Welcome to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia
This website is a resource for members and attenders of Australia Yearly Meeting, as well as for those wishing to learn more about Quakers in Australia.
If you would like to know more about a particular Quaker Meeting in Australia please visit this page.
If you are new to Quakers and want to know more about our basic beliefs visit our Enquirers site.
Climate Emergency
READ the letter from Quakers Australia Presiding Clerk about the recent bushfires in Australia here.
READ the 2019 Quaker Earthcare Epistle on Climate Emergency and Species Extinction adopted at YM19 in Hobart, which arose from Australian Friends' concern about our own and others' response to key environmental crises. Read the full Epistle here.
ALSO read QPLC's Action Alert Climate Emergency, Supporting Pacific Voices, focusing on the recent Pacific Islands Forum and how seriously climate crisis is affecting their future, here.
Quaker Queries
All life is interrelated. Each individual plant and animal has its own needs, and is important to others. Many species in Australia and worldwide are now extinct and many more are endangered. Do you treat all life with respect, recognizing a particular obligation to those animals we breed and maintain for our own use and enjoyment? In order to secure the survival of all, including ourselves, are you prepared to change your ideas about who you are in relation to your environment and every living thing in it?
Advices & Queries, no.44
