EARLY AUSTRALIA
FIRST CHRISTIAN SERVICE
(P>m A-tiooi^TioN. —Copyright.)
(Received 9.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day
A diary of the surgeon on one of the vessels of the first fleet has been discovered, and shows that the first Christian service was held in Australia on February 3rd, 126 years ago, not January 27th, as the previously recognised date.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 7 March 1914, Page 5
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56EARLY AUSTRALIA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 7 March 1914, Page 5
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