List of Australian Presbyterians
The following are notable Australian Presbyterians:
- Arthur Aspinall - Co-founder and first Principal of The Scots College, Bellevue Hill, Sydney; Congregational and Presbyterian Minister; Joint founder of the Historical Society of New South Wales
- Jessie Aspinall - First female junior medical resident at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital[1]
- Peter Cameron - Principal of St Andrew's College; Minister convicted by the Presbyterian Church of Australia of heresy[2]
- Arthur Dean (judge)
- John Ferguson - Presbyterian minister; Acting Principal of St Andrew's Theological College; Senior Chaplain and Chairman of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney Council[3]
- John Flynn - Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia and the Australian Inland Mission
- James Forbes - Presbyterian minister and educator
- Friedrich Hagenauer - Presbyterian minister; Founder of Ramahyuck Mission to house the members of the Ganai tribe who survived attacks in west and central Gippsland
- Allan Harman - principal of the Presbyterian Theological College
- Rev. Dr Andrew Harper - Biblical scholar and teacher
- Adrian Kebbe - former weightlifter
- John Dunmore Lang (1799 – 1878) - Presbyterian minister, writer, politician and activist
- Dr. John Marden - First Headmaster of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney; Pioneer of women's education; Presbyterian elder[4]
- John McGarvie - Presbyterian minister and writer
- William McIntyre - Presbyterian minister and educator
- Dr Ewen Neil McQueen - Second Headmaster of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney; Prominent educational innovator; Scientist; Psychologist; General Practitioner[5]
- Sir Robert Menzies, Australian Prime MInister
- Reverend William Miller - Minister of the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria
- Sibyl Enid Vera Munro Morrison - First female barrister in New South Wales[6]
- Margaret Pomeranz AM - Film critic and television personality[7]
- William Ridley - English Presbyterian missionary who studied Australian Aboriginal languages
- Reverend F. R. M. Wilson - Early pioneer lichenologist and minister
- Bruce W. Winter, principal of Queensland Theological College.
- Peter Barnes, minister, lecturer and author
References
- ^ Durie, E. Beatrix (1979). "Aspinall, Jessie Strahorn (1880 - 1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. pp. 118. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070122b.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ^ Cameron, Peter (1993-07-08). "The making of a heretic". Opinion-Analysis (Melbourne: The Age): p. 14. http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=cameron+and+%22presbyterian+ladies%22&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=adv&clsPage=1&docID=news930708_0204_3483. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
- ^ Dougan, Alan (1981). "Ferguson, John (1852 - 1925)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 8 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 486–487. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080512b.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
- ^ Dougan, Alan (1986). "Marden, John (1855 - 1924)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 10. Melbourne, Vic.: Melbourne University Press. pp. 407–408. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100396b.htm?hilite=John%3BMarden. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
- ^ McFarlane, John (1988). The Golden Hope: Presbyterian Ladies' College, 1888-1988. P.L.C Council, Presbyterian Ladies' College Sydney, (Croydon). ISBN 0-9597340-1-5.
- ^ O'Brien, Joan M (1986). "Morrison, Sibyl Enid Vera Munro (1895 - 1961)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. pp. 596. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100580b.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ Moses, Alexa (2005-01-26). "Movie critic is all ears and proud of her role". Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Movie-critic-is-all-ears-and-proud-of-her-role/2005/01/25/1106415596975.html?from=moreStories. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
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