CHR: Links to Resources Related to Australia's Christian History

National Thanksgiving Day www.thanksgiving.org.au

CENTRE FOR THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT & EXPERIENCE, Dept of Ancient History, Macquarie University. This Centre also incorporates the Centre for the Study of Australian Christianity, which was previously based at Robert Menzies College.
website http://www.anchist.mq.edu.au/CTE/

AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY

Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography online. Here are over 10,000 scholarly biographies of persons who were significant in Australian history.

Trugernanner (1812? - 1876) Sir Douglas Mawson (1882 - 1958) Vida Jane Mary Goldstein (1869 - 1949) Caroline Chisholm (1808 - 1877) William Bligh (1754 - 1817) Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (1894 - 1978)

http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/

Australian History

Resources relating to Australian History available from Project Gutenberg of Australia and Project Gutenberg in the U.S. This includes online books by William Bligh; William Dampier; Sir Ernest Scott; David Collins, Arthur Phillip; John Hunter; Watkin Tench; Sir John Franklin and many others

http://gutenberg.net.au/aust-history.html

Journals of Australian Land and Sea Explorers and Discoverers. This includes the journals of the most famous explorers such as James Cook; William Dampier; Edward John Eyre; Matthew Flinders; John and Alexander Forrest; Ernest Giles; Frank and Augustus Gregory; George Grey; Ludwig Leichhardt; John McDouall Stuart; Charles Sturt; Abel Tasman and others such as Gregory Blaxland.

http://gutenberg.net.au/explorers-journals.html

A Short History of Australia by Ernest Scott.

http://gutenberg.net.au/shorthist.html

Many other biographies such as John Batman who "founded" Melbourne; Willem Janszoon (a.k.a. Jansz); James Cook and Ludwig Leichhardt

http://gutenberg.net.au/my-site-map.html

DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY

http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/00-dict-biogIndex.html

Australian Discovery "1606 and early maritime contact with Australia"

with BOOKS RELATING TO THE EARLY DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA

LINK: http://gutenberg.net.au/aust-discovery.html

Constitution Education Fund - Australia (CEFA)
independent, non-partisan and non-profit organisation committed to increasing public understanding and appreciation of the Constitution, its history and contemporary relevance

Australian National Flag Association (ANFA)
Australian Flag

The Meaning of our Flag (PDF 91KB)

Australian Statistics

Census Data: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Christian Groups in Australia (1996) - A fascinating look at how vast a number of 'Christian' groups that exist in Australia
Religious affiliation and activity (2004) - Includes trends, factors influencing change, demographic differences, participation in religious activities & voluntary work.
Religious affiliation - (2006 Yearbook) - Includes 1901-2001 data & percentage changes over time
Growth of Non-Christian Religions (2006) - Non-Christian religions in Australia are growing at a faster rate than Christianity. State/territory & capital city data
Christianity & migration: non-Christian religions & migration (2007) - Including Australia's religious profile, religion & country of birth, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Lebanon & a list of references

Australian Christian Heritage Forum

www.australiaschristianheritageforum.org.au

Australian Church History

Lutheran Church of Australia Archives - http://www.lca.org.au/lutherans/archives.cfm
History ot the Anglican Church in Australia - Bishop Tom Frame - http://www.anglican.org.au/index.cfm?SID=2&SSID=5&PID=6
Archive, Documents, Images - http://www.anglican.org.au/archive/
History of the Anglican Church in Queensland - Bishop Keith Raynor - http://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/raynerthesis.pdf
History of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia - http://www.catholicaustralia.com.au/page.php?pg=austchurch-history
http://www.catholicenquiry.com/history/the-journey-of-the-catholic-church-in-australia.html
http://www.sydney.catholic.org.au/about/key_dates_in_our_history.shtml
History of the Congregational Church in Australia - http://www.fcc-cong.org/history.asp
Presbyterian Church Website: http://www.presbyterian.org.au/
History of the Uniting Church in Australia - http://assembly.uca.org.au/about.html#1
History of the Wesleyan Methodists - http://www.wesleyan.org.au/about-us.html
Baptist History Australia - http://www.baptisthistory.org.au/
History of Pentecostals in Australia - http://www.cai.org/about-us/australian-pentecostal-history
http://www.pastornet.net.au/renewal/journal2/review.html
http://barrychant.com/books/books.php

World Christian History and Biography

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch

"Australia on the Map - 1606 - 2006"
http://www.australiaonthemap.org.au/
Dedicated to promoting celebrations in 2006, of 400 years of Australian history.

CHRISTIAN HISTORY INSTITUTE .Explore twenty Centuries of Christian history

http://www.gospel.com/

On this day in Christian History:

http://www.studylight.org/his/tich/

Children's Link to Christian Heroes*:

Christian History & Biography Store: Glimpses for Kids

Links to other Christian history sites, articles, heroes..

http://www.gospel.com/

*More Christian Heroes can be found at

http://www.heroesofhistory.com/page2.html

and

http://www.christianheroes.com/index/christian_heroes_people.asp