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Canberra & Region Quakers
Canberra & Region Quakers are a spiritual community of people living in Canberra and southern New South Wales. We are part of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia and worldwide. Quakers seek direct experience of the Truth through worship based on silence and a commitment to simplicity, peace, integrity, community, earth-care and equality.
“Canberra & Region Quakers acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngambri, Wiradjuri, Gundungurra, Ngarigo and Yuin peoples as the traditional custodians of the lands upon which we meet and pay respect to their elders, past, present and emerging.”
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Quakers in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and nearby Southern New South Wales (NSW)
This site is a resource for people wishing to find out about Quakers in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and nearby southern New South Wales (NSW). We hope you’ll explore, read and enjoy.
We welcome all who wish to attend our Meetings for Worship and participate in our activities.
Our Beliefs
If you are new to Quakers, you may wish to find out more about Quaker beliefs and practice. Click here to read more.
Meetings for Worship
Our Meetings for Worship are held in Canberra (North & South), Goulburn, Wagga Wagga, the Bega Valley and Silver Wattle Quaker Centre. Click here to read more.
Contact Us
We also make our rooms available for hire to community groups. Contact us for further information. Click here to contact us.
Canberra and Region Quakers affirm and celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome seekers of all ancestries and cultures, all sexualities and genders, all socio-economic backgrounds, all capacities and abilities and all religious and non-religious backgrounds or beliefs. We strive to value the gifts in all people because we believe that the beauty and richness of creation is in its diversity. 
Latest Posts from Canberra & Region Quakers
Quaker Watching Brief: Update on Palestine and Israel
Quakers Australia (QA) made a formal statement in July 2024 at their national gathering as follows. Our sentiments remain the...
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“I Weep for What My Country Has Become…”
Dorothy Scott of the Victoria Regional Meeting of Friends wrote the following on Palm /Refugee Sunday… “On Palm Sunday, Christians...
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Quakers Australia Easter Message
Duncan Frewin, Presiding Clerk of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia, has shared the following Easter message as...
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Australia Must Keep International Law as Our Guiding Principle
Quakers Australia recently sent a letter to Foreign Minister Penny Wong on the topic of Australia’s involvement in the United...
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Quakers Sign Declaration – No Nuclear Weapons in Australia
Australia is being drawn into nuclear risk without clear public consent or meaningful national debate, recent defence choices are opening...
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British Quakers Welcome High Court Ruling: Palestine Action Arrests Unlawful
British Quakers welcome the ruling of the unlawful nature of the arrests of Palestine Action activists and call for the...
Read More >>Upcoming Events
Appin Massacre Memorial Ceremony 2026
This year marks 210 years since the Appin Massacre of 17 April 1816, a significant and painful moment in the...
View Details >>QUNO Quiet Diplomacy Webinar
An online webinar hosted by FWCC Asia West Pacific exploring the work of the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva...
View Details >>Webinar: No Nuclear Weapons in Australia
This webinar brings together voices from across the Pacific region to talk about what the declaration is asking for, what...
View Details >>Sharing Across the Earth: Online Meeting for Worship for the Earth
QA Earth Witness and Action Network and Living Witness UK are inviting Friends to a regular monthly Meeting for Worship...
View Details >>Working for Peace – MAPS Fund-Raising dinner
Join Dr Sue Wareham and Alasdair Hill for an evening of conversation on the past, present and future of action...
View Details >>Candle-Lit Ceremony with A Chorus of Women
Join with A Chorus of Women in the grounds of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture for this heart-warming...
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