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Welcome to the Christian History Research Website! In this site are many online books of Christian history in Australia and South Pacific. Please click on any of the book covers or links below to find material relevant to your church or personal needs. There are also several indexes and a search engine to help find material.
John Flynn: An Interactive Biography
John Flynn was a Christian Missionary who created the Royal Flying Doctor Service. In this application you will learn how Flynn, by trusting God, would become one of Australia's greatest leaders.
The application features:
- a concise biography
- an interactive timeline
- an interactive twenty dollar note
- audio re-enactment of some of Flynn's statements
- and plenty more...
This application will take about 20 minutes to complete. You will require Adobe Flash Player 10 or higher.
Options
- Download (6MB) (Windows)
- Web Version
© Copyright 2012 Graham & Pam McLennan, Christian History Research
This application may be used and distributed freely for personal interest, education and research purposes. It may not be sold, copied or used for any commercial purposes without written permission of the copyright owner.
NEW DOWNLOAD: Our Australian Christian Heritage 97 Slide Presentation
(a PDF file of 3MB)
- detailing individuals, institutions, documents and events
useful for church and school groups
- viewable with Adobe Acrobat Reader - Get Adobe Acrobat Reader if you don't have it
- to download the file in full, right click on the link to the PDF and select 'save as'
- if you are are unable to open the PDF, see Problems Downloading and Viewing PDFs
or view via Our Australian Christian Heritage (Slideshare)
NEW DOWNLOAD: Our Australian Christian Heritage 97 Slide Presentation Printable Edition
(a PDF file of 7MB)
NEW DOWNLOAD: The Meaning of Our Flag
(a PDF file of 91KB)
NEW DOWNLOAD: History Makers Radio with Matt Prater - interviews many high profile people including Australians
(iTunes Podcast - HistoryMakersRadio.com)
NEW DOWNLOAD: Don't go to Gilgandra or you will get converted: a story of the Aboriginal Naden Family
(a PDF file of 1.44MB)
or view via Don't go to Gilgandra or you will get converted: a story of the Aboriginal Naden Family (Slideshare)
or view via Don't go to Gilgandra or you will get converted: a story of the Aboriginal Naden Family (HTML)
The Anzacs and Israel - a common destiny by Kelvin Crombie (HTML)
NEW DOWNLOAD: One Blood: 200 years of Aboriginal encounter with Christianity: a story of hope by John Harris, Albatross Books, 1990
(a PDF file of 191MB - 40 minutes @ 700 kilobits per sec)
Historical Revisionism in the National Curriculum by Prof Augusto Zimmerman (HTML)
National Day of Prayer Feb 19, 2012, Canberra
http://www.nationaldayofprayer.com.au/
Join pastors, leaders and prayer warriors from all over Australia to pray for a release of souls into the Kingdom and a revival and reformation.
Blow the trumpet in Zion,
declare a holy fast,
call a sacred assembly.
Gather the people,
consecrate the assembly;
bring together the elders,
Joel 2:15-16
Date: February 19, 2012
Time: 10am-4pm
Location: Great Hall, Parliament House Canberra
Christian History for Schools
This is a new section of our site which will be expanded with more material for schools. In it are books, links and downloads for children and youth to help with study and assignments on Australian Christian History.
Australia's first Bible
On Sunday 3 February 1788, the first Christian Service in the colony of New South Wales was conducted by the chaplain, Richard Johnson. Johnson's text came from Psalm 116, beginning 'What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?' The Bible was the large leather-bound King James Version which Johnson carried with him on the First Fleet. Johnson's Bible, and his Book of Common Prayer, foundational documents in the formation of Australia, now reside under the care of St Philip's York St Anglican Church in Sydney. The current rector of St Phillip's, The Reverend Justin Moffatt, considers Johnson's KJV to be one of our greatest treasures...
View video ( 7 Minutes ) http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2011/08/24/3301174.htm.
