Wesleyan Methodist Society Tonga records, 1837-1960

MLMSS 10105

fonds

1837-1960

9611364

0.16 metres of textual material (1 box)

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

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 pages of handwritten reports of the Haabai station, 1837-1852, 1887.

Folder 2
Correspondence in English, 1886-1942

Folder 3
Correspondence in Tongan, 1886-[ca. 1940s]

Folder 4
Court cases, including "Resume of enquiry in re Tongan Mission Affairs, October 1879 : Mr. A.P. Maudslay, H.B.M. Vice-Consul v. Rev. S.W. Baker. Auckland, N.Z". : Printed by Wilsons & Horton, H̀erald Office, 1879; court case in the Land Court of Tonga, 1924; court case concerning the Free Church of Tonga, 1960

Folder 5
Notes relating to the history of Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga [n.d.]; reports in Tongan and English relating to the activities of the Society in Tonga, [ca. 1918-1926]; "Official report of the Rev. S Baker in regard to the assault on himself and family on Thursday 13th January, 1887"

Folder 6
Printed material including Tonga Government Blue Books and White Books relating to Wesleyan Church affairs; newsclippings; [ca. 1890s-1920s]

Folder 7
Printed material including: "The flora of Vavau : one of the Tonga Islands" / by I. H. Burkill, with a short account of its vegetation by Charles Steele Crosby, [n.d.]; Koe makasini 'a Koliji, 1912; "Report by Sir C. Mitchell ... in connection with the recent disturbances in, and the affairs of Tonga ..." Sydney : Samuel E. Lees, 1887; primary school syllabus, English and Togan conversation books, [ca. 1920s]

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