Australia
www.salvationarmy.org.au
Two Christian Mission converts, John Gore and Edward Saunders, pioneered Salvation Army operations on 5 September 1880 in Adelaide. The first Salvation Army officers sent to Australia were Captain and Mrs Thomas Sutherland, who officially began their appointment in Adelaide on 11 February 1881.
In 1921, the work in Australia was organised into two territories - Eastern and Southern - with headquarters in Sydney and Melbourne. On 1 December 2018, Australia reverted to one territory with headquarters in Melbourne.
Country included in the territory Australia Languages in which the gospel is preached Arabic, Cantonese, English, Farsi, Hindi, Kiswahili, Korean, Mandarin, Nuer, Persian, Telugu, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dialects Periodicals Kidzone, Salvos Magazine
Territorial Leadership
Commissioner Commissioner Miriam Gluyas - Territorial Commander
Colonel Winsome Merrett - Chief Secretary
Territorial Headquarters
Melbourne office:
95-99 Railway Road
Blackburn
Melbourne
Vic 3130
Sydney office:
261–265 Chalmers Street
Redfern
NSW 2016
Contact us
Tel: [61] (03) 8878 4500