Biographical indexes of Quakers in Australia, 1982-2014 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 45684
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1982-2012]
- 1.11 m. (2 boxes) + 1 fol. box + 5 folders + 2 packets.
- Summary:
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MS 8089 comprises: 1. Dictionary of Australian Quaker biography / compiled by Marjorie and William Oats for Australia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. 2. A biographical index of Quakers in Australia before 1862 / prepared by Marjorie and William Oats (2 boxes, 1 fol. box).
The Acc06.140 instalment comprises copies of new entries and some revised entries for the Dictionary of Australian Quaker biography (1 folder).
The Acc07.050 instalment comprises the annual addition of biographies of deceased Australian members (1 folder).
The Acc09.187 instalment includes updates for the Dictionary of Australian Quaker biography for 2007-2008, comprising testimonies for newly deceased members of the Society of Friends (1 folder).
The Acc11.036 instalment comprises updates for the Dictionary of Australian Quaker biography, 2008-2010, including new entries together with corrections and additions to existing entries (1 packet).
The Acc11.147 instalment includes updates for the Dictionary of Australian Quaker biography for 2009, including testimonies to the Grace of God in the lives of Quakers written between January 2008 and January 2009 (1 folder).
The Acc12.071 instalment comprises the annual supplement of entries to the loose-leaf Dictionary of Australian Quaker Biography (DAQB) and contains testimonies to members who have died during the specified years, and also lists those members who have not had testimonies prepared but whom the Society has recognised in Minutes of Record of Regional Meetings (sections A and B respectively) (1 packet).
The Acc13.072 instalment comprises ‘Dictionary of Quaker Biography, supplement: Section A, new entries – testimonies and memorial minutes’, written between yearly meeting 2012 and yearly meeting 2014; and ‘Section B: new entries – minutes of record and biographical information’ (1 folder).
- Biography/History:
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The first meeting of the Society of Friends in Australia took place in Hobart, 1833. In 1902 the first Australia General Meeting was held, continuing until 1963, to be superseded the following year by the Australian Yearly Meeting. The Canberra Preparative Meeting began in 1954, attached to the Sydney Monthly Meeting. In 1964 an independent Canberra Regional Meeting was established, constituting the Canberra and Riverina Local Meetings.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 8089, MS Acc06.140, MS Acc07.050, MS Acc09.187, MS Acc11.036, MS Acc11.147, MS Acc12.071, MS Acc13.072.
- Associated materials: Records of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia, 1900-2010 MS 4953.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1982-2014
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
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- Dictionary of Australian Quaker biography
- Biographical index of Quakers in Australia before 1862
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