FITZGERALD, William George, Rev (1876-1965)
Assembly memorial minute 1965
Born at Gould’s Country, Tasmania, 1876. Passed away 30th May, 1965.
Volunteered for Home Mission work and appointed first to the Jeparit- Rainbow mission in Victoria in 1901 and then, by invitation, to Christchurch, New Zealand. Returned to Tasmania and married at Beaconsfield in 1903.
Recommended by the then minister of Chalmers Church, Launceston, as a candidate for the Presbyterian ministry. Passed the preliminary course of studies while supplying pulpits at Test Tamar, Zeehan, Deloraine and other centres and transferred to Victoria for completion of his studies at the Theological Hall.
Following his ordination ministered at several charges in Victoria, including Kaniva, Tillaura, Wallan, Charlton and Trafalgar.
At 80 years of age Mr. Fitzgerald returned to Tasmania to supply the pulpit of St. Andrew’s, Launceston, during a vacancy of several months; then to St. Andrew’s, Burnie, for a time. Another interim appointment was at St. John’s, Hobart.
Mr. Fitzgerald returned to Melbourne early in 1964 and resided there until the time of his death, when his remains were flown back to Burnie, Tasmania, and interred in the Wivenhoe Cemetery beside those of his wife who predeceased him eight years ago.
Mr. Fitzgerald had written and had published several articles on the early history of Tasmania.
Gender
- Male