'Like a mustard seed' : a history of the Presbyterian Church in Western Australia from 1829 to 1901 / by Stuart McNair Bonnington, 2000

Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- 1. Presbyterian pioneers at Swan River 1829-1868 -- The First Scots -- Initial Contact with the Church of Scotland -- 'Presbyterian' Convicts -- First Presbyterian Congregations at Perth and Fremantle -- Perth Independent Chapel -- 2. Presbyterians in country Western Australia 1830-1874 -- The Molloys and the Fergusons -- Presbyterians at King George Sound -- Newcastle Presbyterian Church -- 3. David and Margaret Shearer -- John and Wilhelmina Christie -- Shearer's Scottish Background -- Ellinson Street Presbyterian Church, Gateshead -- First Days in Perth -- 4. Presbyterian advance during the 1880s -- Laying the Foundations -- The Wider Work -- Progress at Fremantle and Albany -- The Last Days of Shearer -- 5. Perth Presbyterian growth 1892-1901 -- The Creation of the Presbytery of Western Australia -- Extension Work from Perth and Fremantle -- 6. Presbyterians on the goldfields and in the country during the 1890s -- Presbyterians and the Eastern Goldfields -- Presbyterianism in the Rest of Western Australia -- 7. The Presbyterian Church in Western Australia 1901 -- Presbyterian Schools -- Presbyterian Women -- Presbyterian Ministers -- Presbyterians and Aborigines -- The Formation of the General Assembly -- Bibliography.