Ernest Augustus Anderson

Bishop Ernest Augustus Anderson was installed in Hay as the second Bishop of the Diocese of Riverina, New South Wales Australia, on 11 February 1896, at a time of financial difficulty for the church.

Because of the continuing drought and rabbit plague, station owners no longer had the means of supporting the church, which meant that clergymen had to work for almost nothing. Bishop Anderson's episcopate was also a time of conflict between the Bishop and his clergy, and the clergy and their parishioners.

By the turn of the century, new towns were flourishing throughout the Riverina, as the growing wheat industry gave the district a much needed economic boost. The Bishop retired from service in 1925, leaving twice as many parishes in the Diocese as he took over originally.