Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (1181 pages)
Year: (1981-90) 2010
ISBN: 9781742229065
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia

The Queensland Baptist is a newspaper of the Baptist Association in Queensland. This publication contains all issues of this newspaper from 1981 to 1990.

Each issue contains articles on issues of the day, topical articles, news from Baptist churches throughout the state of Queensland, missionary news, and inter-colonial news. They also often contain reports and statistics of different kinds, articles on different people, obituaries and articles on Queensland churches as well as stories, poems and letters. They even include advertisements of local businesses.

Totalling almost 1,200 pages, this resource is useful for those with not only an interest in Church histories, but also for those with ancestors who were prominent members in the Baptist churches of Queensland, or those with an interest in the social history of the state.

SAMPLE ENTRY:

CALLED HOME - Miss Enid Morcom
Miss Enid Morcom, known to many as 'Auntie E', went to be with the Lord on Christmas Day.
The funeral service at the Clayfield Baptist Church was conducted by her pastor, Rev. Bob Stewart. Miss Lorna Edwards also participated, and Mr. Phillip Morcom of Townsville was organist. Miss Morcom was born at Oxley, Brisbane, in 1892. She was educated at the Misses O'Connors' School, Oxley, where she was awarded prizes for Conduct, Silence, English, and History. Subsequently, she sailed to England to study at the Academy of Art, London, returning to Australia at the outbreak of World War I.

This CD contains high quality scanned images of the original journals, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text

RELATED PRODUCTS:
Queensland Baptist 1890-1902
Queensland Baptist 1903-1913
Queensland Baptist 1923-1931
Queensland Baptist 1951-1960
Queensland Baptist 1961-1970
Queensland Baptist 1971-1980
Queensland Baptist 1981-1990