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Thomas Taber

Thomas Taber (1763 - 1842) schoolmaster
Thomas Taber taught at the first ‘proper’ school in the early colony of Sydney (1798) under the guidance of its founder, Rev. Richard Johnson. Therefore, he was one of the very first teachers in Australia; a Christian teacher.

Jimmy Little

Jimmy Little (1937 – 2012) musician, singer, songwriter
Jimmy Little declared that deep Christian beliefs guided his life. In 1959 he appeared in evangelist Bill Graham’s movie ‘Shadow Of The Boomerang.’ Little scored his biggest hit with “Royal Telephone,” which peaked at number one in Sydney and number three in Melbourne.

Lionel Bowen

Lionel Bowen  (1922 – 2012)  deputy prime minister 
Lionel Bowen was from right-wing NSW Labor Catholic stock.  His daughter Ann said: “He was very well respected and liked by political friend and foe”. Mr Bowen grew up poor as the only child of a single mother, leaving school at 14 to help pay the bills. This hardship, along with his Catholic faith, gave him a strong belief in social justice and equality.

Kevin O’Doherty

Kevin O’Doherty (1823 – 1905) convict, doctor, politician
Kevin Izod O’Doherty, was born on 7 September 1823 in Dublin and baptized two weeks later at the Roman Catholic Church of St Andrew. He began to study in the Catholic School of Medicine in 1842 but in May 1848 became involved with the Young Ireland movement and as co-editor of the nationalist Tribune was sentenced to transportation for treason-felony at Dublin in August. He was one of the first presidents of the Queensland Medical Society and carried out extensive honorary work at Catholic hospitals.

John Maund

John Maund (1823 – 1858) doctor, women’s hospital founder
 There is ample evidence that John Maund was a man of the first quality, who brought to the Antipodes qualities of honesty, sincerity and Christian faith which provided a splendid heritage on which the future Commonwealth of Australia could be soundly built.

Australian Christian History

The Christian History Research Website contains many online books of Christian history in Australia and South Pacific.  There are also several indexes and a search engine to help find material.

John Oxley

John Oxley (1784 – 1828) explorer, magistrate, politician, surveyor-general
John Oxley, a naval officer, surveyor and explorer was keenly interested in the public and cultural life of the colony. He was one of the first officers of the Bible Society when it was founded in 1817. In September 1819 he was appointed to the committee of the Female Orphan Institution, the Male Orphan Institution and the Public School Institution.