Records of Melanesian Mission (as filmed by the AJCP) [microform] : [M802-806], 1847-1965
- Bib ID:
- 676697
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Melanesian Mission
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference.
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
- 5 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Summary:
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Mainly correspondence 1887-96 and diaries 1889-1908 of Rev. Henry Welchman and the correspondence 1952-53 of C.E. Fox together with the draft of his book Lord of the Southern Isles. Other correspondence includes that of J.W. Blencowe 1862-74, Commodore James G. Goodenough (relating to the annexation of Fiji), Bishop Patteson (from Bishop Edmund Hobhouse 1868-70) and Miss M Rice, Oxford, 1941-52. There are also the journals of Cole C. Fowler 1889-91, a Mota phrasebook by Florence E. Coombe, sketches and articles by Eric Ramsden, drafts of writings by Rev. George Sarawia, John Still and Roger Ernest Tempest on the history of the Mission, including the work of Bishops George Augustus and John Richardson Selwyn. Finally, there are lists of members of the Mission compiled in 1895, 1924 and 1964, and a number of photographs of Melanesia.
- Biography/History:
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The Anglican Mission to Melanesia was founded by George Augustus Selwyn in 1849. The Mission's activities extended over the islands west of Fiji, including the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides. The headquarters and training school were at Auckland 1849-67, then at Norfolk Island until 1920, when the training school moved to the Solomon Islands, with the diocesan office being opened in Auckland.
- Notes:
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- Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
- National Library of Australia holds microfilm master.
- Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M802-806.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-727914960
- Microfilm copy of originals held by the Melanesian Mission, 15 Denewood Close, Watford, Hertfordshire, England.
- Cited In:
- Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 108, p. 54.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Descriptive list available (11 p.). Also appears at the beginning of M802.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1847-1965
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This belongs to the Miscellaneous Series (Australian Joint Copying Project)..
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