Port Adelaide - Religion
A report on the driving of the first pile for "a new church" by Captain
Sturt is reported in the Register,
6 February 1841, page 2b.
The laying of the foundation of a new Wesleyan Chapel is reported on
23 January 1851, page 3b,
28 August 1862, page 2d.
The opening of St Paul's Church is reported in the Register,
15 March 1852, page 3b; also see
Observer,
12 September 1896, page 43c(history of).
The laying of the foundation stone for the "new portion" of St Paul's
is reported in the Register,
24 May 1861, page 3d;
its 75th anniversary is reported in the Advertiser,
27 June 1929, page 9e; also see
The News,
5 February 1929, page 7e.
Photographs are in the Observer,
20 May 1905, page 25,
10 February 1906, page 29,
Register,
11 February 1910, page 4g.
The laying of the cornerstone of the new St Paul's Church is reported
in the Register,
15 May 1905.
A history of the church's bell which is reputed to have come off the French
ship Ville de la Bordeaux (sic) appears on 9 August 1905, page 4e; also
see
11 February 1910, page 4g and
21 July 1910, page 5f.
"The Seizure of the Ville de Bordeaux" is recalled on
16 July 1921, page 4h.
An obituary of Rev M. Williams is in the Register,
6 July 1920, page 6i.
A history of the Church appears on
10 May 1924, page 4.
Information on Presbyterian Church is in the Register,
6 August 1856, page 2h,
Observer,
23 August 1856, page 1c (supp.) and
its opening in the Register,
23 February 1857, page 3d; also see
Express,
18 January 1881, page 2g,
28 March 1881, page 3b,
2 February 1882, page 2e.
The opening of a Presbyterian bazaar by the Governor is reported in the Register,
22 and 24 November 1877, pages 6g and 4g.
A report on the laying of the foundation stone of the Presbyterian Church
is in the Register,
28 March 1881 (supp.), page 1c;
for its opening see
8 February 1882, page 6d.
A jubilee is reported in the Register,
23 December 1905, page 4h.
Its history appears on
23 December 1905, page 4h,
26 and 31 January 1924, pages 14 and 11a.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Church of the Immaculate Conception
is reported in the Register,
2 January 1858, page 3h and
its opening in the Observer,
21 August 1858, page 3f.Also see
Observer,
2 February 1858, page 1c (supp.),
Catholic Herald,
20 March 1868, page 98,
Register,
17 August 1908, page 6a.
Information on a Congregational Church is in the Register,
5 January 1855, page 3c,
15 January 1867, page 3c.
A report on the laying the foundation stone of the Congregational Church appears
on
17 July 1867, page 3e,
while the new Congregational Church is described on
7 December 1868, page 3f; also see
14 and 16 December 1868, pages 3e and 2f and
18 January 1869, page 3a
Chronicle,
30 January 1869, page 11g,
Register,
17 November 1880, page 5b.
The destruction of a Congregational Chapel by fire is reported in the Register,
1, 2 and 3 May 1866, pages 3b, 3e and 2h,
Observer,
5 May 1866, page 3e.
Its jubilee is reported in the Register on
15 November 1899, page 6e and
diamond jubilee on
19 November 1909, page 9a; also see
17 July 1917, page 6g,
2 and 28 February 1924, pages 5 and 13f,
Advertiser,
21 November 1929, page 11g.
A public farewell to Rev J.C. Kirby is reported in the Advertiser,
18 November 1908, page 8e.
"Early Days Recalled" is in The News,
15 November 1927, page 4c; also see
4 September 1928, page 8c.
An 1890 photograph of members of the church is in the Observer,
13 January 1917, page 26.
The opening of the Wesleyan Chapel is reported in the Register,
5 November 1863, page 2f.
The laying of the foundation stone of a Wesleyan Church is reported on
23 September 1884, page 7a; also see
4 March 1885, page 7f.
Its jubilee is reported on
2 April 1901, page 6f.
A Church fair is reported in the Express,
17 September 1897, page 4d.
"Bible Christians at the Port" is in the Register,
3 November 1868, page 2g - this article also contains a brief history of the
Church in South Australia.
The Sailors' Tract Society was instrumental in giving away 2000 tracts
to sailors in the Port during 1871 -
see Register, 20 February 1872, page 5a.
Sketches of the Congregational Church and St Paul's Church are in the Pictorial Australian in December 1875.
A Catholic picnic is reported in the Register,
27 December 1876, page 6g.
Also see Adelaide - Picnics and
Holidays
A meeting of the local branch of the Bible Society is reported in the Register,
2 November 1877, page 5g.
Information on the Primitive Methodist Church is in the Express,
3 December 1877, page 2g.
A jubilee of the Methodist Church is reported in the Express,
2 April 1901, page 4b,
Observer,
14 August 1915, page 44d;
a history is in the Register,
14 June 1924, page 7,
Methodism at Port" in The News,
6 May 1926, page 8d.
"Disturbing the Salvation Army" is in the Register,
6 June 1882, page 6g,
Chronicle,
10 June 1882, page 8g.
Information on the Salvation Army is in the Register,
27 February 1883, page 5b,
3 March 1913, page 6f.
Also see South Australia - Religion
- Salvation Army.
An obituary of Rev Canon Green is reported in the Register,
20 September 1882, page 6b.
A meeting of a branch of the Purity Society is reported in the Register,
23 and 29 January 1883, pages 6e and 4f - "Port Adelaide it would appear...
does not contain one house of ill-fame."
A meeting called to consider forming a branch of the "Social Purity Movement" is
reported in the Register,
29 January 1883, page 4f - "Port Adelaide it would appear... does not contain
one house of ill-fame."
Also see Adelaide - Prostitution .
A meeting of the "Blue Ribbon Army" is reported in the Register,
20 May 1884, page 5c,
2 September 1884, page 5a.
Information on Sunday trading and a petition presented in an attempt to
halt it is in the Register,
4 and 5 March 1885, pages 7f and 7b.
Also see South Australia -
Religion - Breaking the Sabbath.
A Jewish service is reported in the Register,
19 May 1884, page 5a,
Observer,
24 May 1884, page 38a.
"Sunday Observance at Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
9 September 1884, page 4g.
Information on Miss Fisher, a pioneer Sunday School teacher, is in the Express,
8 September 1896, page 4c.
An obituary of Archdeacon Samwell is in the Observer,
14 September 1901, page 34a.
Information on Miss Fisher, a pioneer Sunday School teacher, is in the Express,
8 September 1896, page 4c.
Information on Sunday Schools is in the Register,
23 May 1905, page 8e.
and the Sunday School Union on
23 May 1906, page 7b.
"Candid Clergymen - Port Adelaide Evils Denounced" is in the Register,
15 and 25 December 1913, pages 6i and 7e.
Biographical details of Rev D.T. Whalley are in the Register,
27 January 1916, page 4g.
An obituary of Rev D.T. Whalley is in the Observer,
16 July 1921, page 19b.
A photograph of old Trinity Church is in the Observer,
16 June 1928, page 37.
