Book Description

Title:

The Presbyterian Pioneers of Van Diemen's Land. A Contribution to the Ecclesiastical History of Tasmania

Author:

Johannes Heyer [1872-1945]

Publication Year:

1935

Location:

n.l.

Publisher:

Presbytery of Tasmania

Pages:

270

Subjects:

Christian Mission, Australia, Presbyterian missions

Copyright Holder:

Public domain

Contents

• Introduction
• Preface
• Greetings from the Mother Church
• Church of Scotland General Assembly, 25th July 1935
• Part I. Presbyterial History
1. The Historical Background
2. Our First Ministers
3. The Presbytery
4. Church and State
5. The Church and Education
6. The Presbytery at Work
7. Church Crisis
8. The Free Church
9. Church Union
10. Union and Afterwards
11. Foreign Missions
• Part II. Congregational History
• 1823—St. Andrew's, Hobart
• 1829—Bothwell, Green Ponds and Apsley
• 1829—Kirklands-Campbell Town
• 1831—St. Andrew's, Launceston
• 1837—Oatlands
• 1839—Evandale
• 1839—Sorell
• 1839—O'Brien's Bridge (Glenorchy)
• 1840—St. John's, Hobart
• 1842—West Tamar
• 1844—Swansea and Gala Kirk
• 1850—Chalmers', Launceston
• 1851—Chalmers', Hobart
• 1854—Hagley-Deloraine-Longford
• 1855—Stanley
• 1878—Scottsdale-Lilydale and Derby
• 1879—Fingal
• 1885—Devonport, Ulverstone, North-West Coast
• 1892—Zeehan
• 1898—Queenstown
• 1907—New Town
• 1908—Burnie
• 1912—Waratah
  Conclusion
• Appendix
  • Register of Ministers
  • Historical Notes

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