News Release

​Church Celebrates 175th Anniversary of Arrival of First Mormon Missionary to Australia

Vice-Regal, governmental and faith leaders mark milestone during cultural celebration

“The South Australian tradition of religious freedom has, right from the start, been successful,” His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AO, Governor of South Australia, told guests at an event last Saturday (8 August) to mark the 175th anniversary of the arrival of the first Mormon missionary to Australia. 

Read more at the Australian edition of Mormon Newsroom.

 

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