Australian Mission

Date Formed
1851 October 30
Date Ended
Unknown
Location Formed
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Location Ended
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Ecclesiastical
Organization Area
Pacific
Organization Participants in Database
680

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).

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John Murdock Departed from Home as Mission President

1851 March 12 – 1852 June 4

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Ended On 1852 June 4
Departed from the Field

Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1851 October 30

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Occurred On 1851 October 30
Formed

Charles Wesley Wandell Called as Mission President

1852 May 20 – 1853 April

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Ended On 1853 April
Released

Augustus Alwin Farnham Departed from Home as Mission President

1852 August 28 – 1854 January 1

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Departed from Home
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Ended On 1854 January 1
Released

Frederick Ellis Barker Set Apart as Mission President

1897 December 22 – 1900 July 15

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1900 July 15
Arrived at Home

Andrew Smith, Jr. Called as Mission President

1898 January 1 – June 23

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Called

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Ended On 1898 June 23
Departed from the Field

Andrew Fjeld Called as Mission President

1900 – 1901 September 11

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Called
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Ended On 1901 September 11
Arrived at Home

William Armstrong Set Apart as Mission President

1906 January 19 – 1909 January 18

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Ended On 1909 January 18
Released

Charles Alvin Orme Set Apart as Mission President

1908 October 20 – 1911 September 22

Charles Henry Hyde Set Apart as Mission President

1911 July 5 – 1913 December 5

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Ended On 1913 December 5
Arrived at Home

William Weldon Taylor Set Apart as Mission President

1912 June 5 – 1914 September 22

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1914 September 22
Arrived at Home

Charles Henry Hyde Set Apart as Mission President

1924 June 5 – 1926 December 12

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Ended On 1926 December 12
Arrived at Home

Clarence Horne Tingey Set Apart as Mission President

1928 October 9 – 1931 July 23

Leonidas DeVon Mecham Called as Mission President

1931 – 1932 March 27

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Called
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Ended On 1932 March 27
Arrived at Home

Clarence Horne Tingey Set Apart as Mission President

1932 January 23 – 1935 July 15

James Judd Set Apart as Mission President

1938 March 24 – 1941 April 13

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Set Apart
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Ended On 1941 April 13
Arrived at Home

Elvon W. Orme Set Apart as Mission President

1941 February 27 – 1945 September 15

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Ended On 1945 September 15
Released

Thomas David Rees, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President

1945 September 24 – 1947 April 10

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Set Apart

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Ended On 1947 April 10
Released

Ended in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

No dates given

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Start Date Not Found
Ended

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Media
Australian Mission Map
Australian Mission Map
Missionaries from Australian Mission
Missionaries from Australian Mission
Victoria Conference, January 1914
Victoria Conference, January 1914
Queensland Conference, April 1914
Queensland Conference, April 1914
Australian Missionaries
Australian Missionaries
Queensland Conference, April 1913
Queensland Conference, April 1913
Queensland Conference, Nov 1913
Queensland Conference, Nov 1913
Mission Headquarters
Mission Headquarters
Queensland Conference, circa 1913
Queensland Conference, circa 1913
Missionaries in Tasmania
Missionaries in Tasmania
Construction Begins on Adelaide, Australia Church Building,  1922
Construction Begins on Adelaide, Australia Church Building, 1922