Colonel Robert Torrens (1780 – 1864)
An army officer, an economist, media owner (The Globe newspaper) and served politically in the House of Commons (in London) from 1826 to 1835. More importantly he was a Christian.
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Historical Christian South Australian Trivia! Captain Charles Sturt
Captain Charles Sturt (1795-1869)
South Australia is unique in Australia’s history as the only state settled by a group of Christians not aligned to the Church of England! It was settled by a group of Christians often called the Dissenters who held the founding principle that there should be no state aid offered to any religious group (to avoid Christianity being controlled by the State).
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