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Documentation in support of the historical content of this submission can be found:
(1) In the 1988 edition of the Banner of Truth Trust publication Australian Christian Life From 1788, written by Iain H. Murray, Editor of the Banner of Truth Trust, and a minister of the Australian Presbyterian Church since 1981, to give facts and dispel illusions, such as the opinion that Australia has always been essentially secular. The author shows the need for the church to get back to its original programme, and emphasizes that when Christians are faithful to apostolic truth and to apostolic methods, they will always sooner or later know apostolic success.
(2) In the 1945 edition of the textbook, Britain in World History, written by E.H.Dance, M.A.,of Wolverhampton Grammar School, in order to meet the requirements of modern history teaching, and student use. It covers from the earliest history till World War II ended, and was used by Queensland secondary school students in the 1950s (specifically in the Maryborough State High School.)
(3) In the 1918 edition of the textbook, A Short History of England, written by Cyril Ransome, M.A., of Merton College, Oxford (sometime Professor of Modern History and English Literature, Yorkshire College, Victoria University), to give a short narrative of the growth of the British Empire and Constitution, from the earliest times to the death of King Edward VII, in a form as shall supply the wants of schools, of candidates for university and civil service examinations, of the army and navy, teachers at elementary schools, and students in training colleges, and as shall also give a clear account of events and institutions, the knowledge of which is so much needed by the student of modern political life. It was used by school students in Australia.
(4) In the 1908 edition of Highroads of History, [Book VI - Modern Britain, (1688 to 1907)], a Royal School Series textbook published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, and used by Queensland school students, specifically in Brisbane.
(5) In the 1904 edition of The "Royal" History of England, a Royal School Series textbook published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, and arranged so as to show the continuity of the History of the English People, and the gradual development of the English Constitution. It was used by Queensland school students, specifically in Toowong, Brisbane.
Documentation for statements quoted or made by the author in this submission can be found in:
The Fearful Master: A Second Look at the United Nations written by G.Edward Griffin, and published by Western Islands, July, 1964.
The Changing Law written by The Right Honourable Sir Alfred Denning, one of the Lords Justices of Her Majesty's Court of Appeal in England, and published by Stevens & Sons Limited in 1953.
Commentaries on the Laws of England written by Sir William Blackstone, 1884.
The Commonwealth Constitution
Documentation of the Sources of the Information provided in this Submission:
"The Book of Forms": Published in 1991 by the Reformed Churches Publishing House, Victoria. Printed in Australia. This submission is supported in its identification of Christian faith and beliefs by the Creeds, the Belgic and Westminster Confessions of Faith, the Heidelberg Catechism, the Canons of Dort and the Testimony "Our World Belongs to God", as contained in the Reformed Church of Australia's Book of Forms.
High Court Ruling by Hayne J: Justice of the High Court for the last two years or so, who gave his ruling on the operation of the Constitution, denying that there has been a "break in sovereignty" in Australia, and giving meaning of "sovereignty" in domestic and international senses. He ruled that the Constitution cannot be changed by Parliamentary legislation, other than by Section 128, and also said that the Charter of the United Nations does not have the force of law in Australia. (73 ALJR 232)
Sir John Latham: Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia in the sixties, who described himself as an Agnostic, but wrote that when he was hearing cases in the High Court, he made all his decisions from the Christian Common Law position, because this is a Christian country, and its basis for law is Christian.
"The Humanists": The original material was produced by a working party of the British Humanist Association, and was adapted for wider use by a committee of the Humanist Society of Queensland. It is an introduction to Humanist thought.
Humanist Manifesto No.2: Was written as an update of Humanist Manifesto No.1 of 1933.
Imperial Acts Application Act 1980 (No.9246 Vic), 1984 (No.70 Qld) [NSW and ACT have similar laws.]
The Declaration of Rights (1688): As recorded on page 17 in the Commons Record on 2/2/1688 and which formed the basis of the Declaration made and presented by the Lords and Commons to William and Mary, prince and princess of Orange, on 13/2/1688, and signed by them before being crowned King and Queen of the Realm.
The Bill of Rights (1689): "An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown", recording the words of a certain declaration in writing, as was presented for signature upon the thirteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty-eight, to their Majesties, then called and known by the names and style of William and Mary, prince and princess of Orange. [At the time this Act was passed, the Christian dating system began its years at Easter and the Julian Calendar was in use, which means February was at the end of the year 1688. In 1752 Britain adopted the New Style Gregorian calendar, and the beginning of the year was set at 1st January. This caused February at the end of 1688 in the old dating system to become February at the beginning of 1689 in the new dating system.] This is one explanation for the dating of the Bill of Rights as either 1688 or 1689..
Judiciary Act 1903.
Crimes Act 1914.
The Queensland Criminal Code.
Numerous Internet Web Pages: including "The Sir Samuel Griffith Society" Website and the "Magna Carta Society" Website.
Unwin: Sociologist, about 1950 or 1960
Sorokin: Sociologist, 1950 or 1960
It has historically been Christians who have been discriminated against as they sought to exercise their God-given right to obey God and to have God's Name hallowed on earth. The violation of religious freedom has always been associated with either torture, death, or brainwashing of Christians, aimed at destroying relationships between God, the Christian family and the individual. Those who have wanted to suppress God's Word have habitually imprisoned and murdered those who have tried to circulate it. Individual Christians are frequently denied unbiassed freedom of the press, even via letters to the Editor, while journalists use the press regularly to misrepresent and ridicule Christianity and increase the injustices.
Anti-Christian misrepresentation and violence existed in New Testament times when Christ Himself was hounded and crucified for His good works. Saul (later called Paul) persecuted and encouraged the murder of the early Christian disciples, including Stephen. Then Paul became the victim of much physical violence himself, after he became a Christian. Altogether, John the Baptist, the apostles, and other early church Christians suffered much for their preaching and teaching, enduring imprisonment and/or violent deaths.
Persecution and death continued wherever the Gospel was preached, and it increased in intensity whenever attempts were made throughout British history to highlight, maintain or uphold Magna Carta and the Laws of God - especially in the days of the translating, printing and distributing of the Bible, in the lead-up to the Reformation. Throughout the centuries, those who have wanted to suppress God's Word have imprisoned and murdered those who have tried to circulate or live by it.
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