Presbyterian Church of Queensland Collection
Collection
The collection comprises of architectural plans for Presbyterian churches in Brisbane and regional Queensland. The mission records include a large collection of correspondence files relating to the Presbyterian missions at Aurukun, Mapoon, Mornington Island, Weipa and Thursday Island. These files document the history and daily activities of the missions. The collection also includes several illuminated addresses, including one relating to the prominent Queensland Presbyterian, W.R. Black who provided financial assistance to the funding of St Paul's Church in Brisbane, and another dating from First World War which was presented to the Governor General Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson. The photographs include images of the various Aboriginal missions, and members and ministers of various Presbyterian churches.
The Presbyterian Church had its beginnings in Queensland in 1845 when the Reverend John Dunmore Lang conducted the first service in the Moreton Bay settlement. In 1851 the first dedicated Presbyterian Church building in Queensland was opened in Grey Street, South Brisbane, on the site where the South Brisbane Railway Station stands today. In 1977, 75 percent of the Presbyterian Church of Australia joined with the Congregational and Methodist churches to form the Uniting Church of Australia. The remaining 25 percent, which was the most conservative part, did not join the Uniting Church and continued as the Presbyterian Church in Australia with various state branches.
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