South Australia - Religion

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

Salvation Army

Also see:
Place Names - Norwood - Salvation Army
Adelaide - Religion - Miscellany

. "How the Army Got Its Name" is in the Express,
3 August 1904, page 1e,
"Army's Birthplace - Memorial Tablet Unveiled" is in the Register,
14 March 1927, page 12a.

A history of the Army in South Australia is in the Register,
14 September 1903, page 5g.

"First Salvation Army in Adelaide" in the Advertiser,
31 May 1929, page 16d; also see
9 July 1929, page 15e,
The Mail,
2 June 1934, page 4,
16 March 1935, page 10.

"Howlers in Trouble" is in The Lantern,
30 July 1881, page 1, 6 August 1881, page 1.

Claims and counter-claims and a resultant court case, Police versus Salvation Army, are aired in the Register,
25, 26, 29 and 30 July 1881, pages 5a-d, 6g-1c (supp.), 5b and 4e-6a-7b,
2 and 4 August 1881, pages 6f and 5c-6d:

The worst offence of which the defendant seems to have been guilty was singing in a somewhat vigorous style, and in the estimation of one or two of the witnesses, whose opinions may not be worth much, out of tune...

Also see Register,
12 and 16 August 1881, pages 6g and 1g (supp.),
20 February 1883, page 5b,
28 March 1885, page 7g and Adelaide, Clare, Kapunda, North Adelaide and Norwood.

"Holy Joes" is in The Lantern,
18 June 1881, page 3; also see
25 June 1881, page 14,
30 July 1881, page 1,
6 and 20 August 1881, pages 1 and 1,
12 November 1881, page 1,
31 December 1881 (cartoon),
21 July 1883 (cartoon).

"The Salvation Army in Adelaide" is in the Observer,
27 May 1882, page 42b,
19 August 1882, page 41d,
16 September 1882, page 34a.

A Salvation Army meeting in Morphett Street is reported in the Register,
4 December 1882, page 4g.
Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
March 1883, page 44,
October 1890, page 149.

"City Council v Salvation Army" is in the Register,
23, 24 and 26 February 1883, pages 7a, 6g and 5b.

"With Salvation Soldiers and Hallelujah Lasses" is in the Observer,
5 May 1883, page 42a.

Also see Advertiser,
18 March 1882, page 4f,
22 August 1883, page 4e,
Observer,
5 May 1883, page 42a,
25 August 1883, page 33c,
1 September 1883, page 8b,
Express,
8 April 1884, page 3d,
29 october 1884, page 7c,
Register,
20 and 24 August 1883, pages 5c and 5a, 8 April 1884, page 7c,
13 June 1884, page 4h and
1 August 1884, page 3g:

The Army appears to be able to take possession of any town and proceed to annoy, under the name of religion, the peace and quiet-loving residents...

"The Salvation Army Bands" is in the Register,
13 June 1884, page 4h.

An editorial on the Army is in the Advertiser,
28 June 1884, page 4e; also see
22 January 1885, page 4e,
Observer,
18 October 1884, page 32d,
15 November 1884, page 32c,
Register,
23 June 1885, page 5a,
The Lantern,
5 September 1885, page 24 (cartoon),
Express,
15 September 1885, page 3c.

"The Salvation Army at Mount Barker" is in the Advertiser,
31 October 1884, page 2c.

"Salvation Army Field Day" is in the Chronicle,
1 November 1884, page 7f.

A cartoon is in The Lantern,
1 November 1884, page 1, 30 April 1887, page 21.

"The Salvation Army in the Country" is in the Register,
4 November 1884, page 7e; also see
14 November 1884, page 7c.

"The Salvation Army and Local Authorities" is in the Register,
22 and 29 November 1884, pages 5b and 6f-g,
3 and 10 December 1884, pages 6b and 6d.

"The Salvation Army Processions on Sundays" is the subject of editorial comment in the Register,
9 January 1885, page 4e; also see
Express,
2 September 1885, page 6c.

"The Salvation Army and Dr Jefferis" is in the Register,
28 March 1885, page 7g.

A correspondent to the Register on 16 May 1885 at page 3g says:

I have no objection to the Salvation Army travelling to Heaven upon a road of their own making providing always they do not interfere or annoy others in doing so. [On a Mitcham tramcar they] occupied nearly all the seats up top; struck up the Hallelujah... Between the noise of discordant voices and the infernal sound of brass and other instruments I was forced to beat a hasty retreat...

The Army is subjected to further scrutiny and comment in the Register on 2, 3 and 13 May 1887, pages 5b-c-6f-7c, 7h and 5b:

It cannot be denied that the Army in spite of its vagaries is an influence for good amongst a class of the population that has sunk to the lowest depths of degradation...

"Imprisoned for Beating a Drum" is in the Express,
28 April 1887, page 4c,
2 May 1887, pages 2g-3e,
Observer,
30 April 1887, page 30b,
7 May 1887, page 8d.

"The Salvation Army at Work" is in the Express,
27 March 1889, page 4f.

The Editor of the Register proffers the following comment on 15 October 1890, page 4f:

Whatever any one may say of the idiosyncrasies of the Salvation Army no one can dispute that the organisation has given birth to the most marvellous and interesting religious movement.

A history of the Army is in the Register,
20 August 1892 (supp.), page 1d and
comment on its maternity home on
7 June 1895, pages 5a-7g; also see
4 May 1911, page 4c.

Information on the Prison Gate Brigade is in the Express,
15 October 1890, page 7b,
Observer,
9 May 1891, page 36a,
29 August 1891, page 33d,
Express,
27 August 1891, page 4c.

"Salvation Army Council of War" is in the Observer,
18 October 1890, page 7b; also see
Register,
13, 14 and 15 October 1890, pages 7f, 6f and 4f.

"Salvation Army Rescue Work" is in the Register,
24 February 1891, page 6g,
Observer,
25 April 1891, page 30b.
Register,
19 and 21 August 1893, pages 6h and 5a; also see
15 June 1898, page 6g,
1 July 1909, page 9d.

"A Salvation Funeral" is in the Register,
5 May 1891, page 7h.

"The Salvation Army and the Churches" is in the Observer,
1 August 1891, page 7a,
"The Salvation Army and Its Works" on
26 August 1893, page 44a; also see
Observer,
2 July 1892, page 41d,
27 August 1892, pages 25d-33d,
Register,
20 August 1892, page 1d (supp.),
Express,
19 April 1892, page 3f,
18 and 19 August 1892, pages 2b and 3e.

"Feeding the Hungry" is in the Observer,
18 May 1895, page 31c.

"The Salvation Army Maternity Home" is in the Register,
7 June 1895, pages 5a-5d-7g.

"Helping the Unemployed" is in the Register,
16 July 1895, page 6f,
"The Social Wing of the Salvation Army" in the Observer,
22 August 1896, page 42b.

The Salvation Army Labor Yard is commented upon in the Advertiser,
13 May 1897, page 7e and
its social work on
1 June 1901, page 10c,
4 July 1904, page 5h; also see
Weekly Herald,
4 June 1897, page 6a.

"The New Headquarters" is in the Register,
24 September 1898, page 11f.

"Salvation Army Institutions" is in the Register,
19 June 1902, page 9e.

Biographical details of Brigadier Birkenshaw are in the Register,
12 January 1903, page 4h.

A photograph of a Sunday afternoon service in the Botanic Park is in the Chronicle,
25 July 1903, page 42 and
of the "Maiden Melodists" on
14 October 1905, page 29.

"Dormitories of the Poor" is in the Register,
27 June 1903, page 4g.

"The Work of the Prison Gate Home" is in the Register,
7 June 1904, page 5g.

"Amongst the Fallen" is in the Advertiser,
10 May 1907, page 9c.

"Salvation Army Rescue Operations" is in the Register,
17 June 1907, page 4g; also see
23 July 1908, page 9c.

"How the Salvation Army Care for Poor Women" is discussed in the Advertiser,
10 September 1909, page 8e.

A photograph of the army's brass band is in the Chronicle,
21 May 1910, page 31.

"Thirty Years in Australia" is traversed in the Advertiser,
28 February 1911, page 11f,
"Something About its Homes" on
2 September 1911, page 7.

"Uproar at Port Adelaide" is in the Chronicle,
29 April 1911, page 42d,
"Gathering in the Drunkards - Salvation Army Work at Port Adelaide" in the Advertiser,
4 December 1911, page 13a.

Information on and photographs of the children's home at Fullarton are in the Chronicle,
27 April 1912, pages 31 and 45e.

The Register of 6 May 1912, page 6d says, inter alia:

The Salvation Army has accomplished an immensely beneficent work and it should therefore be encouraged by the gracious praise which cheers and by the prosaic money which enables it to continue on its immensely useful course.

Also see Register,
7 May 1912, page 6a,
8 May 1913, page 6c,
3 May 1918, page 4c,
5 August 1918, page 6c,
30 April 1921, page 8f.

An interview with Colonel Cain is in The Mail,
21 February 1914, page 8e,
of Staff Captain George Dixon in the Register,
18 August 1914, page 10d.

"The Soft Pedal - Too Fervent Salvationists" is in the Register,
on 4 March 1916, page 9b.

"Unfailing Love" on
30 July 1921, page 9g.
The opening of a women's hostel is reported on
2 March 1922, page 9a,
"Salvation Army and Moral Uplift" on
29 April 1922, page 6d.

"The Whitmore Square Institution" is in the Advertiser,
24 March 1925, page 18c.

"A Commemoration Stone Unveiled" is in the Advertiser,
14 March 1927, page 16d.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
19 March 1927, page 40.

The reminiscences of Adjutant John Gore are in The News,
10 March 1927, page 8e,
Brigadier John Ward on
20 February 1930, page 16f and
Brigadier F. Rowley on
3 November 1930, page 4e.

Biographical details of bandmaster, J.W. Turner, are in the Observer,
21 May 1927, page 49c.

"Feeding the Hungry - How the Army Does It" is in The Mail,
25 August 1928, page 11a,
"Free Meal Kitchen" on
24 August 1929, page 32.

Information on the Salvation Army Citadel is in The News,
25 September 1928, page 8c and
the Congress Hall Band on
5 November 1929, page 12f.

A history of the Salvation Army Home League is in the Advertiser,
21 July 1937, page 10a.

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