Rodger C. G. Page - Tongan scrapbook, 1876-1953
Rodger C. G. Page - Tongan scrapbook, 1876-1953
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
Call Numbers
PMB 1026
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Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
microfilm reel 35 mm
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Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : PMB 1026
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The scrapbook is now in a very fragile state. Many of the clippings are damaged and some are no longer complete, the missing pieces having been lost. Not all the clippings are in strict chronological order. Most relate to church matters, many of the early entries are concerned with the Rev. Shirley Baker, and there are many about the Tongan Royal f...
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Full title
Rodger C. G. Page - Tongan scrapbook, 1876-1953
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1026
The originator of the scrapbook is unknown although it may well have been the Rev. Ernest E. Crosby (1856-1926)
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of originals held by the Division of Pacific and Asian History, Australian National University
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Rev. Roger Page (1878-1965) arrived in Tonga in 1908, and as chairman of the Tonga district of the Methodist Church, worked for a reconciliation with the Tongan Free Church which was established after the Wesleyan Church split in 1885. He was president of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga from 1925-1946, the royal chaplain and one of Queen Salote's...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PMB 1026
Record Identifier
YK5Qpyxn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5Qpyxn
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Reference code
441094
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