On the meandering banks of Sydney’s Hawkesbury River, there lies a small, historic town featuring a sandstone church, a cemetery and a pioneer village. The “Macquarie Town” of Wilberforce is but one memorial to the great anti-slavery crusader and social reformer, William Wilberforce. As we mark yet another Australia Day, it is worthwhile to just explore the profound imprint his combination of Evangelical Christianity and humane liberalism left on the formation of modern Australia.