Volume 099: Macarthur family papers relating to the Church of England in Australia, 1839-1909

Macarthur family papers, 1789-1936 [First Collection]

Correspondence and other papers relating to the Church of England in Australia, 1839-1909.

Include receipts for subscriptions to the Australian Diocesan Committee, 1838-39; correspondence between James Macarthur, William Cowper and Thomas Macquoid, 1839, with enclosed printed petition from lay members to the Queen concerning funds arising from lands set apart for support of the Church; documents concerning the establishment of a constitution for the Church; order of proceedings for laying foundation stone for rebuilding of Church of St John the Evangelist at Parramatta, 1862; correspondence and other documents relating to Church of England conference, 1858, and bill for regulating the affairs of Church in NSW; Report from the Select Committee on the Church of England Synod Bill, 1865 (printed); Report of the committee appointed by the Conference ... to prepare and superintend the progress through Parliament of a Bill to legalise the fundamental Constitutions agreed to by the Conference, (1865?)(printed); Letter of the Bishop of Newcastle, containing remarks upon the Sydney Diocesan Conference held September 1865 (printed); Colonial Church legislation : to the clerical and lay representatives of the Diocese of Newcastle, at the General Conference convened at Sydney, April 11th 1866 (printed); Constitutions for the management and good government of the United Church of England and Ireland within the Colony of New South Wales (approved by Conference 20th April 1866) (printed); A Bill to enable the members of the United Church of England and Ireland in New South Wales to manage the property of the said Church (1866); minutes of proceedings of conference of the Metropolitan and bishops in Australia (Sydney, 1868) (printed); printed reports of committees of the Diocese of Sydney, 1878-1880; correspondence and other documents respecting the Centennial Fund, 1887-88; pamphlets including forms of prayer and service, information re the Church Society, rules of the Churchmen's Club, invitations re St Andrew's Cathedral Debt Extinction and Endowment Fund, 1854-1909.

Includes issues of The Church Chronicle for the Dioceses of Sydney Newcastle and Goulburn, 1865-1866; The Church Society's Quarterly Paper, 1899-1900.

Volume 099: Macarthur family papers relating to the Church of England in Australia, 1839-1909

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