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Churches, 1972

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Israel's Thai Envoy Here on Uia Mission

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 May 1972 · page 7

What Israel can offer to ther developing nations is the fruits of our labor, the results of our work, the Israel Ambassador to Thailand, Mr Rehaveam Amir, said in Sydney last week. A teacher, soldier and…

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Canadian Church “Hostile to Jews"

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 June 1972 · page 16

TORONTO: Outspoken criticism that "the most... powerful groups within the United Church of Canada" had been hostile to the Jewish people since the 1967 Six-Day War was voiced by Dr…

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Church plea for Jews’ plight

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 June 1972 · page 3

Australian church dignatories this week sent telegrams to President Assad of Syria, asking for the alleviation of…

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Growing Suburb Church reserve

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 4 July 1972 · page 5

This unusual photograph was taken of Merrylands about 1940. The photo is a good…

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Church story

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 18 July 1972 · page 2

A story on St. Bartholomew's Church, Prospect, was published in the centenary…

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Voetsak Voerster! Church backs Apartheid

Tribune · Tuesday 15 August 1972 · page 10

Dr. Jacobus Vorster, brother of the infamous Prime Minister of South Africa, is at present in Australia attending the Reformed Ecumenical Synod and…

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Church Letter to Nixon Thursday, July 20

Tharunka · Tuesday 12 September 1972 · page 5

DR. BLAKE ASKS NIXON TO HALT BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM DIKES Geneva (EPS) — Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, has made a personal appeal to President Richard Nixon to use his authority as Commander-in-Chief of U.S. military forces to stop the bombing of…

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Black pastor too sharp for church

Tribune · Tuesday 12 September 1972 · page 2

BRISBANE: Aboriginal Pastor Don Brady, a well-known activist for Black Rights in Queensland, has been told by the Methodist Church that his services…

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Wizo Fair in Church Hall

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 October 1972 · page 10

This year's WIZO Bazaar will be held at the spacious St Charles Hall, Waverley, bazaar chairman, Mrs Ann…

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New Parish at Greystanes

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 17 October 1972 · page 9

Due to the rapid expansion in Holroyd area, Archbishop James Freeman, the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, decided earlier in 1972 to form the new Catholic parish of Greystanes…

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Churches link eras

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 24 October 1972 · page 11

The famous St. Bartholomew's Church in Prospect is believed to be one of the first Anglican churches in Australia to have been built by convict…

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Trade Mission Due in March

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 November 1972 · page 8

An Israel trade mission will visit Australia (as well as Singapore and the Philippines) next February or March, Dr Yaacov Shahar, a spokesman for the Israel Ministry…

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Australian Churches Back Soviet Jewry

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 November 1972 · page 7

The Australian Council of Churehes has requested the Federal Government to make representations to the Soviet Union concerning the ransom tax placed on Jewish citizens wishing to…

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La protection des journalistes en mission perilleuse La France ouvre le débat sur un projet de Convention internationale

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 24 November 1972 · page 2

A la Commission sociale des Nations Unies, la France a ouvert le débat sur le projet de convention internationale pour la protection des journalistes en mission périlleuse. Sur l'initiative Paris, l'Assemblée générale, puis la Commission des droits de…

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Historic Church Service Held in Holroyd Offering for handicapped children

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 28 November 1972 · page 3

A special church service was held at the Merrylands…

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Vic Premier As Member of Jnf Israel Mission

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 December 1972 · page 1

MELBOURNE: The Premier of Victorses, Mr R. J. Homer, will be o member of the Jewish Notional Fund's Kefura Study Mission to Israel for the…

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Diensten Reformed Church of Melbourne

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 15 December 1972 · page 10

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Carols at old church

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 19 December 1972 · page 5

Many Holroyd residents are expected to attend the carols festival in the grounds of the historic St. Bartholomew's church. Prospect. The festival will be…

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