Guide to the Records of the Methodist Missionary Society (as filmed by the AJCP)
M118-M172C, M536-M549, M988-M991
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Methodist Missionary Society
- Title
- Records of the Methodist Missionary Society (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1798 - 1903
- Collection Number
- M118-M172C, M536-M549, M988-M991
- Extent
- 386 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) Online Portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The records of the Methodist Missionary Society contains administrative papers and papers of those who served the society. The administrative papers include committee minutes; minutes and reports of district committees; correspondence between missionaries and the general secretaries; publications; records regarding assets including ships, land and property; and papers regarding missionary candidates.
The personal papers include the diaries and other papers of James Calvert regarding Fiji; John Hunt's papers; Richard Lyth; Henry Hanson Turton; extracts from the journal of Nathaniel Turner; Joseph Rennard Orton journals and notebooks; letters of John Bumpy; and John Thomas's journals and manuscripts.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the School of Oriental and African Studies/ and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: Minute book of the Executive Missionary Committee and copies of letters on missionary business), Sep 1814 - Feb 1819, Records of Methodist Missionary Society, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/(nla-obj-756119315)
Archival History
Material selectively filmed at the Methodist Missionary Society as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1958-59, 1963, and 1967 (AJCP Reels M118-M172C) (AJCP Reels M536-M549) (AJCP Reels M988-M991). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
In addition to filming the extensive selections from the archives, the Australian Joint Copying Project filmed a number of publications in the library of the Methodist Missionary Society (Collection Reference: M536-M549).
The original papers were deposited at the library of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London on indefinite loan by the Methodist Church in Great Britain from 1978 onwards.
Existence and Location of Originals
School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, London, England. For further information see:Records of the Methodist Missionary Society (https://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/collections/missionary-collections).
From 1978 onwards the archives of the Methodist Missionary Society, also its library, were deposited on idefinite loan at the library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London by the Methodist Church in Britain.
An overview of the entire archives can be found in a guide edited by Elizabeth Bennett, Methodist Missionary Society Archives, London, Zug, IDC, 1987 (42pp.).
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2190903] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding Aid Note
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Advisory Statement
Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Maori and Pacific Islander people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.
Subjects
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society; Methodist Missionary Society
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 322, p. 120.
Biographical / Historical
Wesleyan missions overseas began in 1786 when Thomas Coke landed at Antigua in the West Indies. Soon missions were established in every British colony in the West Indies. Under Coke's leadership, missions were also sent to Sierra Leone (1811) and Ceylon (1813). The Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society originated with the district auxiliaries that were formed from 1813 onwards to support the work of the overseas missions. The Methodist Conference formally approved the establishment of the Society in 1818. It was managed by an Executive Committee (later the General Committee), chaired by the President of the Conference, which met every month and which reported to the annual Methodist Conference.
Wesleyan Methodist missions were set up in the West Indies, Canada, West Africa, South Africa, India, China, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Samuel Leigh arrived in Sydney in 1818 to form a mission for the convicts in New South Wales. Missions were subsequently established in Van Diemen's Land (1821), New Zealand (1822), Port Phillip (1840), South Australia (1840), Western Australia (1840) and Moreton Bay (1850). In the Pacific, missions were established in the Friendly Islands (Tonga) in 1822 and Fiji in 1835. The Pacific missions achieved considerable success. Strongly supported by George Tupou, the first king of Tonga, Wesleyan Methodism became the official religion of the Friendly Islands, while in Fiji Wesleyans made up about half the population by the early twentieth century. The first mission in Samoa was short-lived (1835-39), but missionaries returned in 1857 and achieved a permanent presence in the Samoan islands.
In 1852 the British Methodist Conference resolved that Robert Young should be sent to Australia and New Zealand to work out a plan for autonomy for the Wesleyan churches. Following the receipt of his report, the Methodist Conference at Birmingham in August 1854 approved the formation of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Connexion. Its first conference took place in Sydney in January 1855 and William Boyce, who had been in charge of the New South Wales District since 1845, was elected the first President. The Wesleyan missions in the Pacific were taken over by the Australasian Conference. A separate New Zealand Conference was established in 1910, while the missions in Tonga, Fiji and Samoa became autonomous in 1964.
In 1932 the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the United Methodist Church and the Primitive Methodist Church united to form the Methodist Church of Great Britain. The missionary societies of the three Churches merged to form the Methodist Missionary Society. The Society was dissolved in 2013.
Item Descriptions
Series. Committee minutes, 1798 - 1865
8 itemsThe 1798-1819 books contain name indexes at the end of the volume, while the 1819-1865 books contain name and subject indexes. The earliest references in the minute books to proposed missions in the South Seas are New South Wales (1814), Van Diemen's Land (1819), Friendly Islands (Tonga) (1819), New Zealand (1820), Fiji (1836), Swan River (1837), Navigators Islands (Samoa) (1838), Tahiti (1843), South Australia (1849) and New Guinea (1864).
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M118-M120.
Subjects
Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand; Missions and missionaries: Australia; Samuel Leigh; Fiji; Reverend Walter Lawry
Minute book of the Committee of Finance and Advice (Executive Committee) (307 pp.), April 1798 - August 1816 (File)
Minute book of the Executive Missionary Committee and copies of letters on missionary business (529pp.), September 1814 - February 1819 (File)
The letters, written by James Buckley, the secretary of the committee, are interspersed with the minutes. The recipients include Dr Clark (Liverpool), Samuel Leigh (Sydney) and Walter Lawry (Cornwall, Parramatta).
Series. Minutes and reports of district committees, 1822 - 1862
22 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M121-M124.
Subjects
Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand; Missions and missionaries: Australia.
Series. Incoming Correspondence, 1812 - 1889
31 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M124-M148.
Subjects
Reverend John Orton; Reverend Nathaniel Turner; Walter Lawry; Reverend Henry H. Turton; Samuel Leigh; Governor Sir George Grey; Reverend William Cross; Richard B. Lyth; Reverend David Cargill; Reverend John H. Bumby; Reverend Samuel Marsden; Reverend James Calvert; Auckland, NZ; Tasmania; Perth, WA; New Zealand; Fiji; New South Wales; New Britain; Macquarie harbour, Tas; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand; Missions and missionaries: Australia; Missions and missionaries; Missions.
Biographical / Historical
The appointment and placement of missionaries and the general management of the overseas missions was the responsibility of the three (later four) general secretaries, all of whom were ordained ministers. Missionaries addressed their letters either to the secretaries as a group or to individual secretaries. William Boyce, who from 1859 to 1871 was one of the general secretaries, had spent many years in Australia and during those years nearly all the missionaries in Australia and New Zealand addressed their letters to him personally. Attached to some letters are copies of correspondence with other missionaries, colonial officials or British naval officers. In addition, some of the missionaries, especially in the early years, forwarded copies of the journals, or extracts from their journals.
Subseries. Australia
5 items
Letters from missionaries and ministers in the New South Wales to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 1812 - 1826 (File Box 514)
The correspondents include George Allen (Sydney), Benjamin Carvosso (Parramatta), George Erskine (Sydney), William Horton (Windsor), John Hutchinson (Launceston), Walter Lawry (Sydney), Samuel Leigh (Sydney), Ralph Mansfield (Sydney), Samuel Marsden (Parramatta), William Walker (Parramatta) and William White (Sydney). Some of the letters of Samuel Leigh, the first Wesleyan missionary in Australia, contain drawings of Australian Aboriginals and Australian Aboriginal artefacts.
Letters from missionaries and ministers New South Wales to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1827 - 1836 (File Box 515)
The correspondents include George Allen (Sydney), John Beveridge (Sydney), John Brown (Sydney), David Cargill (Sydney), William Cross (Windsor), Daniel Draper (Parramatta), George Erskine (Windsor, Parramatta), John Harper (Richmond), Samuel Henry (Sydney), John Hobbs (Sydney), William Horton (Sydney), John Hosking (Sydney), John Hutchinson (Parramatta), Samuel Leigh (Sydney), Frederick Lewis (Sydney, Bathurst), Richard Lyth (Sydney), John McKenny (Sydney), Ralph Mansfield (Sydney, Windsor), Samuel Marsden (Parramatta), Joseph Orton (Sydney), William Schofield (Parramatta), William Simpson (Parramatta), Charles Tucker (Sydney), Nathaniel Turner (Sydney), William Walker (Parramatta), James Watkin (Sydney), John Weiss (Sydney) and John Wilson (Sydney).
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1837 - 1842 (File Box 516)
The correspondents include George Arden (Melbourne), James Calvert (Sydney), Daniel Draper (Sydney, Parramatta, Bathurst), John Eggleston (Adelaide), George Griffin (Adelaide), Benjamin Hurst (Geelong, Melbourne), Jonathan Innes (West Maitland), Thomas Jaggar (Adelaide), Frederick Lewis (Sydney, Bathurst, Windsor), William Longbottom (Adelaide), Richard Lyth (Sydney), John McKenny (Sydney, Parramatta), Joseph Orton (Sydney, Geelong), William Schofield (Sydney, Windsor), John Smithies (Perth), Edward Sweetman (Sydney), Francis Tuckfield (Geelong), John Waterhouse (Sydney), James Watkin (Sydney), John Weatherston (Parramatta, Sydney), Thomas Willard (Sydney), and Samuel Wilkinson (Windsor, Sydney, Melbourne).
Papers concerning missions to Indigenous Australians, 1831 - 1840 (File Box 516)
15 items
Petition from settlers at Swan River concerning a mission to Australian Aboriginals, 17 July 1836 (Item)
Correspondence between John Beecham (Wesleyan Missionary Society), Sir George Grey (Colonial Office), James Stephen (Colonial Office), Rev. Joseph Orton (Hobart, Sydney) and Johannes Gossner (Berlin), 1836 - 1837 (Item)
Copies of correspondence between Rev. Joseph Orton and Sir Richard Bourke (Sydney) and Col. George Arthur (Hobart), July 1836 - August 1836 (Item)
Consideration of Lord Glenelg's proposal to send out a missionary as Protector of Aborigines in the new colony of South Australia (2pp.), n.d. (Item)
House of Commons paper relating to instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies concerning religious instruction to Aboriginal inhabitants of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (19pp.), 25 September 1831 (Item)
Printed reports of the Church Missionary Society, containing reports of the mission at Wellington Valley, New South Wales., 1835 - 1836 (Item)
Report of the state of missions of the Wesleyan Society in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (8pp.), n.d. (Item)
L.E. Threlkeld. Annual reports of the mission to Indigenous Australians, Lake Macquarie (printed), 1838; 1840 (Item)
Letters from ministers and ministers in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1843 - 1850 (Item)
The correspondents include William B. Boyce (Sydney, Campbelltown), George Buck (Sydney), Augustus Cargill (Sydney), Daniel Draper (Sydney, Adelaide), John Eggleston (Adelaide, Hobart), T.B. Harris (Sydney), Benjamin Hurst (Sydney, Bathurst), Jonathan Innes (West Maitland, Windsor), Walter Lawry (Sydney), George Lazenby (Perth), Frederick Lewis (Windsor, Sydney, West Maitland), William Lightbody (Goulburn), John McKenny (Sydney, Windsor), Ralph Mansfield (Sydney), George Poole (Sydney), Thomas Reynolds (Adelaide), William Schofield (Melbourne, Parramatta), John Smithies (Perth), Edward Sweetman (Parramatta, Melbourne), John Symons (Adelaide), John C. Thrum (Adelaide), Francis Tuckfield (Port Phillip), Nathaniel Turner (Parramatta), Joseph Waterhouse (Adelaide), John Weatherston (Sydney, Adelaide), Samuel Wilkinson (Bathurst, Sydney) and George Wood (Sydney).
Australian papers, c. 1840-1859 (File)
12 items
Correspondence, official papers, newspaper cuttings and other papers relating to the Wesleyan Chapel in Perth, 1840 - 1841 (Item)
Petition to Queen Victoria by ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Van Diemen's Land, n.d. (Item)
Correspondence concerning the distribution of revenue from the Church and School Estates in New South Wales, 1850 (Item)
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 1851 - 1856 (Item)
The principal correspondents are Charles Akrill (Sandhurst, Victoria), James Bickford (Sydney, Melbourne), William B. Boyce (Sydney), William Butters (Melbourne, Adelaide), Daniel Draper (Adelaide, Melbourne) and John Smithies (Perth, Hobart). Other correspondents include G.W. Allen (Sydney), James Calvert (Sydney), John Eggleston (Sydney, Melbourne), Isaac Harding (Melbourne), Samuel Hardey (Melbourne, Perth), William Hill (Richmond), Benjamin Hurst (Goulburn), Walter Lawry (Parramatta), Frederick Lewis (Geelong), William Littlebody (Portland, Victoria), William Lowe (Perth), John Orton (Sydney), Thomas Raston (Sandhurst, Victoria), James Royce (Melbourne), Edward Sweetman (Melbourne), Theophilus Taylor (Ballarat), Nathaniel Turner (Parramatta), James Waugh (Melbourne), Thomas West (Sydney), Samuel Wilkinson (Bathurst), Thomas Williams (Geelong, Adelaide) and Robert Young (Melbourne).
Letters from ministers in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 1857 - 1859 (Item)
The principal correspondents are Daniel Draper (Melbourne), John Eggleston (Sydney) and Samuel Hardey (Perth). Other correspondents include Joseph Albiston (Geelong), James Bickford (Ballarat), William B. Boyce (Sydney), William Butters (Adelaide), James Dixon (Melbourne), Isaac Harding (Geelong), William Hessel (Sydney), William Ingram (Melbourne), Richard Lyth (Sydney), Stephen Rabone (Parramatta), William Schofield (Sydney), Ebenezer Taylor (Sydney), Joseph Waterhouse (Sydney), James Waugh (Sydney), John Whiteley (Sydney) and Thomas Williams (Melbourne).
Letters from ministers in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1860 - 1862 (Item)
The principal correspondents are Daniel Draper (Melbourne), John Eggleston (Sydney, Melbourne) and Samuel Hardey (Perth). Other correspondents include Charles Clay (York, WA), James Dixon (Melbourne), Charles DuBourg (Ararat), Frederick Jobson (Sydney), John A. Manton (Parramatta), Thomas Raston (Castlemaine), Ebenezer Taylor (Ballarat), R.W. Vanderkiste (Dungog, NSW) and Jabez Waterhouse (Adelaide).
Letters from ministers in all the Australian colonies except Tasmania to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1862 - 1868 (Item)
The principal correspondents are Charles Clay (Perth, York), John Eggleston (Sydney, Melbourne) and Stephen Rabone (Sydney). Other correspondents include James Bickford (Melbourne, Geelong), Thomas Bond (Perth), Samuel Brooks (Sydney), William Butters (Melbourne), Benjamin Chapman (West Maitland), Daniel Draper (Melbourne), Joseph Fletcher (Brisbane), Henry Gaud (Sydney), George Hurst (Sydney), Samuel Ironside (Adelaide), Thomas Laurence (Perth, Champion Bay), William Lowe (Perth), J. Allen Manton (Parramatta), Charles Olden (Brisbane, Toowoomba), Joseph Oram (Maitland), W.J.K. Piddington (Brisbane), Thomas Raston (Newcastle), William Simpson (Perth), John Symons (Adelaide), John Watsford (Adelaide), James Waugh (Ballarat, Melbourne) and Thomas Williams (Melbourne).
Letters from ministers in all the Australian colonies except Tasmania to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1868 - 1871 (Item)
The principal correspondents are Isaac Harding (Brisbane), William Lowe (Perth, York) and Stephen Rabone (Sydney). Other correspondents include James Bickford (Geelong), Benjamin Chapman (Sydney), George Daniel (Melbourne), John Eggleston (Melbourne), Joseph Hardey (Perth), Thomas Laurence (Perth), George Lee (Kooringa, SA), John Symons (Melbourne), William Taylor (Brisbane), William Traylen (Geraldton), James Waugh (Melbourne) and William Wilkins (Sydney).
Letters from ministers in all the Australian colonies except Tasmania to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1872 - 1875 (Item)
The principal correspondents are Benjamin Chapman (Sydney) and William Lowe (Perth). Other correspondents include James Atkins (Albany), James Bickford (Melbourne, Adelaide), A.J. Boyle (Darwin), Frederick Brentnall (Brisbane), John Caldwell (Goulburn), George Daniel (Melbourne, Warrnambool), John Eggleston (Melbourne, Clunes, Geelong), Henry Gaud (Sydney), Joseph Hardey (Perth), John Hennessey (Stanthorpe, Qld.), Samuel Ironside (Melbourne), Joseph Oram (Mudgee, Sydney), T.P. Reeve (Sydney), E. Sholl (Ballarat), John Symons (Melbourne), James Watkins (Sydney), John Watsford (Melbourne), James Waugh (Melbourne), Samuel Wilkinson (Windsor) and Thomas Williams (Castlemaine).
Letters from ministers in all the Australian colonies except Tasmania to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1875 - 1886 (Item)
The main correspondent is Benjamin Chapman (Sydney). Other correspondents include James Bickford (Adelaide), W.L. Blamires (Melbourne), William B. Boyce (Sydney), Robert Casely (Adelaide), John Eggleston (Geelong), Joseph Fletcher (Sydney), Samuel Knight (Adelaide), Thomas Laurence (Albany), William Lowe (Perth), William Moore (Windsor), Joseph Oram (Parramatta), M.H. Parkinson (Brisbane), James Royce (Sale), Richard Sellors (Sydney), J.B. Stephenson (Adelaide), John Symons (Melbourne), Francis Tait (Goulburn), P.C. Thomas (Perth), John Watsford (Melbourne), Jabez Waterhouse (Sydney) and George Woolnough (Sydney).
Subseries. Tasmania, 1823 - 1876
4 items
Letters from missionaries and ministers in Van Diemen's Land to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1823 - 1836 (File)
The correspondents include William Butters (Port Arthur, Hobart), Benjamin Carvosso (Hobart), William Horton (Hobart), John Hutchinson (Hobart), John McKenny (Hobart), Ralph Mansfield (Hobart), J. Allen Manton (Hobart, Macquarie Harbour, Port Arthur, Launceston), Joseph Orton (Hobart), Stephen Rabone (Hobart), William Schofield (Macquarie Harbour), William Simpson (Hobart, Port Arthur) and Nathaniel Turner (Hobart).
Letters from missionaries and ministers in Van Diemen's Land to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1837 - 1839 (File)
The correspondents include William Butters (Hobart, Ross), Benjamin Hurst (Longford), William Longbottom (Hobart), J. Allen Manton (Launceston, New Norfolk), Joseph Orton (Hobart), William Simpson (Port Arthur, Launceston), James Sutch (Hobart), John Warren (Longford), John Waterhouse (Hobart) and John Weatherston (Hobart, New Norfolk, Launceston, Port Arthur).
Letters from missionaries and ministers in Van Diemen's Land to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1840 - 1857 (File)
The correspondents include William B. Boyce (Hobart), W.A. Brooks (Longford), George Buck (Hobart), Thomas Buddle (Hobart), William Butters (Ross, Hobart), David Cargill (Hobart), John Eggleston (Hobart, Longford), Henry Gaud (Longford), Benjamin Hurst (Launceston, Hobart), Jonathan Innes (Hobart), William Longbottom (Hobart), J. Allen Manton (New Norfolk, Hobart, Ross, Port Arthur), William Simpson (Launceston, Hobart), John Thomas (Hobart), Charles Tucker (Hobart), Nathaniel Turner (Hobart, Launceston, New Norfolk), John Waterhouse (Hobart), Samuel Waterhouse (Hobart) and John Weatherston (Port Arthur.)
Letters from ministers in Tasmania to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1861 - 1876 (File)
The correspondents include Ebenezer Atherton (Hobart), Nathaniel Bennett (Longford), John Hutcheon, Samuel Ironside (Longford), William Quick (Ross), Stephen Rabone (Hobart) and John Smithies (Torquay River).
Subseries. New Zealand, 1819 - 1892
11 items
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New Zealand to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1819 - 1831 (File)
Some of the letters are accompanied by journals kept by the missionaries. The correspondents include Charles Baker (Bay of Islands), William Hall (Bay of Islands), John Hobbs (Whangaroa, Mangungu), William Horton (Sydney), Samuel Leigh (Bay of Islands), James Stack (Paihia, Mangungu), Nathaniel Turner (Whangaroa, Kiddu Kiddu [Kerikeri]), William White (Whangaroa, Paihia, Mangungu), Henry Williams (Paihia) and William Yate (Waimate).
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New Zealand to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1832 - 1834 (File)
The correspondents include John Hobbs (Mangungu), Joseph Orton (Mangungu, Bay of Islands, Sydney), James Wallis (Hokianga), William White (Pahia, Mangungu), John Whiteley (Mangungu), Henry Williams (Pahia) and William Woon (Mangungu, Kawhia).
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New Zealand to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1835 - 1838 (File)
There are also extracts from a journal kept by John Bumby in England and on the voyage to New Zealand (1829-38) and extracts from other journals. The correspondents include John Hobbs (Mangungu), Richard Lyth, Nathaniel Turner (Mangungu), James Wallis (Whangaroa, Kaipara), William White (Mangungu), John Whiteley (Mangungu, Waiharakeke, Newark) and William Woon (Kawhia, Waikato, Mangungu).
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New Zealand to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1838 - 1840 (File)
The correspondents include James Buller (Mangungu, Newark, Kaipara), John Bumby (Mangungu), Charles Creed (Mangungu), John Hobbs (Mangungu), Samuel Ironside (Mangungu, Kawhia), Nathaniel Turner (Mangungu), Joseph Orton (Bay of Islands), James Wallis (Kaipara, Waingaro), John Waterhouse (Mangungu), James Watkin (Waikouati), John Whiteley (Kawhia, Waingaro) and William Woon (Mangungu, Newark).
At the end of the 1839 letters is a large folder containing transcripts of letters (extracts) from New Zealand missionaries, 1839-47. At the end of the 1840 letters is a journal of Rev. John Waterhouse of his travels in New South Wales, New Zealand, the Friendly Islands and Fiji, April 1840-October 1841.
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New Zealand to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, January 1841 - May 1841 (File)
The correspondents include John Aldred (Wellington), Charles Creed (Taranaki), John Hobbs (Newark), Samuel Ironside (Cloudy Bay), Gideon Smales (Newark), John Warren (Waima), John Waterhouse (Mangungu), James Watkin (Waikouati), and John Whiteley (Kawhia).
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New Zealand to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, May 1841 - December 1843 (File)
The correspondents include John Aldred (Wellington), Thomas Buddle (Waipa), James Buller (Kaipara, Auckland), George Buttle (Kawhia, Waipa), George Clark (Auckland), Charles Creed (Taranaki), John Hobbs (Mangungu), Samuel Ironside (Cloudy Bay, Wellington), Walter Lawry, Gideon Smales (Newark, Wellington), H. Hanson Turton (Aotea), James Wallis (Waingaro), John Warren (Waima), James Watkin (Waikouati), John Whiteley (Kawhia, Wellington, Auckland) and William Woon (Mangungu).
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New Zealand to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1844 - 1845 (File)
The correspondents include John Aldred (Nelson), Thomas Buddle (Waipa, Auckland), James Buller (Kaipara), Charles Creed (Waikouati), John Hobbs (Manungu, Hokianga), Samuel Ironside (Wellington), Henry Lawry (Hokianga, Auckland), Walter Lawry (Auckland), Gideon Smales (Aotea), H. Hanson Turton (Ngamotu, New Plymouth), James Wallis (Waingaro), John Warren (Waima), James Watkin (Wellington), John Whiteley (Kawhia, Auckland) and William Woon (Mangungu, Hokianga).
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New Zealand to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1846 - 1847 (File)
The correspondents include John Aldred (Nelson, Wellington), Joel Bate (Auckland), Thomas Buddle (Auckland), James Buller (Kaipara, Tangiteroria), George Buttle (Waipa), Charles Creed (Waikouati), John Hobbs (Auckland, Hokianga), Samuel Ironside (Wellington), George Kevern (Auckland), Henry Lawry (Auckland), Walter Lawry (Auckland), Gideon Smales (Aotea), H. Hanson Turton (New Plymouth), James Wallis (Waingaroa, Tangiteroria), John Warren (Waima), John Watkin (Wellington), Thomas West (Auckland), John Whiteley (Kawhia) and William Woon (Auckland, Waimate, Taranaki).
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New Zealand to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1848 (File)
The correspondents include John Aldred (Nelson), Thomas Buddle (Auckland), James Buller (Kaipara), George Buttle (Waipa), Charles Creed (Waikouati), Samuel Ironside (Wellington), William Kirk (Newark), Walter Lawry (Auckland), John Warren (Waima), John Watkin (Wellington), John Whiteley (Kawhia) and William Woon (Waimate).
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New Zealand to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1849 - 1852 (File)
The correspondents include Thomas Buddle (Auckland) James Buller (Kaipara, Tangiteroria), Charles Creed (Dunedin, Waikouati), Joseph Fletcher (Auckland), John Hobbs (Auckland, Manungu), Samuel Ironside (Nelson), William Kirk (Whanganui), Walter Lawry (Auckland), John Millard (Auckland), Stephen Rabone (Auckland), Gideon Smales (Aotea), James Wallis (Wangaroa), John Warren (Waima), Samuel Waterhouse (Auckland), John Watkin (Wellington), John Whiteley (Kawhia), and William Woon (Waimate, Auckland).
Letters from missionaries and ministers in New Zealand to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1853 - 1882 (File)
The correspondents include John Aldred (Wellington, Christchurch), R.J. Allsworth (Wanganui), George Bond (Christchurch), William B. Boyce (Auckland), Thomas Buddle (Auckland), James Buller (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch), George Buttle (Waipa), Charles Creed (Wellington), John Fordham (Auckland), Isaac Harding (Auckland), George Harper (Auckland), John Hobbs (Auckland), Samuel Ironside (Nelson), William Kirk (Waikouati), Henry Lawry (Manukau), Walter Lawry (Auckland), Richard Lyth (Auckland), George Quilty (Port Chalmers), Charles Sewell (Nelson), J.S. Smalley (Napier), C. Wesley Turner (Christchurch), James Wallis (Wangaroa), John Warren (Waima), John Watkin (Wellington), John Whiteley (Auckland, Taranaki), William Woon (Wanganui) and Robert Young (Auckland).
Among the letters is a report of a deputation (William B. Boyce, Robert Young) appointed by the British Wesleyan Conference in 1852 to visit the New Zealand district, 14 December 1853 (5pp. + documents).
Subseries. Friendly Islands, 1822 - 1875
7 items
Letters and journals of missionaries in the Friendly Islands (Tonga) sent to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1822 - 1832 (File)
The correspondents include John Beveridge, William Cross (Nuku'alofa, Vava'u), John Hutchinson (Launceston, Hihifo), Walter Lawry (Tonga, Parramatta), John Thomas (Hihifo, Nuku'alofa), Charles Tucker (Nuku'alofa), Nathaniel Turner (Nuku'alofa), Peter Turner (Lifuka, Vava'u), James Watkin (Lifuka) and William Woon (Hokianga, Nuku'alofa, Sydney).
Letters and journals of missionaries in the Friendly Islands sent to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1833 - 1835 (File)
Some letters are addressed to Rev. Joseph Orton in Sydney. The correspondents include David Cargill (Sydney, Vava'u), William Cross (Nuku'alofa, Lifuka, Vava'u), John Hobbs (Nuku'alofa, Vava'u), John Thomas (Nuku'alofa, Vava'u), Peter Turner (Vava'u), James Watkin (Lifuka) and William Woon (Nuku'alofa).
Letters and journals of missionaries in the Friendly Islands sent to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1836 (File)
The correspondents include W.A. Brooks (Vava'u), John Hobbs (Vava'u), Stephen Rabone (Vava'u), John Spinney (Vava'u), John Thomas (Vava'u, Lifuka) and James Watkin (Nuku'alofa).
Letters and journals of missionaries in the Friendly Islands sent to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1837 (File)
The correspondents include W.A. Brooks (Vava'u), John Hobbs (Ha'apai), Stephen Rabone (Feletoa, Hihifo), John Spinney (Vava'u), John Thomas (Vava'u, Hihifo) and Charles Tucker (Lifuka, Nuku'alofa).
Letters and journals of missionaries in the Friendly Islands sent to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1838 - 1843 (File)
The correspondents include W.A. Brooks (Vava'u), David Cargill (Vava'u), Capt. Peter Dillon (Vava'u, Bay of Islands), John Hobbs (Ha'apai), George Kevern (Vava'u), Richard Lyth (Vava'u, Lifuka), George Miller (Nuku'alofa), Stephen Rabone (Nuku'alofa, Vava'u, Lifuka), John Spinney (Lifuka), John Thomas (Vava'u, Lifuka, Nuku'alofa), Charles Tucker (Nuku'alofa), Peter Turner (Lifuka, Vava'u), William Webb (Ha'apai), Francis Wilson (Vava'u, Ha'apai) and Matthew Wilson (Lifuka, Hihifo).
Letters and journals of missionaries in the Friendly Islands to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1844 - 1856 (File)
The correspondents include Thomas Adams (Vava'u, Nuku'alofa), Richard Amos (Lifuka, Nuku'alofa), George Daniel (Nuku'alofa, Mu'a), George Miller (Makanga), Stephen Rabone (Lifuku, Vava'u), John Thomas (Nuku'alofa, Vava'u), Peter Turner (Vava'u, Nuku'alofa, Neiafu), William Webb (Ha'apai, Hihifo), Francis Wilson (Vava'u) and Matthew Wilson (Hihifo, Mu'a, Lifuka).
Letters of missionaries in the Friendly Islands to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1856 - 1875 (File)
The correspondents include Thomas Adams (Vava'u), Frank Firth (Neiafu), James Moulton (Nuku'alofa), J.T. Shaw, John Thomas (Nuku'alofa, Sydney) and Thomas West (London).
At the end of the box is a bundle of transcripts of letters and journals written by missionaries in the period 1837-48 and also copies of the Tonga Government Gazette (1880) and a House of Commons paper relating to disturbances in Tonga (1887). The correspondents include John Beecham (London), James Calvert (Lakemba), George Kevern (Vava'u), Richard Lyth (Lifuka), John Thomas (Lifuka), Peter Turner (Lifuka) and Francis Wilson (Neiafu).
Subseries. Fiji, 1853 - 1884
2 items
Letters from missionaries in Fiji to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1853 - 1862 (File)
The correspondents include James Calvert (Lakemba, Viwa, Ovalau), David Cargill (Lakemba), John Fordham (Bua), David Hazlewood (Somosomo, Parramatta), Jane Hazlewood (Somosomo), John Horsley (Bua), Thomas Jaggar (Rewa), Richard Lyth (Viwa, Lakemba), John Malvern (Lakemba, Tailevu), Joseph Nettleton (Kandavu), William Pritchard (Levuka), James Royce (Suva, Kandavu), John Waterhouse, Joseph Waterhouse (Rewa, Hobart), Samuel Waterhouse (Nandy), Thomas Williams (Lakemba) and William Wilson (Bua).
Letters from missionaries in Fiji to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1862 - 1884 (File)
The principal correspondent is James Calvert (Ovalau) and other correspondents include Jesse Cary (Rewa), Lorimer Fison (Navulau, Levuka), William Fletcher (Ovalau), John Horsley (Lakemba), Frederick Langham (Bua), Joseph Nettleton (Kandavu, Ovalau), Francis Tait (Lakemba), Joseph Waterhouse (Ovalau, Levuka) and Arthur Webb (Levuka).
Other letters from missionaries in Fiji can be found on reels M988-M990.
Subseries. Samoa, 1834 - 1870
1 item
Letters and journals from missionaries in Samoa sent to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1834 - 1870 (File)
The principal correspondents include John Thomas, Peter Turner (Satup'itea, Matautu, Manano), J.W. Wallis (Upolu) and Matthew Wilson (Satup'itea, Manano).
Series. Outgoing Correspondence, 1816 - 1867
6 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M149-M151.
Subjects
Reverend John Orton; Reverend Nathaniel Turner; Walter Lawry; Samuel Leigh; Reverend John Hunt; Reverend William Cross; Reverend Elijah Hoole; Reverend John H. Bumby; Reverend Samuel Marsden; Auckland, NZ;
Letterbook (525pp.), January 1816 - July 1820 (File)
The volume consists mostly of letters written by Joseph Taylor, the secretary of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, but there are also copies of some in-coming letters, extracts from letters and minutes of meetings. Most of the letters date from 1819-20. The recipients include Benjamin Carvosso (Camelford, Sydney), E. Eagar (Sydney), Walter Lawry (Sydney), Samuel Leigh (Sydney), Governor Lachlan Macquarie (Sydney), Ralph Mansfield (Sydney) and Samuel Marsden (Parramatta). There is an index at the end of the volume.
Letterbook of Elijah Hoole (377pp.), 1834 - 1861 (File)
Elijah Hoole (1798-1872) was one of the general secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society from 1836 until his death. The volume mostly comprises brief summaries of his letters. The recipients include William B. Boyce (Sydney), William Butters (Melbourne, Adelaide), Benjamin Carvosso (Parramatta), Daniel Draper (Adelaide, Melbourne), John Eggleston (Sydney), John Hobbs (Auckland), Walter Lawry (Auckland), William Swainson (Wellington), John Thomas (Friendly Islands), William Woon (Taranaki) and Robert Young (Melbourne).
There is an index at the end of the volume.
Letterbook (528pp.), August 1820 - February 1836 (File)
Copies of letters, or summaries of letters, written by the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, Jabez Bunting, Joseph Taylor, Richard Watson, G. Morley, R. Alder and John Beecham. The letters cover the period August 1820–February 1836 (pp. 1-528). The recipients include Lord Bathurst (London), Benjamin Carvosso (Parramatta), George Erskine (Sydney), John Harper (Sydney), William Horton (Hobart), Walter Lawry (Sydney), Samuel Leigh (Sydney), John McKenny (Sydney), Ralph Mansfield (Sydney), Samuel Marsden (Parramatta), John Thomas (Friendly Islands), Nathaniel Turner (New Zealand), Henry Williams (New Zealand), William Walker (Sydney) and William White (New Zealand).
Letterbook (521pp.), February 1836 - September 1845 (File)
Copies of letters written by the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society: Elijah Hoole, John Beecham and R. Alder. The recipients include John Bumby (New Zealand), William Cross (Fiji), John Hobbs (New Zealand), John Hunt (Fiji), Walter Lawry (New Zealand), John McKenny (Sydney), Joseph Orton (Sydney), Gideon Smales (New Zealand), John Thomas (Friendly Islands), Nathaniel Turner (Van Diemen's Land), Jabez Waterhouse (Hobart), John Waterhouse (Hobart), John Weatherstone (Sydney), John Whiteley (New Zealand). There is an index at the beginning of the volume.
Letterbook (517pp.), November 1845 - December 1854 (File)
Copies of letters written by the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society: Jabez Bunting, R. Alder, John Beecham, Elijah Hoole, George Osborn and William Arthur. The letters cover the period November 1845–December 1854 (pp. 1-517). The recipients include Thomas Adams (Friendly Islands), William B. Boyce (Sydney, Birmingham), Thomas Buddle (Auckland), William Butters (Birmingham), Daniel Draper (Adelaide), Joseph Fletcher (Auckland), John Hunt (Fiji), Walter Lawry (Auckland, Birmingham), Richard Lyth (Fiji), John A. Manton (Hobart), Alexander Reid (Auckland), Peter Turner (Friendly Islands) and Robert Young (Melbourne). There is an index at the beginning of the volume.
On pp. 471-477 is the plan for forming the Wesleyan Missionary Society's Australasian and Polynesian missions into a distinct affiliated Connexion, adopted by the English Conference held at Birmingham in 1854.
Letterbook (544pp.), September 1855 - December 1867 (File)
Copies of letters written by the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society: John Beecham, Elijah Hoole, George Osborn, William Arthur, William B. Boyce and George Perks. The recipients include Samuel Hardey (Perth) and John Thomas (Tonga). There is an index at the beginning of the volume.
Series. Papers of James Calvert, 1838 - 1892
66 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M152-M157.
Subjects
Reverend James Calvert; Richard B. Lyth; Reverend John Hunt; Methodist Church: Pacific Islands; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands.
Biographical / Historical
James Calvert (1813-1892) was born at Pickering, Yorkshire, and after attending a school at Malton he was apprenticed to a printer and binder. In 1837 he attended the Wesleyan Theological College at Hoxton. He was ordained in March 1838 and, with his new wife Mary Fowler, he sailed to Fiji. He was based at Lakemba until 1848, when he moved to Viwa Island, succeeding his friend John Hunt. He returned to England in 1856 where he organised the printing of the first Fijian Bible. In 1861 Calvert returned to Fiji, where he was the district chairman. He left Fiji in 1865 and from 1873 to 1881 served as a missionary in South Africa. His wife died in 1882 and he made a short visit to Fiji and Tonga in 1886.
Subseries. Diaries of James Calvert, 1838 - 1885
13 itemsThe diaries of James Calvert vary in size, length and format. Some are quarto sized and bound in leather, others are very small notebooks. A few cover several years, others just a few weeks or even days. Some doubled as memoranda books, containing notes as well as diary entries. The first diary, which is the most substantial (493pp.) begins with Calvert's marriage and ordination in England and his voyage to Sydney and Fiji and covers his first ten years as a missionary.
Subseries. Notebooks, correspondence and other documents of James Calvert, 1838 - 1892
53 items
Letter book of Calvert including two letters from Calvert to James Cowlishaw (Brisbane), 1878 - 1879 (File)
Notebook kept by Calvert during the conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church, Adelaide, 17 January 1866 - 20 January 1866 (File)
Letters received by Calvert, including an incomplete letter requesting beetles from Fiji for a collection at Trinity College, Dublin (2 Feb. 1856), 1856 - 1882 (File)
Copies of Calvert's South African correspondence, c. 1874-1880 (File)
Scattered among the letters are some earlier items, such as three letters to George S. Rowe (London) about Fiji and Tonga (c. 1862), notes on Gambier Island, and notes about a meeting in Melbourne.
A notebook containing a list of Wesleyan missionaries in Fiji and notes on events in Fiji. (183pp.), 1835 - 1864 (File)
A notebook with an article on Fiji (29 Aug. 1891) and two letters from Calvert to Rev. F. Macdonald, Jan.-Feb. 1892 (16pp.), 29 August 1891 - February 1892 (File)
A notebook containing a printed letter from Calvert (Viwa) to Rev. Hannah on the death of John Hunt, 25 October 1848 (File)
Notes, cuttings and correspondence concerning the Bishopric of Fiji (1885), including a letter to Calvert from Archbishop Edward Benson (File)
Diary, containing very brief entries referring to Calvert's visit to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji., 1885 - 1886 (File)
Personal documents including Calvert's certificate of appointment as a missionary (7 March 1838), certificate of marriage (22 March 1838), baptism certificates of his children Mary, Philip and Sarah (1838-1846), verse, and signatures of missionaries (1861), 1838 - 1861 (File)
Letters from Calvert (Lakemba, Viwa, Sydney) to other missionaries, including John Hunt, Richard Lyth (Viwa), Thomas Williams (Somosomo), David Hazlewood (Somosomo), Thomas Jaggar (Viwa), and William B. Boyce (21 letters), 1841 - 1855 (File)
Letters from Calvert (Viwa, Ovalau, Melbourne, Bristol, Dublin) to his wife and children (13 letters), 1848 - 1861 (File)
Letters from James and Mary Calvert (Sydney, Lakemba, Viwa) to her brother Philip Fowler (London) and his family (28 letters), 1837 - 1850 (File)
Letters from Mary Fowler (Aston Clinton) to James Calvert (Hoxton) (2 letters), October 1837 - January 1838 (File)
Letters from James Calvert (Sydney, Bau, Ovalau, Melbourne, Adelaide) to Rev. George S. Rowe (Blackheath) (56 letters and 4 fragments), 1861 - 1866 (File)
Letters from James Calvert to various people, including letters to Rev. Shirley Baker (Tonga), 21 Aug. 1864, 26 Aug. 1886., 1856 - 1892 (File)
Letters received by James and Mary Calvert (42 letters), 1847 - 1917 (File)
The correspondents include Rev. James Waterhouse (Nandy), Rev. John Malvern (Nandy), Rev. Joseph Nettleton (London), Rev. Lorimer Fison (Navuloa), Rev. Frederick Langham (Bau) and Rev. Ernest Crosby (Tonga).
Letters of other correspondents (11 letters), 1844 - 1892 (File)
Includes: Rev. Richard Lyth (Lakemba), Rev. John Hunt (Viwa), Mary Ann Lyth (Lakemba), Elizabeth Brooking and Rev. John Thomas (Nuku'alofa).
Letterbook, 1854 - 1864 (File)
Containing drafts and extracts from Calvert's letters. The recipients include Capt. Henry M. Denham and Rev. Elijah Hoole.
Copies of letters and resolutions of the Fijian District of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, 1855 - 1876 (File Box 647)
Album of newspaper cuttings relating to Fiji and lectures by James Calvert, mostly unidentified and undated. (30pp.) (File Box 648)
Folder of newspaper cuttings on Fiji and Tonga, 1855 - 1892 (File Box 648)
The newspapers include the Fiji Times (Levuka), Fiji Gazette and Central Polynesian (Levuka), Australian Juvenile Missionary Magazine, Weekly Advocate (Sydney), New York Herald, The Age (Melbourne), Wesleyan Chronicle (Melbourne) and Papers relating to the Wesleyan Missions (London).
Folder of newspaper cuttings on Tonga and Fiji, 1886 - 1888 (File Box 648)
The newspapers include the Fiji Times (Levuka), Evening News (Sydney), Weekly Advocate (Sydney), New Zealand Herald (Auckland), and Spectator and Methodist Chronicle (Melbourne). There is also a report by Sir C. Mitchell on recent disturbances in Tonga (1887), a copy of the Tonga Blue Book (1883) and a letter from Sir Thomas Lister (Foreign Office) to the Wesleyan Missionary Society about the Rev. Shirley Baker in Tonga (8 Oct. 1880).
Series Box 649-Box 650. Papers of John Hunt, 1833 - 1868
12 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M157-M158.
Subjects
Reverend John Hunt; Reverend William Cross; Methodist Church: Pacific Islands; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands.
Biographical / Historical
John Hunt (1812-1848) was born near Lincoln and worked as a farm labourer. He studied at the Wesleyan Theological Institution at Hoxton and was ordained in March 1838. He married Hannah Summers in 1835. They sailed to Fiji in 1838. Hunt was posted to Rewa on the island of Viti Levu, but in July 1839 moved to Somosomo on Taveuni Island before moving to the island of Viwa in 1842. He completed a Fijian translation of the New Testament in 1847.
Memoirs of Hunt's early life and journal (Somosomo, Viwa), 1 January 1842 - 27 February 1843 (File Box 649)
Letters of John Hunt (27 letters), 1833 - 1848 (File Box 650)
Written from London, Oxford, Somosomo and Viwa. The recipients include his future wife Hannah Summers, his parents, Hannah's family, friends and missionaries such as Joseph Waterhouse, John McKenny (Windsor) and Walter Lawry (Auckland).
Letters of Hannah Hunt (13 letters), 1837 - 1849 (File Box 650)
Written from Leeds, London, Sydney, Rewa, Somosomo and Viwa to her parents, brother and sister.
Letters received by John Hunt and Hannah Hunt (18 letters), 1844 - 1868 (File Box 650)
The correspondents include Rev. James Calvert (Bromley), Mary Calvert (Lakemba), Philip Fowler, Rev. David Hazlewood (Nandy), Jane Hazlewood (Somosomo), Rev. John Hannah (Didsbury), Mary Anne Lyth (Lakemba), Rev. Richard Lyth (Somosomo, Viwa, Lakemba), Thomas Summers (Newton), Rev. John Thomas (Nuku'alofa) and Rev. John Watsford (Ono, Lakemba).
Poem, possibly written by Hunt, on the wreck of a canoe which resulted in the death of Mrs Cross, the wife of the missionary William Cross (File Box 650)
Series Box 651. Papers of Richard Lyth, 1831 - 1856
7 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M158-M159.
Subjects
Richard B. Lyth; Reverend William Cross; Methodist Church: Pacific Islands; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands.
Biographical / Historical
Richard Bursdall Lyth (1810-1887) was born in York. He studied medicine at the University of London. He married Mary Ann Hardy and shortly afterwards they sailed to Australia. They arrived in Tonga in 1837 and spent two years at Ha'apai. Lyth then transferred to Fiji, where he was mostly based at Lakemba. He was district chairman for six years. He was chaplain of Wesley College, Auckland, in 1855-1858, before returning to England.
Copy book of letters from Lyth (Sydney) to his family in England (76pp.), December 1836 - July 1837 (File Box 651)
Copy book of letters from Lyth (Somosomo) mainly to his family in England (265pp.), February 1840 - December 1841 (File Box 651)
Copy book of letters from Lyth (Lakemba) to his family in England (139pp.), September 1850 - November 1853 (File Box 651)
Copy book of letters from Lyth (Lakemba, Auckland) mainly to his family in England (74pp.), August 1852 - September 1855 (File Box 651)
Volume containing letters, journal extracts, reports, memoranda, sermons, notes, verse, hymns and other writings, June 1843 - February 1851 (File Box 651)
Series Box 651. Memoranda of H. Hanson Turton, 1839 - 1840
1 itemArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M159.
Subjects
Reverend Henry H. Turton; Triton (mission ship); Auckland, NZ; Bristol, England
Biographical / Historical
Henry Hanson Turton (1818-1887), the son of a Wesleyan minister, was born in Bradford. He was ordained in 1839 and arrived in New Zealand in May 1840. He served at Mangungu and Aotea, before moving to New Plymouth in 1844. He retired from the ministry in 1858 and managed a business in New Plymouth. In 1862 he was appointed resident magistrate at Coromandel Harbour.
Tritonia: or memoranda of the first voyage of the Wesleyan missionary ship Triton from England to New Zealand (118pp), August 1839 - May 1840 (File Box 651)
The memoranda describe Turton's journey from Leeds to Bristol and the voyage from Bristol and Milford Haven to Hokianga and Kawhia. An appendix (pp. 96-118) contains hints for the use of intending missionaries and emigrants.There is a covering letter from Turton (New Plymouth), 5 May 1846.
Series Box 651. Journal of Nathaniel Turner, 1829
1 itemArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M159.
Subjects
Reverend Nathaniel Turner; Methodist Church: New Zealand; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand
Biographical / Historical
Nathaniel Turner (1793-1864) was born in Wybunbury, Cheshire. He was ordained in 1822 and arrived in New Zealand in August 1823. He served at Whangaroa and Mangungu before moving to Nuku'alofa in the Friendly Islands in 1829. From 1839 onwards he lived in Australia, based at Sydney, Hobart, Launceston, New Norfolk, Parramatta and finally Brisbane.
Series Box 651. Papers of Joseph Orton, 1795 - 1832
2 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M159.
Subjects
Reverend Joseph Orton; Methodist Church: Pacific Islands; Methodist Church: New Zealand; Methodist Church: Australia; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand; Missions and missionaries: Australia
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Rennard Orton (1795-1842) was born in Hull, Yorkshire. He was apprenticed to a sailmaker and ship's chandler. He entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1826 and was posted to Jamaica. He returned to England in 1830 and in 1831 was sent to Australia to be chairman of the New South Wales district, succeeding George Erskine. In 1835 he was appointed chairman of the Van Diemen's Land district. He was instrumental in establishing an Aboriginal mission near Geelong in 1838.
Series Box 651. Letters of John Bumby, 1836 - 1857
3 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M159.
Subjects
Reverend John H. Bumby; Methodist Church: New Zealand; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand; Auckland, NZ
Biographical / Historical
John Bumby (1808-1840) was born in Thirsk, Yorkshire. He was ordained in 1834. He arrived in New Zealand in March 1839 and was based at Mangungu. He toured the North Island and part of the South Island. He drowned on 26 June 1840.
Series Box 652-Box 657. Papers of John Thomas, 1821 - 1885
46 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M159-M166.
Subjects
Sarah Thomas; Reverend John Thomas; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; Methodist Church: Pacific Islands.
Biographical / Historical
John Thomas (1796-1881) was born in Clent, near Hagley in Worcestershire. After leaving school, he worked as a blacksmith. He married Sarah Hartshorne in January 1825 and was ordained in March 1825. They left England in August 1825 and, after spending several months in Sydney, they arrived in the Friendly Islands in June 1826. The first mission was at Hihifo on the island of Niuatoputapu. Thomas moved to Ha'apai (Haabai) in 1830 and Vava'u in 1835. From 1841 to 1850 he was based at Nuku'alofa on Tongatapu, where he was closely associated with Taufa'ahau, the first king of Tonga, and other chiefs. He sailed to England in 1850, where he worked on the history and mythology of Tonga. He returned to Nuku'alofa in 1856 but left for good in 1859. Sarah Thomas died in 1867. In his retirement John Thomas continued to write extensively about Tonga.
Series Box 659. Candidates' Papers, 1829 - 1856
4 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M166.
Subjects
Missions and missionaries; Reverend David Cargill; Richard B. Lyth; Reverend Walter Lawry
Minute book of the Candidates' Committee, 1829-1841, and the Discipline Committee, 1843-1857 (208pp.) (File Box 659)
The volume contains references to Peter Turner (Nov. 1829), James Watkin, William Simpson (Dec. 1829), William Woon (Feb. 1830), John Manton (June 1830), John Whiteley (June 1831), Charles Tucker (July 1831), David Cargill (April 1832), George Erskine (Sept. 1832), James Wallis (Nov. 1832), Stephen Rabone (Oct. 1833), John Weatherstone, William Butters (Nov. 1833), Edward Sweetman, William Webb, William Woon (July 1834), Samuel Wilkinson (June 1837), William Walker, Gideon Smales (July 1841), John Weatherstone, Charles Creed (July 1846), Thomas Jaggar (June 1849), Walter Lawry (July 1852).
Volume entitled 'Missionary Candidates', 1844 - 1856 (File Box 659)
The volume contains biographical details and assessments of missionary candidates, including a number who were resident in Australia, New Zealand or the Friendly Islands. The candidates include William Horton (1844), Henry Lawry (1844), William Lightbody (1845), George Daniel (1846), William Kirk (1846), John Thrum (1847), John Millard (1848), James Somerville (1849), James Learmouth (1849), William Byrnes (1849), John Pemell (1849), Joseph Waterhouse (1850), Richard Amos (1850), James Royce (1852), Joseph Dare (1852), George Pickering (1852), William Piddington (1853), John Bowes (1853), John Whewell (1853), Walter Tregellas (1854), John Crawford (1854), Josiah Turner (1854), David Kata (1854), William Fletcher (1854), Cort Schnackenberg (1854), James Crisp (1854).
Notebook on candidates (106pp.), 1836 - 1839 (File Box 659)
The notebook contains brief references to letters received from candidates and notes of appointments. The candidates include Henry Gaud, Thomas Buddle, Benjamin Hurst, John Warren, Charles Creed, Samuel Ironside, Richard Lyth, Francis Wilson, William Webb, Thomas Jaggar and William Woon.
Letters recommending candidates, 1836 - 1842 (File Box 659)
Letters and summaries of letters recommending missionary candidates. The candidates include Samuel Ironside (1836), Charles Creed (1837), Thomas Jaggar (1837), Thomas Williams (1839), Gideon Smales (18390, John Aldred (1839), George Kevern (1839), Benjamin Carvosso (1840) and Richard Amos (1842).
Series Box 1024-Box 1027. Ship Records, 1837 - 1866
70 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M167-M171.
Subjects
Mission ships; Triton (mission ship); John Wesley II (mission ship); John Wesley I (mission ship); Reverend Elijah Hoole; Auckland, NZ; Bristol, England;
Subseries Box 1024-Box 1027. Missionary ship Triton, (built 1838), 1838 - 1847
35 items
Assignment of Triton, by Mark Whitewill, David Sands and Alfred Acraman to John Irving,, 27 March 1839 (File 4 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Power of attorney from Thomas Farmer, Thomas Sands and John Irving to Walter Lawry, about to proceed to Auckland, 1843 (File 5 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Log books of missionary ship Triton, (masters: James Beatty, George Buck, John Lillwall), on a voyage from Bristol to Sydney and voyages between Australian, New Zealand and South Seas ports (7 items), 1839 - 1847 (File 6 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Manifest, accounts, instructions to the captain, inventory of stores, 1839 - 1847 (File 7 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Papers of the Triton, comprising lists of stores, vouchers (Sydney and Hobart), portage bills, list of kegs of nails supplied to mission stations, and a list of the number of persons conveyed from place to place (15 items), 1839 - 1842 (File 8 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
File containing dimensions of the schooner Triton, lists of sails, position of masts on the deck, a statement on the condition of the hull, spars, sails and rigging, an agreement for joiner's work, accounts, drafts of lettering, sketches and plans, 1839, and papers relating to the refit at Bristol, 1844-45 (File 11 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Bills, vouchers, statements of accounts and other financial papers (60 items), 1839 - 1847 (File 16 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
John Irving (Bristol). Instructions to Capt. James Beatty (7pp.), 13 September 1839 (File 21 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Rev. James Archbell and Thomas Buddle (Cape Town) to ?: character and behaviour of James Beatty, 22 January 1840 (File 22 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Draft advertisement for a captain to replace George Buck, 31 July 1844 (File 23 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
John Irving (Bristol). Instructions to passengers on the Triton (2pp.), 9 September 1839 (File 26 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
List of passengers and others on board the Triton, from date of arrival in Sydney to Nov. 1842 (2pp.) (File 29 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Although described individually, this list was originally microfilmed with a page from another list. The last page of the list described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-742497275
List of articles presented for use of Wesleyan mission stations sent out on the Triton (3pp.), 3 September 1839 (File 32 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Lists of articles to be supplied to mission stations if required and for barter (7 items), n.d. (File 37 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Account of nails supplied to missions at New Zealand, Friendly Islands and Fiji (2pp.), 1840 - 1845 (File 38 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Receipts by missionaries for stores supplied to New Zealand missions (17 items), 1842 (File 39 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Receipts by missionaries for stores supplied to New Zealand stations (41 items), 1842 - 1844 (File 40 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
Correspondence of John Irving (Bristol) and some other letters (146 letters), 1838 - 1846 (File 41 (Box 1024-Box 1027))
The correspondents include James Archbell (Madeira, Cape Town), James Beatty (Milford Haven, Madeira, Cape Town, Hobart), John Beecham (London), George Buck (Milford Haven, Hobart, Hokianga, Sydney), Jabez Bunting (London), Elijah Hoole (London), John Irving (Bristol), Walter Lawry (Exeter, Dudley, Sydney, Auckland), Joseph Roberts (Sheffield), Thomas Sands (Liverpool), Gideon Smales (Bay of Islands) and John Waterhouse (Hobart).
Two letters of Elijah Hoole, dated 19 March 1846 and 3 July 1846, have an engraving of the the Triton as a letterhead.
Subseries Box 1028-Box 1031. Missionary ship John Wesley I (built 1846), November 1845 - 1864
30 items
Articles of agreement for building the ship between Thomas and John White (West Cowes) and John Irving (Wesleyan Missionary Society, 19 December 1845 (File 1 (Box 1028-Box 1031))
Register of John Wesley, no. 381, Port of London (2pp.), 7 November 1846 (File 4 (Box 1028-Box 1031))
Weight of anchors, cables, with length, also size of shrouds etc (2pp.) (File 7 (Box 1028-Box 1031))
J. Beecham. Memorandum of conversations with Messrs. Irving and White and Capt. Buck at Cowes (4pp.), 2-3 October [1846] (File 8 (Box 1028-Box 1031))
Correspondence between Thomas and John White (Cowes) and John Irving (Bristol) (37 letters), November 1845 - February 1847 (File 10 (Box 1028-Box 1031))
Log books of the missionary ship John Wesley, 1846 - 1859 (File 11 (Box 1028-Box 1031))
Log books of the missionary ship John Wesley (master: George Buck) on the voyage from Southampton to Sydney, voyages between Australian, New Zealand and South Seas ports, and the voyage from Auckland to London, 1846-51. (4 items)
Log books of the missionary ship John Wesley (masters: John Ryle, [Mark Todd], Thomas Birkinshaw) on the voyage from London to Auckland and on voyages between Australian, New Zealand and South Seas ports, 1851-53, 1859. (3 items)
James Ward. 'The solid contents of a cargo shipped on board of the missionary John Wesley', London, Auckland, Vava'u, Lakemba, August 1851 - August 1852 (File 13 (Box 1028-Box 1031))
London Assurance Company. Insurance policy on cargo and baggage of the John Wesley, 17 November 1846 (File 21 (Box 1028-Box 1031))
Statements of particular average on the John Wesley on a voyage from Sydney to Fiji and among stations of Wesleyan Missionary Society, 7 Dec. 1859, and on a voyage from Fiji and the Friendly Islands to Sydney, 1863 (File 22 (Box 1028-Box 1031))
W. Deloitte and Henry Fox, marine surveyors (Sydney). Certificates of surveys of John Wesley, 1859; 1864 (File 25 (Box 1028-Box 1031))
Correspondence of John Irving (Bristol), 1847 - 1864 (File 26 (Box 1028-Box 1031))
Mainly comprising letters from Elijah Hoole (London) (96 letters). Other correspondents include John Eggleston (Sydney) and John Ryle (Auckland).
Letters and accounts of Savery, Clarke and Fussell (Bristol) to John Irving relating to the sale of the John Wesley to the Australasian Conference (6 items), 1853 - 1856 (File 28 (Box 1028-Box 1031))
Series. Property and Land, 1831 - 1857
27 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M171.
Subjects
Reverend Walter Lawry; Fiji; Auckland, NZ; New South Wales
Subseries. Petition and deeds, miscellaneous, 28 April 1831 - 20 November 1895
4 items
Petition of the Committee of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society to the Governor of New South Wales requesting the removal of the chapel in Macquarie Street to a more favourable site (draft), n.d. (File)
Deed of gift of land in Fiji by John B. Williams to the Wesleyan Missionary Society, 17 January 1857 (File)
Subseries. Deeds and other documents concerning land in New Zealand, 1 September 1839 - 15 October 1850
23 items
Deed of conveyance in land in Auckland from George Graham to Rev. Walter Lawry, 17 December 1846 (File 4)
Deed of grant to Rev. John Hobbs, Rev. James Buller, Florence Gardiner, John Langford and Capt. James Hone for land in Auckland. (File 11)
Grant to the Superintendent of the Wesleyan Mission for a school at Three Kings, 15 October 1850 (File 14)
Deed of grant in trust to Rev. Walter Lawry for land in Auckland for the Wesleyan Native Institution, 7 October 1844 (File 15)
Grant in trust to the Superintendent of the Wesleyan Mission for a school at Three Kings, 31 August 1850 (File 16)
Conveyance by Rev. John Hobbs and others to Rev. Walter Lawry of Wesleyan chapel at Auckland, 18 September 1846 (File 17)
Deeds of purchase by Wesleyan Missionary Society of land at Hokianga, 23 Jan. 1838; at Manukau, 5 Dec. 1839; at Kawhia, 3 Jan. 1840; at Mokau, 16 Jan. 1840; at Moturoa, 13 Jan. 1840; at Patea, 20 Jan. 1840. (In Maori and English) (File 18)
Deeds of purchase by Wesleyan Missionary Society of land at Ahuahu, Kawhia, 20 Nov. 1834; at Tawiti, Kawhia, 24 Nov. 1834; at Te Tauranga, Kawhia, 12 April 1839; at Tameo, Kawhia, 24 April 1839; at Te Tauranga, Kawhia, 1 Aug. 1839. (In Maori and English) (File 19)
Deeds of grant to Rev. Walter Lawry for land at Hokianga, Kaipara, Wangaroa, Kawhia, Manukau (11 parts), 8 November 1845 (File 20)
Letter from Rev. John Whiteley (Kawhia) to Rev. John McKenny, to accompany documents 18-19, 5 November 1840 (File 21)
Series. Miscellaneous Papers
46 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M171-M172C; M988-M991.
Subjects
Margaret H. Alington; Richard B. Lyth; Reverend James Calvert; Reverend Walter Lawry; Thomas J. Lempriere; Samuel Leigh; Reverend John Hunt; Reverend William Cross; Reverend David Cargill; Reverend John H. Bumby; Paintings, drawings and prints; Paintings and drawings; Drawings and paintings of Fiji; Fiji; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand; Missions and missionaries: Australia.
Subseries. Miscellaneous, 1827 - 1877
10 items
The King against Capt. Peter Dillon, tried in the Supreme Court of Van Diemen's Land, 24 April 1827 (File)
Report copied from the Hobart Town Gazette, 28 April 1827. (20pp.)
King George Tupou I (Lifuka) to his son, George, 23 September 1850 (File)
Paternal advice; urges him to follow advice of Rev. Richard Amos. (In Tongan with English translation)
William G. Romaine (Admiralty) to Rev. Elijah Hoole, 17 October 1861 (File)
Acknowledges letter testifying to assistance given to Wesleyan missionaries in the Pacific islands by Capt. Henry M. Denham (HMS Herald).
Correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Wesleyan Missionary Society, 1827 - 1877 (File)
The subjects include the appointment of a Wesleyan missionary to the penal settlements in Van Diemen's Land (1827), conflicts between British settlers and Maoris in New Zealand (1844), land purchases in New Zealand and observance of Treaty of Waitangi (1848), the establishment of industrial schools in New Zealand (1851), the rights of Maoris under the proposed New Zealand Constitution (1852), the murder of Rev. Thomas Baker in Fiji (1858) and allegations against Rev. Shirley Baker in Tonga (1876-77). (27 letters)
Additional letters from missionaries and others in New South Wales to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1838 - 1885 (File)
The correspondents include William B. Boyce (Sydney, Melbourne, London), James Calvert (Lakemba), Daniel Draper (Adelaide, Melbourne), James Dudge (Sydney, Melbourne), John Eggleston (Melbourne, Sydney), George Lane (Sydney), Frederick Lewis (Sydney) and William Moore (Windsor). (26 letters)
Three letters from Jane Waterhouse (Hobart) and Jabez Waterhouse (Hobart) to Jabez Bunting, secretary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, May 1842 - December 1842 (File)
Additional letters from missionaries in New Zealand to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society in London, 1835 - 1869 (File)
The correspondents include James Buller (Auckland), John Bumby (Mangungu), Charles Creed (Taranaki), Henry Lawry (Manukau), H. Hanson Turton (New Plymouth), James Wallis (Mangungu, Waingaro), John Whiteley (Auckland) and William Woon (Waimate, Taranaki). (9 letters)
A letter from Richard Amos (Tongatabu) to J.E. Coulson (Boston), 8 July 1848 and a printed map entitled Illustrated map of the Friendly Islands presented by the Missionary Committee to collectors of juvenile Christian offerings, London, 1854 (File)
Additional letters from missionaries in Fiji to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1840 - 1847 (File)
The correspondents include James Calvert (Lakemba), David Cargill (Rewa), David Hazlewood (Viwa), Walter Lawry (Burslem, Viwa) and Thomas Williams (Somosomo). (8 letters)
Subseries. Drawings, prints and maps, 1818 - 1872
17 itemsSubseries. Letters and journals of missionaries in Fiji, 1835 - 1857
5 itemsComprises photocopies of letters, journals and the reports of the Fiji District of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society.
Existence and Location of Originals
The originals are held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.
Photocopies of letters and journals of missionaries in Fiji sent to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 1835 - 1840 (File Box 533)
They include James Calvert (Lakemba), David Cargill (Lakemba), William Cross (Lakemba) and John Hunt (Rewa).
Photocopies of letters and journals of missionaries in Fiji sent to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society in London, 1841 - 1844 (File Box 534)
The missionaries include James Calvert (Lakemba), David Cargill (Rewa), William Cross (Somosomo, Viwa), John Hunt (Somosomo, Viwa), Thomas Jaggar (Lakemba, Rewa), Richard Lyth (Somosomo) and Thomas Williams (Viwa, Lakemba, Somosomo).
Photocopies of letters and journals of missionaries in Fiji sent to the secretary of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1845 - 1849 (File Box 535)
The missionaries include James Calvert (Lakemba, Viwa), James Ford (Viwa), David Hazlewood (Somosomo, Nandy, Ono), John Hunt (Viwa), Thomas Jaggar (Viwa), Richard Lyth (Lakemba, Viwa), John Malvern (Lakemba), John Watsford (Viwa, Ono, Nandy, Lakemba) and Thomas Williams (Somosomo, Bua, Viwa, Tailevu).
Photocopies of letters and journals of missionaries in Fiji sent to the secretary of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1850 - 1854 (File Box 536)
Photocopies of letters and journals of missionaries in Fiji sent to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, 1851-54. The correspondents include James Calvert (Viwa, Ovalau), John Fordham (Nandy), David Hazlewood (Nandy), Richard Lyth (Lakemba), John Malvern (Lakemba), William Moore (Nandy, Bua), John Polglase (Lakemba), Joseph Waterhouse (Viwa, Vanua Levi), Samuel Waterhouse (Nandy), Thomas Williams (Tailevu, Vanua Levi) and William Wilson (Viwa).
Photocopies of letters and journals of missionaries in Fiji sent to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society in London, 1855 - 1857 (File Box 537)
The missionaries include James Calvert (Viwa, Sydney), William Collis, John Fordham (Nandy), John Malvern (Tailevu), John Polglase (Lakemba), James Royce (Rewa), Joseph Waterhouse (Bua), Samuel Waterhouse (Nandy), Thomas West (Nandy) and William Wilson.
Subseries. Minutes and reports of the Fiji District of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 1835 - 1852
14 itemsComprises photocopies of letters, journals and the reports of the Fiji District of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society.
The minutes of the annual and special meetings are accompanied by reports of the various mission stations, including Lakemba, Viwa, Nandy, Bua, Rewa and Somosomo.
Existence and Location of Originals
The originals are held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney (https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/).
Series 1. Publications: Missionary Notices, 1816 - 1903
21 itemsMissionary Notices was a monthly journal published in London by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. Its full title was Missionary Notices relating principally to the Foreign Missions, first established by the Rev. John Wesley, A.M., the Rev. Dr Coke, and others, and now under the direction of the Methodist Conference. The title was changed to Wesleyan Missionary Notices in 1838.
From about 1820 to 1865, the journal contained regular reports and articles on the work of Wesleyan missions in the Australian colonies, New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji and Tonga. They included lengthy extracts from the journals of missionaries, such as Rev. Joseph Waterhouse in Fiji and Rev. Walter Lawry in New Zealand. In the last decades of the nineteenth century there were far fewer articles on Australia and New Zealand, but reports on Fiji continued to appear, as well as occasional pieces on Tonga and Samoa. Nearly all the volumes contain an index.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M536-M545.
Subjects
Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand; Missions and missionaries: Australia; Missions.
Series 2. Publications: Wesleyan Juvenile Offering, 1844 - 1878
4 itemsWesleyan Juvenile Offering was published in London by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. Its full title was Wesleyan Juvenile Offering: a miscellany of missionary information for young persons . For most of its life it was a monthly, but from 1870 to 1878 it was published annually.
The journal contained short articles and stories about Methodist missions, chapels and missionaries in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Rarotonga and Tonga. It also contained pieces on mission schools, mission ships such as the John Wesley, and the customs and beliefs of Australian Aboriginals, Maoris and Pacific Islanders, cultural artefacts, and the lives of individuals such as Rev. Samuel Leigh, King George of Tonga and King Thakombau of Fiji. The number of articles relating to the Australian-Pacific region diminished in the last volumes. Each volume contains an index.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M546-M548.
Subjects
Missions and missionaries; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand; Missions; John Wesley I (mission ship); John Wesley II (mission ship); Mission ships.
Series 3. Miscellaneous Publications, 1858 - 1893
13 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M549.
Subjects
Reverend Nathaniel Turner; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand; Missions and missionaries: Australia; Methodist Church: Pacific Islands; Methodist Church: New Zealand; Methodist Church: Australia.
Ladies Committee for ameliorating the conditions of women in heathen countries, Occasional Papers, 1859 - 1873 (File)
4 itemsFilmed selectively.
Annual report of the state of the missions which are carried on both at home and abroad by the Society late in connexion with the Rev. John Wesley , [title varies], 1804 - 1806 (File)
Annual report of the state of the missions which are carried on both at home and abroad by the Society late in connexion with the Rev. John Wesley , [title varies], 1809 (File)
Annual report of the state of the missions which are carried on both at home and abroad by the Society late in connexion with the Rev. John Wesley , [title varies], 1811 - 1812 (File)
Annual report of the state of the missions which are carried on both at home and abroad by the Society late in connexion with the Rev. John Wesley , [title varies], 1814 (File)
Luxton, C.T.J. The Isles of Solomon [biography of John Francis Goldie], Auckland, Methodist Foreign Missionary Society of New Zealand, reprinted 1956 (220pp.), 1955 (File)
Turner, J.G. The pioneer missionary: life of the Rev. Nathaniel Turner, missionary in New Zealand, Tonga, Australia , Melbourne, George Robertson (335pp.), 1872 (File)