Dates

• Existence: 7 April 1859 - 10 November 1862

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 Portland consisted of the congregations of Portland, Belfast, Hamilton, Mosquito Plains, Casterton, Mount Gambier, Warrnambool and Woodford.

In November 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 Portland, Branxholm, Hamilton, Casterton, Coleraine, Mosquito Plains, Balmoral, Harrow, Horsham, Lake Hyndmarsh, Richardson, The Avoca, and Pleasant Creek to be formed into a Presbytery to be called the Presbytery of Hamilton; the congregations at Belfast, Tower Hill, Wangoom, Allansford, Warrnambool, Woodford, Hexham, and Caramut to be united with the Presbytery of Kilnoorat, under the new designation of the Presbytery of Mortlake.

Topics

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