Organized in 1851 as the Australian Mission.
Renamed Australasian Mission in 1854 when the boundaries expanded to include parts of Asia, New Zealand and Tasmania. This lasted about 44 years until it was renamed Australian Mission in 1898 when the New Zealand Mission was created.
In 1930 the mission boundaries were better defined as the mission was divided into six districts, one for each state. The district headquarters were located in each capital city (Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne and Perth).
John Murdock Departed from Home as Mission President
1851 March 12 – 1852 June 4
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Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1851 October 30
Charles Wesley Wandell Called as Mission President
1852 May 20 – 1853 April
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Augustus Alwin Farnham Departed from Home as Mission President
1852 August 28 – 1854 January 1
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Frederick Ellis Barker Set Apart as Mission President
1897 December 22 – 1900 July 15
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Andrew Smith, Jr. Called as Mission President
1898 January 1 – June 23
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Andrew Fjeld Called as Mission President
1900 – 1901 September 11
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James Duckworth, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President
1901 July 3 – 1906 July 21
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William Armstrong Set Apart as Mission President
1906 January 19 – 1909 January 18
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Charles Alvin Orme Set Apart as Mission President
1908 October 20 – 1911 September 22
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Charles Henry Hyde Set Apart as Mission President
1911 July 5 – 1913 December 5
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William Weldon Taylor Set Apart as Mission President
1912 June 5 – 1914 September 22
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Don Carlos Rushton Set Apart as Mission President
1914 July 15 – 1917 October 26
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Arnold Daniel Miller Set Apart as Mission President
1917 January 4 – 1920
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Don Carlos Rushton Set Apart as Mission President
1920 October 19 – 1924 September 21
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Charles Henry Hyde Set Apart as Mission President
1924 June 5 – 1926 December 12
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Clarence Horne Tingey Set Apart as Mission President
1928 October 9 – 1931 July 23
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Leonidas DeVon Mecham Called as Mission President
1931 – 1932 March 27
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Clarence Horne Tingey Set Apart as Mission President
1932 January 23 – 1935 July 15
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Thomas David Rees, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President
1935 May 22 – 1938 May 18
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James Judd Set Apart as Mission President
1938 March 24 – 1941 April 13
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Arrived at Home
Elvon W. Orme Set Apart as Mission President
1941 February 27 – 1945 September 15
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Thomas David Rees, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President
1945 September 24 – 1947 April 10
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Ended in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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Media
Australian Mission Map 1851
Missionaries from Australian Mission
Victoria Conference, January 1914
Queensland Conference, April 1914
Australian Missionaries
Queensland Conference, April 1913
Queensland Conference, Nov 1913
Mission Headquarters
Queensland Conference, circa 1913
Missionaries in Tasmania
Construction Begins on Adelaide, Australia Church Building, 1922