NEW SOUTH WALES

I Archives

The Archives of the Baptist Union of New South Wales

(administered by Baptist Historical Society of NSW)

See Special Note below on Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

Location: Baptist Theological College, 120 Herring Road, Eastwood NSW 2122

Tel: (02) 9878 0201 Fax: (02) 9878 2175

Archivist: Rev. Edward Archer, 9 Rosebank Ave, Epping NSW 2121 Tel: (02) 9876 2666

Access: by arrangement. Contact the Archivist or Member of the Executive of the Baptist Historical Society of NSW.

Fees: A fee is charged for search and/or photocopies. Minimum fee $5.00 S.A.E. expected for mail replies

Holdings

Records

Baptist Community Service, annual reports etc

Baptist Journals from 1877 (incomplete), containing much historical information - especially obituaries, church formations and details of ministers

Baptist Union of Australia and Baptist World Alliance Year Books - few

Baptist Union of NSW Minute Books, from 1867

Baptist Union Year Books, from 1901

Church pamphlets, bulletins, annual reports, anniversaries, etc

District Associations’ minutes

Essays submitted to the Biennial Historical Essay Competition

Lectures given at meetings of the Baptist Historical Society of NSW

Marriage Registers - limited number (ministers, not church)

Ministers’ Fraternal minutes

Minute Books of churches

Minute Books of Executive Committee of Baptist Union of NSW; State Department of Missions 1833-; Department of Home Missions 1904-; Theological College; Homes Trust; Community Services

[Minute books and other records of the Bathurst Street Chapel from 1831 are held in the Mitchell Library, Macquarie St, Sydney - see below]

Early Australian History

Baptist (British) Tracts, Pamphlets, Reporter, Baptist Messenger (19th Century)

Baptist history, Australian and British

Old books - sermons, lectures etc (17th-19th centuries)

Royal Australian Historical Society: magazines and journals

Autobiography, C.H. Spurgeon (8 vols)

Life and Work of C.H. Spurgeon (6 vols)

Metropolitan Tabernacle Sermons, C.H. Spurgeon

New Park Street Pulpit, C.H. Spurgeon

Other C.H. Spurgeon material

Church Archivists’ Society Newsletters

Photographs

Many photographs - unsorted at present

Some “illuminated addresses”

II Historical Society

Baptist Historical Society of NSW

(Est. 18th April, 1974)

c/- Baptist Theological College, 120 Herring Road, Eastwood NSW 2122

Objectives

1. To encourage research into the history of Baptists, especially those in NSW

2. To seek and obtain custody of important Baptist records, and to provide for their careful preservation

3. To encourage the collating and recording of Baptist history

4. To foster interest in Baptist history at the local church level

5. To assist research students at schools, colleges and universities

6. To publish articles and historical information

7. To be alert to Church jubilees, centenaries and other significant anniversaries for Baptists and where possible, to assist in the provision of relevant historical details

8. To promote care of buildings and sites of historical interest to Baptists.

Chair: Rev. E. R. Rogers Tel: (02) 9876 2277

Secretary: Mr O. C. Nannelli, 9A Werona St, Pennant Hills NSW 2120 Tel: (02) 9481 0477

Treasurer: Mr P. Hayward Tel: (02) 9878 3447

Archivist: Rev. Edward Archer, 9 Rosebank Ave, Epping NSW 2121 Tel: (02) 9876 2666

Publications

Periodical: The Recorder (quarterly)

Books

Australian Baptists Past and Present, Michael Petras (ed.) (1981)

Baptists in the Cradle City: The Story of the Parramatta Church 1838-1986, Hubert Watkin-Smith (1986)

Extension or Extinction: Baptist Growth in New South Wales 1900-1939, Michael Petras (1983)

The First Australian Baptists, K. R. Manley & M. Petras (1981)

Religion in Colonial New South Wales, Kenneth J. Cable (1993)

Soldier and Evangelist: The Story of Rev. John G. Ridley, M. C., Harold E. Evans (1980)

III General

a) Current Publications of Baptist Union

Baptist Union of NSW Handbook

The New South Wales Baptist

The Recorder (Baptist Historical Society of NSW, quarterly)

b) Standard Publications

“Attitudes towards Calvinism among Baptists of NSW 1831-1914”, Michael Chavura, (CSAC Working papers Series 1/2 1991)

The Baptist Church in NSW 1890-1901: its response, debate and action to social reform. Vivian Grice, (BA Hons, University of Sydney, 1974)

Extension or Extinction: Baptist Growth in New South Wales 1900-1939, Michael Petras (1983)

The First Australian Baptists, K. R. Manley & M. Petras (1981)

George Henry Morling: the man and his message for today, E. Ron Rogers (Sydney: Greenwood Press, 1995)

A History of Baptists in NSW, W. Higlett, A. J. Waldock and A. L. Leeder (Unpublished MS in possession of Baptist Historical Society of NSW)

A History of Calvinism in the Baptist Churches of NSW 1831-1914, Michael Chavura (PhD, Macquarie University, 1994)

A History of the Baptist Church in NSW from 1831 to 1936, B. G. Wright (MA, University of Sydney, 1953)

In the Heart of Sydney: Central Baptist Church, 1836-1936, Ken Manley (Sydney: Central Baptist Church, 1987)

Invitation to Fellowship, J. Saunders, (Sydney ,1842)

James Greenwood MA - Clergyman, Journalist, Reformer and Politician, G Hilton, (M.Ed., University of Sydney)

Some Fell on Good Ground, A. C. Prior (Sydney: Baptist Union of NSW, 1966)

William Higlett papers - bound copy Baptist Historical Society of NSW Archives

IV Other Relevant Bodies

Library, Morling College: The Baptist Theological College of NSW, 120 Herring Road, Eastwood NSW 2122

Tel: (02) 9878 0201 Fax: (02) 9878 2175

The library holds Baptist periodicals, histories, denominational reports and yearbooks as well as general studies of the denomination in NSW, Australia and overseas.

Other Public Bodies

State Library of New South Wales, including The Australian Research Collection (Mitchell and Dixson Libraries, Macquarie St, Sydney (open 7 days, not including public holidays) Tel: (02) 9273 1414 Fax (02) 9273 1255

Web address: http://www.slnsw.gov.au

Mitchell Library holds a large collection of monographs, (especially those 19th cent., local church histories, biographies, denominational reports, devotional works and addresses) periodicals, and images for NSW and other states; the manuscript collection includes the letter book of Rev John Saunders (1834-56) and minute books and other records of the Bathurst Street (Central Baptist) Church from 1831-1933]

Special Note: Australian Capital Territory:

Churches in Canberra, located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), are affiliated with the Baptist Union of New South Wales. For a history of Baptist work in Canberra, see R.K. Robb (ed.), Fifty Capital Years (Canberra: Canberra Baptist Church, 1979) See also the private papers of Rev Dr A.J. Waldock - private papers, Baptist Union of NSW.