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Minutes, agendas and reports of the Commonwealth Council

Minutes, reports and agendas of the Executive Committee, sent to the Commonwealth/Australian secretary of the Bible Society in Australia.

Includes director's report, financial reports and scripture distribution statistics

Clippings from Christian and mainstream newspapers relating to Bible Society programs, events, job vacancies or appearances in the media by Bible Society staff.

Correspondence, news clippings, travel arrangements and the text of the lecture for the Olivier Beguin Memorial Lectures. The Lectures were named after the General Secretary of the United Bible Societies, and were held in Canberra between 1972 and 1989.
The speakers were:
E.M. Blaiklock 1975
Malcolm Muggeridge 1976
Francis Sayre 1977
Robert Bratcher 1978
John Stott 1979
Michael Cassidy 1985

Correspondence relating to producing Catholic Bibles, relations with the Catholic Church and public reaction. Also includes news clippings.

This series of documents were filed together and so have not been rearranged. It includes property leases, the Articles of Association, stock and share certificates.

Copies of minutes, reports and related correspondence from the meetings of the Commonwealth and (later) Australian Council.
Commonwealth Council – 1962-1966
Commonwealth Council – 1968
Commonwealth Council – 1968
Commonwealth Council minutes – 1974
Commonwealth Council Chairman – R.R. Millhouse – 1971-1975
Commonwealth Council – membership – 1974-1975
Commonwealth Council meetings – general correspondence – 1974-1975
Arrangements for senior staff conferences and Commonwealth Council meetings – 1974-75
Secretaries and Commonwealth Council meeting arrangements – 1971-1974
Commonwealth budget working papers – 1974-1975
Commonwealth budget – working papers – 1974
Commonwealth Council – financial report – working papers – 1974
Commonwealth Council meeting – reports – 1974
Australian Council 1979
Australian Council Executive Committee – 1979
Australian Council minutes – 1980
Australian Council Executive Committee minutes – 1980
Correspondence with Australian Councillors – 1979-1980
Australian Council – meetings – 1983
Senior staff/Australian Council meeting – 1983
Senior staff conference/Australian Council – 1984
Reports to Australian Council – 1984
Commonwealth/Australian Council meeting minutes (copies) – 1962-1978

Letters Patent appointing Harry Munro as State Chairman, Thomas Andrews as State General Secretary and Matthew Reid as Honorary Treasurer of the Queensland Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Australia, 7th December 1950.
Letters Patent dated 23rd October 1980, recording the name change of the Auxiliary to The Bible Society in Australia, Queensland.

News clippings, photos and ephemera relating to the NSW Auxiliary, pasted or affixed into bound volumes.