File. Australia (Liason Chaplain)

Reference No:: U DMS/12/8
Dates:: 21 Jul 1975-Nov 1996
Description:: Contains the following papers relating to Mission to Seafarers work in Australia: correspondence of Reverend W.J.D. Down as General Secretary and Reverend Glyn Jones as Assistant General Secretary for the Mission to Seafarers with Reverend Gerald B. Muston as Liaison Chaplain in Australia and other contacts. Relates to various matters including: named chaplains and personnel in Australia; Australian Chaplains' Conference; work in Hastings Westernpoint; finances of New South Wales committee; operation of a voluntary levy scheme on ships entering certain ports; proposed purchase of house at Newcastle, NSW, by London headquarters; financing of visits of the General Secretary to Australia; problems at Dampier club; participation of Bishop Muston in the Mission to Seafarers Annual Service in London; Seafarers Trust; work with British Sailors Society; the Australian Rite; retirement of Bishop Muston from his position as Liaison Bishop in Australia and his replacement by Hamish Jamieson, Bishop of Bunbury; meeting with the Apostleship of the Sea in Melbourne.
Format:: Archive Item
Extent:: 1 file
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Access Conditions:: Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:: Hull University Archives
Collection:: Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)