Showing 1198 results

Authority Record

Davies, David John

  • 182
  • Person
  • 1879-1935

David John Davies was born in Oswestry, Wales and studied at Trinity College Cambridge, graduating in 1908 with an MA degree. He was ordained in 1906 and served as curate at Holy Trinity Cambridge. In 1911 he was appointed Principal of Moore College and held this position until his death in 1935. From 1931-1935 he was President of the NSW Council of Churches. http://webjournals.ac.edu.au/ojs/index.php/ADEB/article/view/1249/1246

Crook, William Pascoe

  • 160
  • Person
  • 1775-1846

William Pascoe Crook was the first Congregationalist minister in Australia. He was born in England and sailed to the South Pacific on the London Missionary Society's ship Duff in 1796. He spent several years working in the Marquesas Islands, then returned to England where he married Hannah Dare. They arrived in Sydney in 1803, and Samuel Marsden engaged him to open the colony's first boarding school in Parramatta. He established a Congregational church in the schoolroom, earning the disapproval of Marsden and others. He returned to mission work in Tahiti, living there from 1816-1830, then returned to Sydney where he helped establish the Temperance Society and the School Society. He died in Melbourne in 1846. https://www.moore.edu.au/library/special-collections/15-04-2016/william-pascoe-crook---intrepid-missionary-and-dissenter

Crawley, Emily Ann Frances

  • 333
  • Person
  • c. 1822-1893

Emily Ann Frances Crawley formerly Broughton
Born about 16 Jun 1822 in Hartley Wespall, Hampshire
Daughter of William Grant Broughton and Sarah (Francis) Broughton
Sister of Mary Phoebe (Broughton) Boydell
Wife of George Crawley — married 1850 in St James church, Sydney
[children unknown]
Died 12 Sep 1893 in Northamptonshire, England

Craven, Vincent

  • 271
  • Person
  • 1908-1993

Vincent Craven was Secretary of Scripture Union in Australia, and the first Secretary of Scripture Union and Children's Special Service Mission in NSW. Her served as YMCA Welfare Officer on the Kokoda Trail in PNG during WW2. In 1946 he went to Canada to become acting National Director of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. He was also General Director of Ontario Pioneer Camps. He established Christian Camping International in Canada and served as National President.
(Obituary, series 271-2)

Results 921 to 930 of 1198