and Other Presbyterian Inhabitants of New South Wales

The Sydney Times · Saturday 9 December 1837 · page 2

Fellow Colonists and Christian Brethren, Having been enabled, by the good providence of God, to return to this colony in safety, after having once more circumnavigated…

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The Presbyterian Clergy. To His Excellency Lieutenant General Sir Richard Bourke, K. C. B., Commanittng Her Majesty's Forets in, and Governor of, New South Wales, &c., ^c., &c

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1837 · page 2

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY—We, the Presbytery of New South Waled, connected with Established Church of Scotland, do ourselves the honour to present to your Excellency our united…

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