The First Quaker in Australia

The first Quaker on Australian soil was Sydney Parkinson, an artist employed by the botanist Joseph Banks, sailing with James Cook. They landed briefly in 1770. It was not until 1832 that the Society first took root in Australia, as a result of a visit by two English Friends, James Backhouse and George Washington Walker,  sent by British friends on a six-year journey around south-east Australia to enquire into the condition of the penal settlements, the welfare of the Aborigines and free settlers.


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