Dates

• Existence: 7 April 1859 - 7 November 1862
• Existence: 3 October 1978 - 12 October 2017

History

Five presbyteries were created in April 1859 at the inaugural General Assembly meeting of the newly-formed Presbyterian Church of Victoria comprised of the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria; Synod of the United Presbyterian Church of Victoria and the Synod of the United Presbyterian Church of Australia. The five provisional presbyteries were Geelong, Ballaarat, Castlemaine, Kilnoorat and Portland.

The Presbytery of Kilnoorat consisted of the congregations of Mortlake, Kilnoorat and Darlington, and Camperdown.

In 1862 an application was made by the Presbytery of Portland for a re-distribution of the Congregations of the Presbyteries of Portland, Ballaarat, and Kilnoorat.The congregations at Belfast, Tower Hill, Wangoom, Allansford, Warrnambool, Woodford, Hexham, and Caramut were united with the Presbytery of Kilnoorat, under the new designation of the Presbytery of Mortlake.

In October 1978 the Assembly agreed to form a new Presbytery of Kilnoorat consisting of the congregations of the former Presbytery of Hamilton and the former Presbytery of Mortlake and any person or persons under the jurisdiction of the former Presbyteries.

Then in October 2017 the Assembly agreed to rename the Kilnoorat Presbytery to Presbytery of South West Victoria.

Topics

• Formation of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria -- Date: 7 April 1859
  • Note: Scots' Church, Collins Street