Southern Highlands History
The Salvation Army had its origins in the Southern Highlands in Moss Vale, where a corps (church) was opened in 1885.
Early beginnings
The Salvation Army had its origins in the Southern Highlands in Moss Vale, where a corps (church) was opened in 1885 by Captain Harry Stephens. In 1888, the intrepid Moss Vale Salvos decided to expand and began meetings...
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Our home in the Southern Highlands
In the early days The Salvation Army in Bowral did not have its own hall. Meetings were held in the Oddfellows hall and the Temperance Union Hall. In 1925, a new citadel in Bundaroo Street was opened by Commissioner What...
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Our people in the Southern Highlands
An 1895 article in The Salvation Army newspaper, The War Cry on the work of the Army in Bowral made special note of its people: Perhaps there is nothing very remarkable about this corps to single it out from many others,...
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Bowral's best - Sid Toone
The Salvation Army in the Southern Highlands has produced its fair share of outstanding Salvationists. Sid Toone, a Bowral salvationist in the 1950s, gained local honour when, in 1956, during a local flood, he retur...
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Always about people finding freedom - Tom Payne
More than 100 years ago Tom Payne found freedom from alcohol after coming into contact with the Salvos. An article in The Salvation Army’s War Cry newspaper in 1895 describes him as having fallen from grace;...
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Always about people finding freedom - Colin and Samantha Pullan
From its early days when The Salvation Army band used to march down the main streets of Southern Highland towns and perform open-air meetings, to today when Salvos can be found providing welfare assistance or running chi...
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In times of need
It’s often said that The Salvation Army has a ministry of “presence” – of being there in times of need. When bushfires raged through the district in November 1939, The Salvation Army pro...
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The Salvation Army in the Southern Highlands today
The Salvation Amy Bowral changed its name to Southern Highlands as this title embraces the entire area of the highlands form Picton to Marulan, giving a broader perspective of the Christian support offered. People’...
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