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    South Australia - Religion

    "The Church in a New Land" is discussed in the Advertiser (special edition),
    1 September 1936, page 82.

    Methodists and Wesleyans

    Biographical details of Samuel East, who "conducted the first service in SA", are in the Register,
    27 December 1926, page 11d.

    "Early Methodism - A Pioneer's Story" is in the Express,
    10 November 1900, page 4c,
    "Its Colonial Birth" is in the Chronicle,
    17 November 1900, page 34a,
    "The Methodist Church - Its Pioneers in South Australia" is in the Observer,
    19 April 1924, page 59b.

    "The Wesleyan Controversy" is in the Observer,
    6 February 1847, page 5c.

    Statistics on Primitive Methodists are in the Observer,
    17 January 1852, page 8c.

    Information on the Wesleyans is in the Oddfellows Magazine, page 121.

    "SA Methodism" is in the Register,
    26 November 1862, page 6g.

    A list of Wesleyan ministers and their locations is in the Observer,
    13 February 1869, page 3b,
    "The Wesleyan Platform" on
    1 October 1870, page 4f,
    Register,
    27 September 1870, page 4f.

    An obituary of F.W. Thomas is in the Register,
    17 February 1871, page 5e,
    of Robert Burnard on
    20 April 1876, page 5c.

    "Wesleyan Conferences" is in the Observer,
    21 February 1874, page 13f.

    "Methodist Union" is in the Register,
    5 March 1892, page 4f,
    2 and 3 August 1893, pages 4f-6c and 5a,
    Observer,
    12 March 1892, page 24c,
    10 September 1892, page 33b,
    5 August 1893, pages 15a-31b,
    3 March 1894, page 14a,
    9 March 1895, pages 12a-14b,
    19 August 1899, page 41a,
    6 January 1900, page 13c (history of),
    4 January 1902, page 25a,
    Register,
    6, 15 and 24 March 1894, pages 4f, 6d and 6f,
    19 May 1894, page 4h,
    4, 5 and 7 March 1895, pages 2h, 4d and 5e,
    26 and 28 August 1895, pages 6g and 6h,
    16 and 26 October 1895, pages 6e and 5b,
    19 February 1896, page 6h,
    3, 5 and 6 March 1896, pages 6a, 5c and 5b-7e,
    2, 5, 11 and 12 September 1896, pages 4f, 6d, 7h and 6d,
    22 and 26 February 1897, pages 6b and 6d,
    1 July 1898, page 3h,
    17 September 1898, page 5f,
    14 August 1899, page 4d,
    1 January 1900, page 7b,
    28 February 1900, pages 4f-7h,
    24 August 1900, page 6f,
    25 February 1901, page 4c.

    "The Present State of Australasian Methodism" is in the Advertiser,
    29 and 31 July 1893, pages 7d and 7a,
    "Primitive Methodism - A Retrospect" on
    23 February 1900, page 6b,
    "Early Methodism - Its Colonial Birth" on
    10 November 1900, page 8f,
    "Early Days of Methodism" on
    26 May 1909, page 6g,
    31 January 1929, page 11c,
    15 February 1929, page 16g.

    An obituary of G.W. Cole is in the Observer,
    9 December 1893, page 16c,
    of Rev R.M. Hunter on
    1 December 1894, page 32c,
    of Rev J.G. Wright on
    25 June 1904, page 41a,
    of Rev J. Goodwin, "a pioneer of Methodism", on
    22 August 1914, page 51c,
    of Rev J. Thorne on
    29 August 1914, page 39b,
    of Rev Samuel Knight on
    17 May 1919, page 22b.

    "The Methodists in Conference" is in the Register,
    3 March 1896, page 4f.

    An obituary of Rev Thomas Raston is in the Register,
    18 July 1896, page 5a,
    of Mrs J. Day Thompson on
    14 November 1898, page 4h,
    of Rev John Leggoe on
    19 October 1899, page 4i,
    of Rev W.S. Moore on
    18 July 1901, page 5a,
    of Rev J.B. Stephenson on
    23 August 1901, page 6f.

    Biographical details of Rev H. Howard are in the Observer,
    17 May 1902, page 35a.

    "Aggressive Methodism" is in the Register,
    25 February 1908, page 4d.

    "Among the Navvies - Methodist Minister's Experiences" is in the Advertiser,
    22 November 1913, page 6f.

    Biographical details of Rev W.F. James is in the Register,
    25 February 1914, page 6f,
    of Rev W. Hawke in the Observer,
    3 October 1914, page 22a,
    of Rev A.W. Wellington on
    3 November 1928, page 32a.

    "Methodism and the State" is in the Register,
    25 February 1919, page 4b.

    The diamond jubilee of the Methodist Home Mission is reported in the Observer,
    27 February 1926, page 47a.

    Information on Methodist Children's Homes is in The News,
    26 April 1927, page 8c.

    "A Methodist Pioneer", the reminiscences of Charles White, the son of the "First Preacher and Class Leader" is in the Advertiser,
    29 March 1922, page 8e.

    "SA Methodists - Great Power in Growth of State" is in The Mail,
    27 February 1926, page 1c.

    The second annual report of the Wesleyan Sunday School Union is in the Register,
    5 June 1841, page 4d; also see
    19 April 1843, page 3b,
    "Split Among the Methodists" on
    3 June 1843, page 3b.

    Information on Wesleyan Sunday Schools is in the Observer,
    6 April 1850, page 2e.

    "Wesleyans and the Germans" is in the Observer,
    30 January 1886, page 14a.

    An obituary of G.W. Cole is in the Register,
    5 December 1893, page 3e,
    of Rev R.M. Hunter on
    30 November 1894, pages 5a-7d.

    Biographical details of Rev H.J. Pope are in the Observer,
    1 April 1899, page 16b
    (obit.
    28 February 1903, page 36d),
    of Rev W.F. James on
    6 January 1900, page 13a.

    "A Methodist Patriarch - Death of Mr James Blatchford" is in the Register,
    11 September 1901, page 4b,
    Observer,
    14 September 1901, page 34a.

    Methodist ministers salaries are discussed in the Register on
    11 June 1904, page 10c,
    "Clergy and Their Stipends" in the Advertiser,
    5 January 1921, page 6f.

    "What Methodist Preaching Lacks" is in the Register,
    1 March 1905, page 6c.

    Biographical details of Rev W.H. Hanton are in the Register,
    8 March 1905, page 4i,
    of Rev T.E. Keen on
    14 December 1905, page 4i.

    "Militant Methodism" is in the Register,
    10 March 1905, page 4c,
    26 February 1918, page 4b.

    An obituary of Canon Green is in the Chronicle,
    30 July 1904, page 34a,
    of Rev T. Lloyd on
    14 March 1908, page 40d,
    of the lay preacher, T.S.S. Diment on
    28 March 1908, page 40d,
    of Canon Hopcraft on
    13 June 1908, page 41a,
    of Rev Thomas Edmeades on
    8 July 1911, page 39a.

    "Methodist Sunday Schools - Work and Progress" is in the Register,
    30 March 1905, page 3h.

    Ministerial jubilees of Reverends J. Goodwin, R.S. Caseley, H.T. Burgess, C.H. Goldsmith and T. Piper are reported in the Register,
    14 May 1909, page 6g,
    Observer,
    22 May 1909, page 48.
    The latter's obituary is in the Observer,
    2 June 1928, page 56c.

    "The Big Guns of Methodism" is in the Observer,
    28 May 1910, page 23c.

    "Methodism and Social Reform" is in the Register,
    7 March 1911, page 9e.

    Biographical details of Rev E. Gratton are in the Register,
    4 November 1911, page 8a,
    Observer,
    11 November 1911, page 50a,
    of Rev John Watts in the Register,
    28 February 1917, page 6g.

    "Methodism" is in the Register,
    27 and 28 February 1912, pages 4d and 5c,
    24 February 1913, page 6d.

    An obituary of Rev Thomas B. Angwin is in the Register,
    14 May 1913, page 14e,
    of Rev T.E. Keen on
    20 December 1913, page 15d,
    of Rev J.D. Langsford in the Observer,
    8 May 1915, page 46b.

    "The Influences of Methodism" is in the Register,
    9 March 1916, page 4b.

    Biographical details of Rev Thomas Piper are in the Register,
    5 February 1917, page 4g,
    5 February 1927, page 9a,
    of Rev E.P. Gratton on
    14 February 1917, page 6g.

    "Methodism and the State" is in the Register on
    25 February 1919, page 4b,
    "Methodists in Council" on
    24 February 1920, page 4b,
    "Methodism" on
    22 February 1921, page 4d,
    "Methodism and the People" on
    27 February 1922, page 6d.

    An obituary of Mrs Mary A. Edmeades, wife of Rev Edmeades, is in the Register,
    27 December 1919, page 6h,
    of Rev John Watts on
    2 February 1927, page 10h.

    Information on a Methodist pioneer, John C. White, is in the Chronicle,
    1 April 1922, page 41c.

    An obituary of Rev George Hall is in the Observer,
    30 December 1922, page 25c.

    "The Methodist Parliament" is in the Register,
    16 May 1923, page 8b; also see
    17 May 1923, page 9e,
    "Methodist Conferences - Tragic Events Recalled" on
    29 May 1923, page 10c.

    "The Methodist Church - Its Pioneers in SA" is in the Register on
    23 February 1924, page 6g,
    8 and 13 March 1924, pages 6f and 13g,
    14 April 1924, page 11d,
    "Militant Methodism" on
    26 February 1924, page 8c.

    The diamond jubilee of the Methodist Home Mission is reported in the Register,
    22 February 1926, page 9a.

    "Progress of Methodism" is in the Register,
    22 May 1926, page 18e.

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