William L. Binks

William L. Binks
William L. Binks
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1850-1900 / Engraving / Ministers, Preachers & Associates / Paper / Print / World Parish
Engraving on paper
mid/late 1800s

William L. Binks (1843-1890) was President of the Australasian Conference in 1869, aged only 26.

The Australasian Conference was founded on Wesleyan lines in 1855, when it was reported this Conference oversaw 442 chapels, 108 ministers, about 20,000 members, close to 80,000 'hearers' and 35,570 children in Day and Sunday Schools.