The Baptist Historical Society of Western Australia 

The historical society was established on 28 November, 1985. It encourages interest in the history of Baptists in Western Australia and the preservation of historical materials.

To the right is a photo from the archives held at Vose Seminary; it shows the building committee for the theological college in the 1960s. The archives contain many other photographs, ephemera and records of Baptists in Western Australia.

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/- Vose Seminary, 20 Hayman Road, Bentley  WA  6102 

Tel:  (08) 6313 6200;  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 Vose Seminary, 20 Hayman Road, Bentley  WA  6102   Tel: (08) 6313 6200;  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).