The Uniting Church in Australia (Synod of Western Australia) was formed on June 22, 1977, and inherited the legacy and records of these earlier churches in Western Australia: the Congregational Union of Australia, the Methodist Church of Australasia and the Presbyterian Church of Australia. It also established the Uniting Church Child and Family Care Services to deliver residential programs inherited from the Methodist and Presbyterian churches.
1829 - 1977 Methodist Church
1879 - 1977 Presbyterian Church
1977 - Uniting Church in Australia (Synod of Western Australia)
Sources used to compile this entry: Information Services, Department for Community Development, Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, 2004, https://signposts.communities.wa.gov.au//pdf/pdf.aspx.
Prepared by: Leanne Howard and Debra Rosser
Created: 15 March 2011, Last modified: 7 August 2015
Last updated: 17 October 2023
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