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.

The Yearly Meeting 2018 Epistle

The Yearly Meeting 2018 Epistle to Friends Everywhere, has now been published. The Epistle was read on the final day of our yearly gathering. It is a message of hope, a strengthening Quaker community and our witness in the world. 

Read the 2018 Yearly Meeting Epistle to Friends Everywhere

Quaker Queries

How do we maintain the tradition of living a simple life in a modern civilisation that advocates a complex and superlative life? 

Cho-Nyon Kim, Backhouse Lecture 2018

Latest News

Media Release: Australian Quakers deeply dismayed at Arms Export Proposal

18 July, 2018
Australian Quakers are deeply dismayed at the federal government’s devastating proposal to underwrite $3.8 billion to expand the export of...

Epistles from Yearly Meeting 2018

17 July, 2018
The Yearly Meeting 2018 Epistles written by the Children , the Junior Young Friends and the Yearly Meeting 2018 Epistle Committee , are now...

Quakers speak out: The Australian Goverment's disregard for the Uluru Statement from the Heart

15 July, 2018
At the Yearly Meeting just held, a letter was sent to the Prime Minister and others , on behalf of Australian Quakers, by Jo Jordan,...
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