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| Flemington-Kensington Church News, courtesy of the Reverend Phillip Court. |
In 1916 the Presbyterian Church in Norwood St, Flemington called Alexander Tulloch Yuille to serve their community. He found them distressed by the destruction being wrought on the young men of their community, and he picked up a heavy load to minister until the war had ended and the living had returned. One of the means he used to both comfort his parishioners and reach out to the absent part of his congregation was a tiny newsletter - the Flemington-Kensington Church News. The tiny bound volume of newsletters pictured above was the only one to survive an arsonist's fire in later decades. The newsletters were sent to the boys away at the war as well as to those at home, and in this way he supported the community in their sorrow. You can read more about Tulloch Yuille's time in Flemington on the Empire Called website.