Letter of Reverend Stephen Rabone written to his parents, Hobart, 1835 Oct. 3 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 4902853
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Rabone, Stephen, 1811-1872
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MS Acc10.105 copy
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1835]
- 1 item (4 p.)
- Summary:
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MS Acc10.105 comprises the letter from Wesleyan missionary Reverend Stephen Rabone to his parents, written 3 October 1835 at Hobart, Van Diemens Land. The letter includes a description of convict chain gangs, their dress, their punishment and Rabone's compassionate horror at their treatment; a description of agriculture in the Hobart region; discussion of fellow missionary Reverend Nathaniel Turner's offer to teach Rabone some Tongan prior to Rabone taking up a mission at Tonga; a description of Governor George Arthur and how he visited Turner and Rabone's chapel several times; and, mention of his wife, Eliza's, pregnancy (4 p.).
- Biography/History:
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Methodist minister. Reverend Stephen Rabone was a Wesleyan missionary who came to Hobart with his wife Eliza in 1835. They went to Tonga in 1837, and in 1845 he published a Tongan vocabulary and phrase book. Rabone later became general secretary of the Australasian Methodist Mission and was president of the Australasian Wesleyan Conference in 1861.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS Acc10.105.
- MS Acc10.105 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3224007007
- Subject:
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- Rabone, Stephen, 1811-1872 -- Correspondence
- Turner, Nathaniel, 1793-1864
- Arthur, George, Sir, 1784-1854 -- Religion
- Methodist Church -- Australia -- Clergy -- Correspondence
- Missionaries -- Australia -- Correspondence
- Governors -- Religious life -- Australia
- Penal colonies -- Tasmania
- Convicts -- Tasmania -- Hobart
- Methodist Church -- Missions -- Tasmania
- Tasmania -- Religious life and customs
- Time Coverage:
- 1835
- Occupation:
- Copyright:
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