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Finding a Quaker Meeting for Worship

 Quakers in Australia hold silent Meetings for Worship which are open to all.

Meeting for Worship
  Regional Meeting Websites
Australian Capital Territory   Canberra
New South Wales   New South Wales
Northern Territory   still to come
Queensland   Queensland
South Australia   South Australia
Tasmania   Tasmania
Victoria   Victoria
Western Australia   West Australia
    Young Friends (18-30 year old)
    Australian Quaker Centre
 

Quaker News

News Release from 2010 Yearly Meeting

Quakers call for legal recognition of same sex marriages

Quakers ....... expressed their hope that the Marriage Act will be amended as soon as possible
to allow Quakers to support such couples to full legal recognition.

Search for next AYM Secretary

In March 2011 Judith Pembleton will be completing her 7 years AYM Sec
The Search Committee is looking for her replacement. For more information
about this appointment, please click
here

Search for new Director for Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre

To apply for this position, see http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/pages/work-for-us.html

Quakers in the News

The news stream at left lists media stories about Quakers in Australia and elsewhere,  and is continuously updated.

Most recent updates on our website

Arts and Quakers
&
Quakers share their thoughts
on Video

YM10 Epistle from Australia Yearly Meeting

Draft 6th Edition Handbook

YM10 Minutes are on the Members pages.

Images from YM 2010
photographs at YM

Who we are

The Religious Society of Friends began in Britain in the 17th century with the teachings of George Fox, and has spread to most regions in the world.   

There are a quarter of a million Quakers worldwide ; in Australia, we have around 2000 people who worship in Meetings for Worship , of whom 1000 are in membership.

Quakers and Social Issues

  …we must accept responsibility for what is happening in our lives and in the world. We must liberate ourselves from old ways of thinking. We must be part of the community debate about domestic violence and rape, the deeds of minorities, and conflict resolution. (David Purnell, 1994, in ' This we can say; Australian Quaker Life, Faith and Thought ', AYM 2003.)

For media comments on these issues, contact the national office (email YMsecretary@quakers.org.au or telephone 07 3374 0135).

Read public statements from Quakers in Australia on these and other topics. Also check out our FAQ page .

 

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Friends in deed


Backhouse Lecture 2010

Young Friends

The Backhouse Lecture for 2010 was given by Young Friends at
Yearly Meeting
Monday, 4 January,
at 7.30 p.m. at the Westminster School, Adelaide.

The lecture, Finding our voice: our truths, community and journey as Australian Young Friends, is on sale from  Friends Booksales, Adelaide for AU$15.00.

Nominate a Future Backhouse Lecturer
(pdf 12kb)

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Kenmore Qld 4069
Tel: 07 3374 0135
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