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In 1886 and 1906 Kirby was the chairman of the
Congregational Union of South Australia and from 1910 to 1913 was the chairman of the Congregation Union of Australia and New Zealand. In 1891 he had been an Australian representative at the first International Congregational Council in London. During
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On 22 November 1926 a memorial window was installed in the
Congregational Church, Port Adelaide, dedicated to Margaretta and Joseph Coles Kirby in recognition of his years of service as pastor 1880 to 1908, was unveiled by their son Bevan Kirby. The window, a stained-glass work depicting the
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after the previous minister died of tuberculosis. Kirby started the Young
Christians' Union, the Young Men's Christian Society here and, through his assiduous work campaigning and ministry, was able to bring his denomination solidly behind
144:, who were prepared to work for lower wages. As a result of church activism, a compromise was reached where hiring of "kanakas" was restricted to sugar farmers. He came to the conclusion, enumerated late in life, of the value of the
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of hotel bars. Kirby also supported religious instruction in state schools and helped persuade the South
Australian Congregational Union to abandon its insistence upon purely secular instruction. Later, he promoted
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The family migrated to Sydney in 1854 when his father's business went bankrupt but the 17-year-old Kirby was able to find work at another flour-mill in Sydney. It was in Sydney that he joined the
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Aboriginal reserve in Arnhem land. Although deeply devoted to the Bible and opposing any criticism of it, Kirby was open minded towards
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Mildred Kirby (1877â1950), educated at Ladies' Collegiate School, Semaphore. She married Arthur Green Urquhart in 1947.
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In 1915 Kirby was the leader in the successful campaign for
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