THE HISTORY

OF THE

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF VICTORIA.

OF THE

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF VICTORIA,

FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE COLONY DOWN TO THE

ABOLITION OF STATE AID IN 1875.

BY THE

REV. ROBERT SUTHERLAND, M. A.,

LATE MINISTER OF ALLANSFORD, VICTORIA.

LONDON:

JAMES NISBET & CO., 21 BERNERS STREET, W.

EDINBURGH: ANDREW ELLIOT, PRINCES STREET.

MELBOURNE: M. L. HUTCHINSON, 15 COLLINS STREET WEST.

1877.

ΤΟ

MRS. COLONEL ROBERTSON,

OF CONNEWARREN, VICTORIA,

A LADY DISTINGUISHED

BY HER WATCHFUL CARE OF THE ABORIGINES ON HER STATION,

BY HER GREAT KINDNESS TO THE SHEPHERDS IN HER EMPLOYMENT,

AND BY HER LARGE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHARITABLE AND RELIGIOUS PURPOSES,

THESE PAGES ARE

INSCRIBED WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT AND GRATITUDE.