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Join us at the next Wollaston Research Seminar on 11 May at 2pm AWST either in-person or online (via Zoom) for two short papers.

"John Ray: naturalist, traveller, theologian: Bringer of Order out of Chaos?" presented by Patrick Armstrong.
"Is there an Australian Anglican 'Field?' Preliminary sketches" presented by Mark Jennings.

Wollaston Research Seminar | May 2026 Join us at the next Wollaston Research Seminar on May 11 at 2pm AWST either in-person or online (via Zoom) for two short papers.

Congratulations to all graduates from last night's ceremony in Wollaston chapel!

In research news, Mark Jennings' chapter “Reading Scripture as a Discursive Fight to the Death: The Bible and the Battle over the Truth of S*x and S*xuality” has appeared in “The T&T Clark Handbook of S*xualities in the Bible and its Reception,” published in 2026. Wollaston Honorary Research Associate Caroline Blyth is a co-editor of the text.

New publication: T&T Clark Handbook of S*xualities in the Bible and its Reception - Wollaston Theological College T&T Clark Handbook of S*xualities in the Bible and its ReceptionCo-edited by Christopher Greenough & Caroline Blyth (T&T Clark, 2026) Honorary Research Associate Dr Caroline Blyth has co‑edited the newly released T&T Clark Handbook of S*xualities in the Bible and its Reception, a major internation...

More great news from Wollaston: the Reverend Dr Sue Boorer is our new Acting Formation Director

Appointment of the Reverend Dr Sue Boorer as Acting Formation director - Wollaston Theological College Wollaston Theological College and the Anglican Diocese of Perth are pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend Dr Sue Boorer as Acting Director of Formation. The Reverend Dr Boorer brings a wealth of experience to the role, having taught Hebrew Bible at Murdoch University and University of....

Congratulations to the emerging AngliSchools leaders who last month completed Wollaston Theological College’s new unit Anglican Identity and Leadership!

School leaders successfully complete Wollaston's new unit Anglican Identity and Leadership - Wollaston Theological College In 2025, Wollaston Theological College launched a brand new unit. Designed in consultation with AngliSchools, Anglican Identity and Leadership is a University of Divinity accredited unit which replaces the Wollaston Certificate for Anglican Leaders. The unit is one third of the Wollaston Anglican Le...

Announcing the appointment - which actually took place last year - of Mark Jennings as Academic Dean of Wollaston.

Appointment of Mark Jennings as Academic Dean of Wollaston Theological College - Wollaston Theological College Here at Wollaston Theological College, we are delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Jennings as Academic Dean. In this capacity, Mark provides academic leadership at Wollaston Theological College, and guides students along the entire academic process from admission to graduation. Mark also w...

"Since the 1990s, many Australians have come to accept the conclusion of the High Court in the Mabo case that our colonial settlements wrongly presumed a notion of terra nullius. These Latin words were, however, absent from the early nineteenth century documents, and instead, there was a diversity of legal terms that eventually flowed together under the heading of terra nullius. One of the key phrases in law was “desert and uninhabited.” Similarly, the Western Australia Act of 14 May, 1829, claimed that a settlement had been effected on the “wild and unoccupied lands on the Western Coast of New Holland. This paper will show how this terminology – “desert,” “wild” and “unoccupied” – arises from an ideology of waste land that was formed in English law long before its reinvention in the colonies. It was waste land legislation that was the main legal instrument of Aboriginal dispossession."

Join us on the unceded lands of the Whadjuk people of Nyoongar nation at Wollaston Theological College on Tuesday 14 October for the Principal's Lecture, featuring Mark G. Brett, Professor at Whitley College. Professor Brett brings his expertise as a biblical scholar and former policy officer for the Native Title Services Victoria, to his presentation on the reinvention of the category "waste land" as a colonial tool of dispossession.

Time: 7:00 pm
Email [email protected] to RSVP or for more details.

Bible101: An introduction to Biblical Studies for Beginners

Curious about the Bible but unsure where to begin? Bible 101 is a day-long event designed for beginners, offering an accessible introduction to the Bible as a historical, literary, and theological text.

📍Wollaston Theological College
📅 Thursday 2 October 2025
🕑10.30am-3.30pm�$25 (includes lunch)

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Anglican Church of Perth The Anglican Church of Perth is a metropolitan see of the Anglican Church of Australia with parishes from Perth to Morawa, across to Eucla and Esperance.

A reminder about the Wollaston Research Seminar later today, featuring Assoc Prof Mark Jennings, available both in-person and on Zoom. Details here:

Wollaston Research Seminar (September) Join us at the September Wollaston Research Seminar where Assoc Prof Mark Jennings will present: No such thing as consent to Spiritual Harms: greedy institutions, symbolic violence and conversion practices

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On Tuesday 14th October Professor Mark Brett will be giving a public lecture at Wollaston Theological College entitled 'The Reinvention of Waste Land as a Colonial Legal Fiction'

Please RSVP by 9 October to [email protected]

Home - Wollaston Theological College In our current ecumenical autumn (though ‘winter’ is probably nearer the truth), it is heartening to recall the heady days...