Bible Society in Australia National Scriptures Division - Ingleburn, NSW.

The Bible Society in Australia exists to put the Bible into people's hands.^[1] They were inaugurated at the instigation of Governor Lachlan Macquarie in Sydney on March 7, 1817. The first Australasian translation was a selection of Scripture selections in the Maori language printed in 1827.

[edit] Mission

The stated mission of the Bible Society of Australia is "to provide the Word of God to all people, in their own language, in a format they can use and at a price they can afford."

[edit] Projects

They have projects^[2] in around 90 different languages.^[3]

• There is a kids site at Bible Kids.
• They have a youth site at Godspeak.
• They have a project to take the Bible to Outback Australia with The Flying Bible Man.^[4]
• They work with other organisations including Open Doors. ^[5]
• They have a project to translate the Bible into Auslan (Australian sign language) for the more than 10,000 people who use that language.^[6]

[edit] Effect on Australian society

As reported in the Christian Science Monitor, the Bible Society has some effect on 'secular Australia' with an article 'Strine slang Bible a hit in secular Australia' ^[7]. They were featured on a 1967 Australia Post stamp.

[edit] See also

• Bible society
• Strine

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bible Society in Australia home page
• Bible Kids
• Godspeak