General Assembly of Australia
(The Australian Assembly meets every 3 years. It consists of a proportionate number of ministers and elders elected from each of the 33 Presbyteries throughout the land. It elects its own moderator)

GA of Vic responsible to GA of Aust and the latter has jurisdiction over the former.

General Assembly of Victoria
(The Assembly meets annually for business, usually taking the best part of a week. It consists of every minister in the State, together with a representative elder from each Parish. It elects its own Moderator annually.)


Presbytery responsible to GA of Vic and the latter has jurisdiction over the former.

Presbytery (Melbourne East in our case)
(There are 10 Presbyteries in Victoria, 14 in NSW, 5 in Queensland, 2 in SA and 1 in each of WA and Tasmania. A Presbytery consists of all the ministers and a representative elder from each parish. The Presbytery elects annually its own Moderator)


CEPC responsible to Presbytery of Melb East and the latter has jurisdiction over the former.

Local Parish (Caulfield-Elwood PC)
(All the affairs of the congregation are under the supervision of the Session of elders; the Session having the minister as its Moderator)