page_title: John Dunmore Lang
hierarchical_section_title: John Dunmore Lang
caption_attribution_description: English: Painting by Frederick Garling of Scots Church, Sydney, New South Wales, 1840s
context_page_description: John Dunmore Lang was a Scottish-born Australian Presbyterian minister, writer, historian, politician and activist. He was the first prominent advocate of an independent Australian nation and of Australian republicanism.
context_section_description: John Dunmore Lang (25 August 1799 – 8 August 1878) was a Scottish-born Australian Presbyterian minister, writer, historian, politician and activist. He was the first prominent advocate of an independent Australian nation and of Australian republicanism.
caption: Scots Church, Sydney, 1840s
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