Tradition

Different religions, faiths, and spiritualities in their Queensland settings.

Tradition
- Christianity, Protestant
- Confucianism
- Buddhism
- Chinese Religion
- Christianity, Catholic
- Hinduism
- Christianity, Orthodox & Eastern
- Indigenous
- Islam
- Jainism
- Judaism
- Multi-faith
- New Religious Movements
- Sikhism
- Taoism
- Zoroastrianism

The Sunshine Coast’s ‘Abode of God’

Avatar’s Abode, one of four key sites of a global spiritual movement, developed after Meher Baba’s 1958 visit and remains a focal point for the movement in Australia.

Benjamin Glennie, Apostle of the Downs

The diary of Anglican priest Benjamin Glennie details the challenges and privations of religious ministry on Queensland’s colonial frontier.

Quetta Memorial Church

Since Christianity was introduced to the Torres Strait Islands, the receptivity of Islander culture has ensured that Christian traditions have been adapted to local tastes.

Figure 5: Choir boys practising at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane, 1958 (SLQ).

Music at St John’s Cathedral

The musical culture of Queensland’s Anglicans has been a vibrant wellspring for musicians, including the only female master of cathedral music in the British Empire.

Ken Ham at the ‘Ark Encounter’ theme park, Kentucky, opened 2016 (Ark Encounter)

Creationism with an Australian Accent

Modern creationism has a strong Queensland flavour, both in the career of former schoolteacher Ken Ham, and the political and education controversies of the 1970s and 1980s.

Goldsteins’ shop sign in Surfers Paradise.

Synagogues in the Sunshine

A handful of Jewish families established the Gold Coast’s first organised Jewish community.

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