Henry Holliday was born in Sydney, studied at Moore College and was ordained in Bathurst in 1880. He worked in Condobolin and O'Connell before returning to Sydney and serving at St Barnabas Broadway, St Bartholomew Pyrmont, St Stephen's Penrith and Christ Church Bexley/St David's Arncliffe from 1910-1921. From 1911-1924 he was the Rural Dean of South Sydney. He was also a temperance advocate and a member of the Loyal Orange Association.
T.H. Wilkinson was born on the Isle of Wight and was ordained in 1849 in Sydney. He was curate at Christ Church St Laurence and then St Mary's Balmain. From 1849-1851 he was chaplain of Darlinghurst Jail. He was rector of St John's Canberra from 1851-1854, before returning to Sydney and working at Ashfield and Enfield. In 1851 he married Julia Sarah Underwood (1827-1906) and they had five children.
Reformed Evangelical Protestant Association
REPA was a small group of evangelical clergy and lay people within the Diocese of Sydney
James Gunther was born in Oberschwandorf, Germany. He studied at the CMS College in Islington and was ordained in 1836. After sailing to Australia in 1837 he went to the Wellington Valley as a CMS missionary. From 1843-1879 he was rector of St John's Mudgee, and then Canon of All Saints Bathurst.
Stuart Barton Babbage was born in Auckland in 1916. He studied history and economics at Auckland University, then completed a PhD at London University. After ordination in 1939 he served in an Essex parish, then as RAF chaplain in Norfolk. He married Elizabeth King in 1943, and was then sent to Iraq and Persia. In 1946 he came to Sydney as diocesan missioner, then served as Dean from 1947-1953. In 1953 he became Principal of Ridley College and Dean of Melbourne (1953-1962). In 1959 he chaired the organising committee for Billy Graham's crusade. He went to America in 1963 to take up a position of professor Columbia Theological Seminary, Georgia. He established the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts and was President from 1963-1973. Returning to Australia, he was Master of New College at the University of New South Wales from 1973-1983, and in 1995 was awarded the Order of Australia. From 1977-1992 he was also Registrar of the Australian College of Theology. He and Elizabeth had four children; she died in 1984.
Malcolm Muggeridge was a British journalist and author.
Christian Anti-Communism Crusade of Australia
The Christian Anti-Communism Crusade was founded in 1953 by Australian physician Dr Fred Schwarz (1913-2009). In the 1960s the headquarters was moved to Long Beach, California. in 1961 the Southern California School of Anti-Communism was held with 16,000 delegates. Dr Schwarz published a fortnightly newsletter and the book 'You can trust the Communists (to be Communist)'.
The Uniting Church came into being on 22 June 1977, after three denominations – Congregational Union in Australia, the Methodist Church of Australasia, and the Presbyterian Church of Australia – joined together.