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When the Bible Society in Australia was incorporated in 1976, the former Commonwealth Council was reformed and renamed. It continued to be the main executive committee of the Society to which the Divisions and state departments reported.

The Auxiliary Bible Society of Australia Felix was formed in 1840 - when the colony of Victoria was established the auxiliary changed their name to the Victorian Auxiliary. The Auxiliary was incorporated in 1965 and changed its name to The Bible Society in Australia (Victoria) in 1977.

The British and Foreign Bible Society was formed in 1804 by a group of Christians which included Rev Thomas Charles and William Wilberforce. Their initial concern was the lack of Welsh Bibles, inspired by the young Welsh girl Mary Jones, who walked over 20 miles to get a Bible.

When the Bible Society in Australia incorporated in 1976, the NSW Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society became the NSW branch of the Bible Society in Australia. It was dissolved in 2010 when Bible Society Australia became a single national body.

The Bible Society in Australia (Tasmania) was formerly the Tasmanian Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society. It became a state department of the Bible Society in Australia on incorporation in 1976. The Bible Society in Australia (Tasmania) was separately incorporated in 1995.