Background
Alex Campbell was born at Redfern, New South Wales, the second son of George Campbell, an English-born Congregational minister. She was born in Paisley, Scotland.
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Alex Campbell was born at Redfern, New South Wales, the second son of George Campbell, an English-born Congregational minister. She was born in Paisley, Scotland.
He was educated at Newington College (1891–1901) and the University of Sydney from where he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1904.
George went on to marry Mary Adam Petrie, Alexander"s mother, in 1872. Both parents were 43 years of age at the time of Alex"s birth. George and Mary were married for 30 years before Mary died in 1903.
George died in 1915.
Alex"s brother George was older by just one year. After studying theology at Camden College, Glebe, he was ordained in his father"s church at Burwood. Campbell married Margaret Elizabeth Beale, daughter of piano manufacturer Octavius Beale, in 1909.
Chairman, Congregational Union of New South Wales, 1919 Secretary, Camden College, 1920 to 1921 President, Camden College, 1937 to 1955 Moderator, Congregational Union of New South Wales, 1944 to 1951 President, Sydney City Mission, 1946 to 1963 Campbell"s deep concern for social justice led him to serve the community at large.
In 1929 he was elected president of the Rotary Club of Sydney and he became vice-president of the New South Wales Society for Crippled Children which had been established during his presidency of Rotary. With a pleasant voice, Campbell was a regular speaker on radio and he was an early proponent of Australian intercommunion.
Congregationalists in New South Wales "revered him as an inspiring preacher, a wise administrator and a beloved pastor".