An informal record of missionary service in the island of Tongoa and the Shepherd Islands, 1941-1947 [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 1538972
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Miller, J. Graham (John Graham)
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1941-1947
- 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Series:
- PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1051.
- Summary:
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This typescript manuscript (370 p.) is based on the diaries, articles and cultural and topical jottings by the Rev. J. Graham Miller and his wife Flora during their missionary service in Tongoa, Shepherd Islands, 1941-1947. It includes maps, press clippings and reproduces relevant reports, statistics and comments.
- Biography/History:
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Dr and Mrs Miller were missionaries of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand on the Island of Tongoa in the Shepherd Group, New Hebrides, from 1941 to 1947 when Miller became principal of the Tangoa Teachers Training Institute on Santo Island. In 1952 the Millers took a parish in Auckland, New Zealand, returning to Tangoa in 1971 to set up the Presbyterian Bible College. They left the islands in 1973.
- Notes:
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- See also PMB 1012, 1025 and 1028 for related material.
- Original in private ownership.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1941-1947
- Occupation:
- Missionaries
- Other authors/contributors:
- Miller, Flora
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1947
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