Wesleyan Methodist Society Tonga records, 1837-1960
Wesleyan Methodist Society Tonga records, 1837-1960
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Date
1837-1960
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10105
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Language
Tongan
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Physical Description
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0.16 metres of textual material (1 box)
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The collection covers the early years of missionary activity in a series of reports from the mission station and school at Haabai, a group of islands in the central part of the Kingdom of Tonga. Also included are correspondence in English and Tongan, court documents and reports.
Folder 1
Bound volume containing approximately 68 unnumbered...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Wesleyan Methodist Society Tonga records, 1837-1960
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Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
The first Methodist missionaries arrived in Tonga in 1822. Tonga was a Conference within the Methodist Church of Australasia until 1977 when the Uniting Church in Australia was formed, and the Free Wesleyan Church gained its autonomy.
Reference: Library correspondence file
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10105
Record Identifier
nX6DM8MY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6DM8MY
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Reference code
9611364
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