Bible Society In Australia

Bible Society Australia exists to put the Bible into people's hands. They were inaugurated at the instigation of Governor Lachlan Macquarie in Sydney on March 7, 1817. The first Australasian translation was a selection of Scripture selections in the Maori language printed in 1827. The Bible Society is the oldest continuingly operating organisation in Australia.

Mission
The stated mission of the Bible Society of Australia is "to provide the Word of God to all people, in their own language, in a format they can use and at a price they can afford."

Projects
They have projects in around 90 different languages.
 * There is a kids site at Bible Kids.
 * They have a youth site at Godspeak.
 * They have a project to take the Bible to Outback Australia with The Flying Bible Man.
 * They work with other organisations including Open Doors.
 * They have a project to translate the Bible into Auslan (Australian sign language) for the more than 10,000 people who use that language.

Effect on Australian society
As reported in the Christian Science Monitor, the Bible Society has some effect on 'secular Australia' with an article 'Strine slang Bible a hit in secular Australia'. They were featured on a 1967 Australia Post stamp.