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Synod of South Australia
HISTORICAL SOCIETY

linking with the past to inform the future

To stimulate interest in the history of the Uniting Church and of the three churches – Congregational, Methodist & Presbyterian – which came together in union in 1977.

To promote the collection and preservation of historical documents and records, and the recording of reminiscences of church life.

To publish historical articles and lectures.

To co-operate with other societies interested in the history of South Australia.

The Society is governed by a Council which reports to the South Australian Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia.

Membership is open to individuals and organisations interested in the aims of the Society.

Membership includes the News-letter, published three times a year, which  contains  various  features relating to the history of the Church in South Australia.

Two lectures are normally given each year and most are published for sale. 

From time to time, walks or tours to various churches and other locations of interest are organised.

The endowed Gordon Rowe Lecture is presented biennially.  The Rev Gordon Rowe was the inaugural president of the S.A. Methodist Historical Society.

Our Home Site

SA Synod Uniting Church History Centre. East Avenue, Black Forest Home of the collection of the  Synod of South Australia Historical Society. Open to Public - Wednesdays 1-4 p.m. [Closed for holidays from 18th Dec. to 2nd Feb.] Attendance may be by appointment, also.  Please ring: 8297 8472. PROGRAM FOR 2012 "George Fife Angas, Father and Founder of South Australia?" Rev. David Paech will speak on George Fife Angas, with references to the settlement of the Christian denominations in the new colony. Friday, February 17th at 7:30 pm Meeting at Payneham Road Uniting Church (Parking at rear of property off Broad Street) Rev. David Paech has been a pastor of the Lutheran Church for 56 years, serving in Brisbane, the Barossa Valley, Palmerston North New Zealand, Box Hill in Melbourne and in Renmark.  From 1988-1999 he was president of the Lutheran Church SA-NT,  and retired in 2000. He and betty (married 55 years - five children, all Teachers) live on the site of the Klemzig Village established by Lutheran religious refugees in 1839.  He is especially  interested in the world scene, church history and South Australian history. he does a lot of researching and writing on South Australian history and will bring several of his publications to the meeting for sale, two family histories, and is presently completing "the Decline of Christian Influence in South Australia during the past 175 years."  He is a keen golfer.

COLLECTION

The Society’s Collection is housed at 44A East Avenue, Black Forest. 

Open to Public - Wednesdays 1-4 p.m.
For attendance by appointment, please ring : 8297 8472.

The History Centre is closed for the summer vacation and will open again on 2nd february, 2011.

Edwin A Curnow, “Pioneering Para Plains:

Early stories and Primitive Methodism

At Burton and Bolivar