MS 5902
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Uniting Church in Australia
- Title
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Records of the Uniting Church in Australia
- Date Range
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1969-1978
- Collection Number
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MS 5902
- Extent
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0.88 metres (50 folders, 1 folio packet)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Records of the Uniting Church in Australia relating to preparations for the merger of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches. The records include correspondence, reports and minutes of meetings, draft papers of regulations concerning administrative matters (including presbyteries, travelling, and ministerial settlements), legislation for setting up Trusts for property, records of the Joint Planning Committees and the Joint Constitution Council and Commission. Also included are minutes and agenda for the Inaugural Assembly.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2592201).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Uniting Church in Australia, National Library of Australia, MS 5902, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
The records were donated to the Library in August 1978 and January 1982
Administrative History
In June 1977 the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in Australia joined together to form the Uniting Church in Australia. A Commission was set up in 1956 to draft the basis of Union, and in 1972 a vote was held on the merger.
In the Uniting church a number of Parishes form a Presbytery, and the Presbyteries in each State form Synods. The national body of the Church is the Assembly.
Item Descriptions
Assembly structures correspondence, 1974-75 (File 1) - Box 1
Basis of Union pamphlet correspondence, 1975-77 (File 2) - Box 1
Congregational documents including various minutes of meetings of Congregational Union of Australia, 1974-77, and correspondence, 1974-76 (File 3) - Box 1
Inauguration, including correspondence, 1974-77 (File 4-5) - Box 1
Publicity for inaugural service, 1976-77 (File 6) - Box 1
Inaugural assembly: agenda, 1977 (File 7) - Box 1
Draft of the regulations concerning ministry and the Synod, 1974-77 (File 8-9) - Box 1
Draft of the regulations concerning the Presbytery,congregations,parishes, councils, membership, discipline, property, standing orders, rules of debate, lay preachers, finance and budgeting, ministerial residences and settlements, co-operative parishes, extended service leave, ministerial moves and transfers, and travelling, 1974-76 (File 10-14) - Box 2
Working groups on public worship, properties and services, publicity, visitors, transport, accommodation, paraphernalia, titles, agenda/business committee, ministerial education and beneficiary funds, 1975-77 (File 15-20) - Box 2
General Assembly of Australia Commission, 1974-75 (File 21) - Box 3
Joint Planning Committee minutes and correspondence for Western Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Northern Australia, 1975-77 (File 22-29) - Box 3
Joint Planning Committee minutes and correspondence for New South Wales, 1975-77 (File 30-32) - Box 4
Joint Planning Committee correspondence and circular letters sent to all states, 1975 (File 33) - Box 4
Copies of correspondence sent to administrative officers, 1974-75 (File 34) - Box 4
Joint Constitution Council and Joint Constitution Commission correspondence, circulars and notes, 1969-77 (File 35-38) - Box 4
Joint Constitution Council and Joint Constitution Commission correspondence, circulars and notes, 1969-77 (File 39-40) - Box 5
JCC reports and resolutions, 1974-77 (File 41) - Box 5
Joint Board of Christian Education, 1975-77 (File 42-43) - Box 5
Commission on Social Responsibilities (File 44) - Box 5
Various drafts and other papers, including drafts of the constitution, 1969-74 (File 45-47) - Box 5
Miscellaneous, including general correspondence on union, 1974-77 (File 48) - Box 6
General Conference ballot papers, 1974-77 (File 49) - Box 6
Special General Conference, June 1977 (File 50) - Box 6
Uniting Church in Australia: Constitution and Regulations (Interim) (File 51) - Box 6
Voting on Church Union, 1972 (File 52) - Box 7
Preparations for Union correspondence, and recognition of Ministers, 1974-77 (File 53-54) - Box 7
Joint Constitution Council - correspondence and minutes, 1969-77 (File 55-58) - Box 7
Property - correspondence and drafts of property regulations, 1974-77 (File 59) - Box 7
Legislation - setting up Trusts for property, divesting from former Trusts, 1975-76 (File 60-61) - Box 7
Legislation - setting up Trusts for property, divesting from former Trusts, 1975-76 (File 62-67) - Box 8
Insurance, 1974-77 (File 68) - Box 8
Presbyterian documents, 1971-77 (File 69-70) - Box 8
Minutes of meetings of the Joint Constitution Council, 1974-77, with index; minutes of meetings of the Joint Constitution Commission, 1969-76, with index (File 1)