John Jones - Papers re Mare, Loyalty Islands, 1854-1908
John Jones - Papers re Mare, Loyalty Islands, 1854-1908
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Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
Call Numbers
PMB 1016
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Reference Code
Language
- English
- French
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microform reel 35 mm
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Microfilm : PMB 1016
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The papers relate to the Mare mission. They comprise newspaper clippings, articles, photographs, maps a diary and personal and other correspondence. The personal correspondence describes their daily lives, the adjustment to local conditions and foods, the seeds and plants they grew and a very detailed account of his wife Sarah's childbirth with "pl...
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Full title
John Jones - Papers re Mare, Loyalty Islands, 1854-1908
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1016
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of originals held in private ownership
Contents list appears at the beginning of the film
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Jones (1829-1908) was born in Worcester. He was ordained in London in 1853 and accepted by the London Missionary Society as one of the first missionaries to Mare, Loyalty Islands. He and his wife Sarah (nee Herbert) spent 34 years on Mare establishing schools, workshops, an institution for the training of a native ministry and translating biblical...
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Call Numbers
PMB 1016
Record Identifier
1kVd3wOn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kVd3wOn
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Reference code
441085
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