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Printed by George Philip & Son, London. Map of the world with colour coding based on the origin of the diocese. Lists dioceses in boxes at base and sides. Undated but pre-1960 as 'Belgian Congo' and 'Tanganyika' are listed.

This carved stick was a personal gift to the Archbishop of Sydney from the catechist in the village of Lowainasasa on the island of Ambae in northern Vanuatu, on the occasion of the centenary celebrations in October 2007 marking the death of Rev Charles Christopher Godden. This village is the closest one to the site where Godden was shot by the aggrieved Alameamea, who had been 'blackbirded' to the Queensland canefields, badly mistreated and then repatriated to Vanuatu.
Part of the chiefly paraphernalia in Ambae and other islands in Vanuatu is the carved wooden club. Because the catechist does not have high rank in the church, his carved stick is less elaborate than the chief's club. This elderly catechist has served faithfully in the church for many decades, but has never qualified for ordained ministry. Nevertheless, he wanted to send his stick to the Archbishop as a sign of their mutual task of caring for God's people.

Shows the continent of Africa divided into areas of European colonization

"Children's Hospital Honour Banner presented to St Matthias Church of England S.S. (Sunday School) Paddington for special effort, 1921." in gold lettering on white silk banner. Gold fringe on bottom hem, braided cord on top hem, with loops around brass rail.

Draft copy of An Australian Prayer Book, produced for consideration by General Synod in 1978. News clippings relating to liturgical revision and manuscript notes by Gilbert Sinden are inserted throughout.
'A Piece of Australian Liturgical History: The Vocational Heritage of Diana Hopton and Gilbert Sinden SSM' written for the Australian Journal of Liturgy by Charles Sherlock is also included.

Manuscript in ink, 3 pp, octavo, headed ’49 Upper Davey [?] Ct., Aug 2 1864’, addressed to ‘Dear Mrs. Walker’ and signed at the foot ‘C.H. Tasmania’, the signature endorsed below in pencil by the recipient ‘Dr. Bromby, Bishop’; original folds, some age toning and tiny loss at top corner of last side (resulting in a lacuna of a few letters); otherwise complete and legible; now lacking the original envelope.
Charles Henry Bromby (1814-1907) held the office of Bishop of Tasmania from 1864 to 1882. Born in Hull, he had served as perpetual curate at St. Paul’s, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, from 1846 to 1860, where he established a boys’ orphanage and several schools. From 1847, as the first principal of St. Paul's College, he became an agitator for educational reform. In April 1864 he was appointed Bishop of Tasmania, replacing Francis Russell Nixon; he was consecrated in Canterbury Cathedral on June 29
1864, and arrived in Hobart early in January 1865. During his term in office he was a strong advocate of church extension, the use of lay preachers, and of social ministry.
The present letter was written by Bromby soon after his consecration as Bishop, just prior to his initial departure for Tasmania. The addressee, Mrs. Walker, was evidently one of his parishioners in Cheltenham.
‘| fear that you must have thought me unmindful of the kind sympathy you have evinced with my labors in my future Diocese. Your kind letter was only forwarded to me today & | hasten to acknowledge your own liberal Donation & that of your daughter. The work before [me] in regard to Church extension & Missionary labor in the outlying islets is great, urgent & most interesting. May your kind help provoke the same Zeal in the hearts of others also who love the Passion & believe in the Church of our Fathers as the great instrument for preparing the world for his Coming. Wherever we may be then, may we be found watching. Will you be good e[nough] to convey to Miss Walker the same cordial thanks which I am attempting to express to yourself in this letter. Believe me, Mrs. Walker, from yr. very true C.H. Tasmania’.
The “outlying islets” which Bromby mentions undoubtedly refer to the islands in the Bass Strait known as the Furneaux Group, principally Flinders and Cape Barren Island. Although Wybalenna had been closed in 1847, and its residents forcably removed to Oyster Cove, there of course remained on the islands a significant population of mixed Palawa and European heritage.
(Seller's description)

Presented "to the Reverend Canon R.B.S. Hammond .. from the friends and guests of Hotel Hammond"

Contains black and white prints of Ernest Cameron with Archbishop Mowll, the procession through Sydney to welcome the Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher, meetings of the Mothers' Union at Gilbulla Conference Centre and various Sydney clergymen.

Head and shoulders portrait of T.C. Hammond in clerical collar and academic robes.

Portrait of Thomas Moore, with books and nautical instruments on a table. A portrait of Rachel Moore and the outline of St Luke's Liverpool are also included.