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AN UNEXPECTED ANZAC HERO.

AN UNEXPECTED ANZAC HERO. Had the Great War not ended just weeks after he carried a wounded British officer from a bloody battlefield on the Western Front under heavy fire, Australian Catholic Priest Father Ted McGrath almost certainly would have … Continue reading

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FAREWELL SHIRLEY DUNBAR.

FAREWELL SHIRLEY DUNBAR. Rev John Flynn pushed the Presbyterian Church into establishing the Inland Mission covering the inland with a mantle of safety through its pedal radio network and flying Doctor Service. The Methodist Church in Australia was far behind … Continue reading

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CROSSING THE CONTINENT.

CROSSING THE CONTINENT. Last Tuesday night, at 8.30pm, ABC1 Television screened a special programme called “Croker Island Exodus”, in which some of the people involved in the 1942 evacuation of 92 Aboriginal children and their carers, (Methodist missionaries, including Margaret … Continue reading

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GOD’S WITNESS, NOT HIS LAWYER.

GOD’S WITNESS, NOT HIS LAWYER. When I was studying to be a minister of the Gospel, my student churches were two adjacent wooden churches in the inner slum areas of Melbourne. For seven years during the 1950s and 1960s the … Continue reading

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YOUTH MENTORING. ROTARY & WESLEY MISSION.

SYDNEY ROTARY AND Wesley Mission’S EQUIP YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM 1.8.2003 Thank you for having a Past President speak. Over the thirty years I have been a Rotary I have followed the policy that Past presidents should be seen and … Continue reading

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755 SPEECHES IN PARLIAMENT BY HON GORDON MOYES, A.C.

pLEASE GO TO THE OFFICIAL HANSARD RECORD. click on internet. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3HHBSpeaker?open&vwCat=Moyes,+Reverend+the+Hon+Dr+Gordon

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Discrimination in Christian Schools and Institutions..

Anti-Discrimination (Equality in Education and Employment) Amendment Bill 2006 Speech delivered on the 1st March 2006 to the Legislative Council by Rev Hon Dr Gordon Moyes AC MLC www.gordonmoyes.com  Reverend the Hon. Dr GORDON MOYES: I speak on behalf of … Continue reading

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GOD’S WITNESS, NOT HIS LAWYER.

GOD’S WITNESS, NOT HIS LAWYER. (Sanctuary Life Magazine Feb 2012) When I was studying to be a minister of the Gospel, my student churches were two adjacent wooden churches in the inner slum areas of Melbourne. For seven years during … Continue reading

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DR FRANK RAYWARD. AN OVERCOAT AND TWO BOB.

DEVOTIONAL TALK TO A SENIORS GROUP. At Nobby’s Newcastle. July 1st 2011. AN OVERCOAST AND TWO BOB. On the 10th of May last I received an email from a researcher at the Newcastle Herald with a photo attached. It read: … Continue reading

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DR ANNA HOGG DIES AT 102.

DEATH OF LEADING EDUCATIONALIST. Last week a memorial service was held to celebrate the life of Dr Anna Hogg, B.A. Dip. Ed., B.Ed (Hons), Ph.D., B.Ed., FACE. who has died at the age of 101 years. Many professors, university deans … Continue reading

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