WESTERN AUSTRALIA

I Archives

Archives of the Baptist Union of Western Australia Incorporated

The Archives are incorporated in the library of The Baptist Theological College of Western Australia, and are administered by the Archivist who is appointed at the annual assembly.

Contact Person: Hon. Archivist, c/- The Baptist Theological College of Western Australia, 20 Hayman Road Bentley WA 6102

Tel: (08) 9361 9962; Fax: (08) 9362 1603

Archivist [Hon.]: Dr Richard K. Moore

Opening Hours: By arrangement with the Archivist

Publication: there is no policy restricting publication, but acknowledgment is expected

Access: The ethos of the Society encourages freedom of information, subject to Clause 3.5.2 in the Rules of the Baptist Historical Society of Western Australia.

Searching and Fees: In the case of persons or bodies not directly connected with Baptist Churches of WA (including all family searches) the Archivist and the Society reserve the right to charge a search fee where an enquirer is not able or not willing to visit the Archives in person. Searches conducted by the Archivist or officers of the Society which require more than 10 minutes may be charged at the rate determined by the Society from time to time.

Holdings

The collection covers three main areas:

1. The Baptist Union and its committees, societies and agencies: Minutes, correspondence, handbooks, year books, periodicals, reports, publications, manuscripts, etc.

2. Baptist Churches and Fellowships affiliated with the Baptist Union of WA:. Minutes, correspondence, reports, publications, etc.

3. Ministers and lay persons: Profiles, photographs, tape recordings, sermons, publications, etc.

Serials

Annual Assembly Reports

The Australian Baptist [incomplete]

Baptist Union of WA Handbooks

Churinga [incomplete]

Contact 1961-

The West Australian Baptist News [with variations in title] 1919-1953 [incomplete]

Westralian Baptist

Artefacts

The Baptist Union of WA does not have a museum. Collection policy in regard to artefacts is to discourage them being forwarded to the Archives. Any currently held are regarded as being on a temporary basis pending proper provision for their preservation and storage.

Finding Aids

A card index is being developed which serves accessioned material, but also records significant entries in relevant periodical literature held in the Archives.

There are a number of secondary aids designed to give quick access to basic information (churches, statistics, presidential addresses, secretarial reports, etc.). A second set of serial holdings (WA Baptist, Contact, Yearbooks, Annual Assembly Reports ) is being developed to ensure long term preservation of original holdings, some of which are already fragile.

Facilities

Storage procedures are modelled on those used at the State Archives. Work area and copying facilities are available.

Photocopying may only be carried out with the permission of the Archivist or his representative. Fragile materials may not be photocopied unless they have been encapsulated, and even then may have restrictions placed upon them. Where a transcript of fragile materials exists, this will normally be the form made available for photocopying.

II Historical Society

The Baptist Historical Society of Western Australia

Established 28th Nov 1985

Charter

Purposes of the Baptist Historical Society of Western Australia

1 To foster interest in the history of the Church, with particular reference to Baptists, especially those of Western Australia

2 To encourage the systematic recording and preservation of historical data relevant to the history of Baptist Churches and Baptist life in Western Australia

3 To facilitate the central collection of relevant materials

4 To foster historiography of the Baptists of Western Australia by encouraging the writing of local church histories and the production; and presentation of papers and other publications

5 To allow access to the records and secondary materials in the society’s collection to:

a) Baptist Churches in the State of Western Australia and to bodies associated with them.

b) The wider community (where this is deemed appropriate by the officers of the Society or their representatives).

The Society is administered by an Executive consisting of a President, Secretary, Treasurer, and three other officers appointed at an Annual General Meeting for a two-year term. The Union Archivist is a member of the Society ex officio . The Executive of the Society normally meets monthly.

Public meetings (normally three per year) are held at which papers are presented, one normally pertaining to Baptist life and witness outside Western Australia, the others relating to Western Australian Baptist history. It is the normal practice to make papers presented available in published form in the series Westralian Baptist [see below].

Membership: $10 per annum

Contact Person: The Secretary, The Baptist Historical Society of Western Australia, c/- The Baptist Theological College of Western Australia,

20 Hayman Road, Bentley WA 6102

Tel: (08) 9361 9962; Fax: (08) 9362 1603

Publications

1. Major Publications

Baptists of Western Australia: the first ninety years, Richard K. Moore (ed.) (Perth: The Baptist Historical Society of Western Australia, 1991)

‘All Western Australia is my parish’: a centenary history of the Baptist denomination in Western Australia 1895-1995, Richard K. Moore (Perth: The Baptist Historical Society of Western Australia, 1996)

2. Occasional Papers

Westralian Baptist: Occasional Papers of the Baptist Historical Society of Western Australia (see below for list of titles) Copies may be purchased from Baptist Theological College of Western Australia, 20 Hayman Road, Bentley WA 6102 Tel: (08) 9361 9962; Fax: (08) 9362 1603.

There is a charge of $5 to cover the cost of production ($3 to members of the Society); postage is extra (currently $3 per copy within Australia).

III General

a) Current Publications

Contact [published monthly].

(Available from Baptist Union of Western Australia, PMB 3302, Burswood WA 6100)

b) Standard Publications

‘All Western Australia is my parish’: a centenary history of the Baptist denomination in Western Australia 1895-1995, Richard K. Moore (Perth: The Baptist Historical Society of WA, 1996)

Baptists of Western Australia: the first ninety years, Richard K. Moore (ed.) (Perth: The Baptist Historical Society of WA, 1991)

Blazing the Western trails: the story of the life and work of William Kennedy, pathfinder, preacher and pioneer, Leslie J. Gomm (1935; reissued Perth, by the Home Mission Committee of the Baptist Union of WA, 1991)

Out of the shadows: James H. Cole and the establishment of Baptist work in Western Australia by Ann Harding (BAHons thesis, Murdoch Univ, 1994)

IV Other Relevant Bodies

The Baptist Theological College of Western Australia, 20 Hayman Road, Bentley, WA 6102 Tel (08) 9361 9962 Fax (08) 9362 1603 E-mail baptheo@central.murdoch.edu.au - Library: books, monographs and papers relating to WA Baptist individuals and churches (Gnowangerup, Maida Vale, Maylands, North Perth, Perth, South Perth), report and year books of the Baptist Union of Western Australia, and papers of the Baptist Historical Society of Western Australia

J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History, Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000

Catalogue accessible on Web site: http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au

Contains occasional papers of the Baptist Historical Society of WA, some local church histories (Baptist work in the Pilbara region, Katanning, North Perth, Perth, Reformed Baptist Church of WA, South Perth), and official publications, reports and yearbooks of the Baptist Union of WA, and,

God’s way is not ours! a short history of the Reformed Baptist Church of Western Australia by Samantha Lofthouse c1989

Periodicals:

Contact 1975+

Home Mission Voice 1973-87

WA Baptist News (various names) 1902-1953 ( the most complete set available)

Westralian Baptist

Occasional Papers of the Baptist Historical Society of Western Australia

(as at 30 Nov 1997)

Vol	Author	Title
1.1	Rev. Max Wells	Development of the churches in the Foothills (9 Apr 1986)
1.2	Rev. J. H. Ridden	Baptist Union of Western Australia: changes and developments 1943-1986: an assessment (1 Dec 1986)
1.3	Mr D. L. Galloway	The development of ministerial training among WA Baptists (3 Sep 1986)
2.1	Dr R. K. Moore	Baptists and Bible translation, with particular reference to the Bible in English (9 Sep 1987)
3.1	Dr R. K. Moore	Rev. Silas Mead: the eventide of a giant in the first light of our churches (8 Mar 1988)
3.2	Rev. Wilf G. Carter	Country work in the Thirties (14 Jun 1988) [bound with 4.1]
3.3	Rev. G. S. Freeman	Rev. A. S. Wilson, first permanent pastor of Perth Baptist Church (13 Sep 1988)
4.1	Rev. Wilf G. Carter	War and beyond: 1939-1989 (13 Sep 1989) [bound with 3.2]
5.1	Mrs Ruth Galloway	Rev. William Kennedy, the forgotten pioneer (12 Sep 1990)
6.1	Mrs Joy Devereux	A gallant and beautiful partnership: Gwenyth and Wilfrid Crofts (13 Mar 1991)
6.2	Mr Geoff Helyar	“A very special man”: an account of the ministry of the Rev. Harry Reeve (11 Sep 1991)
6.3	Dr R. K. Moore	A schism healed: reconstruction and documentation of the division among Western Australian Baptists over ‘open’ and ‘close’ membership (1900-1902) (October 1991)
7.1	Dr R. K. Moore	William Carey and the modern missionary movement (11 Mar & 14 Apr 1992)
7.2	Mrs Edith Bain	Grace and gift: from Western Australia to East Bengal [Grace Brown and Edith King] (10 Jun 1992)
7.3	Mrs Margaret Clark	“A great responsibility and a great future”: the Australian Baptist Missionary Society in Western Australia, 1945-1992 (9 Sep 1992)
8.1	Mrs Ann Harding	In search of Annie Oliver (21 Apr 1993)
8.2	Dr R. K. Moore	Baptist views of ‘justification’ in historical perspective (21 Jul 1993)
8.3	Rev. G. S. Freeman	George Johnston: a man always ready to preach the Gospel (8 Sep 1993)
9.1	Mrs Ruth Galloway	Thomas Helwys and his A short declaration of the mistery of iniquity One of the very first Baptist appeals for liberty of conscience (20 Apr 1994)
9.2	Mrs Rhoda Walker	George Henry Cargeeg, JP: a devout man (1851-1925) (8 Jun 1994)
9.3	Mr Laurie Galloway	The churches we have closed: lack of growth between the wars (1918-1939) (14 Sept 1994)
10.1	Mrs Ann Harding	Out of the shadows: James H. Cole, founder of the first Baptist churches in Western Australia (29 Mar 1995)
10.3	Dr R.K. Moore	Fremantle Baptist Church (1895-1961) (13 Sept 1995)