Collection 7: Church Missionary Society of Australia further records, 1919-2016

MLMSS 12124

sub-fonds

1919-2016

Textual Records, Ephemera, Badges, Medals

9677628

7.04 metres of textual material (44 boxes) - typescript and manuscript

CMS was established in England in 1799 by a group of Anglican evangelicals who included John Newton and William Wilberforce. A CMS outpost was established in Sydney in 1825 with work amongst the Aboriginal people their primary focus. The first missionaries arrived from England to work in western New South Wales with CMS Associations established around Australia.

In 1916 the Australian CMS Associations came together to form the Church Missionary Association of Australia (later named Church Missionary Society of Australia). Missionaries from Australia were sent to many counties including China, India, Palestine and Iran and later focused on North Australia and Tanganyika (Tanzania).

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Series 01: Administration, Aborigines Committee, 1969-1973. (CMSA Archive Series 12/2/1-2/2) (Box 1)
Series 02: Correspondence, Administrative Secretary for Aborigines, 1954-1969. (CMSA Archive Series 16/1-4) (Box 1)
Series 03: Resigned missionary files, up to 2016. (CMSA Archive Series 45/400-464) (Boxes 2-14)
Series 04: Minutes and correspondence of the Federal Training Committee, 1963-2008. (CMSA Archive Series 156/1/1-19) (Boxes 15-17)
Series 05: Minutes of the Federal Candidate’s Committee Meetings, 1965-1986. (CMSA Archive Series 157/8-9) (Box 18)
Series 06: Country Files, 1991-2012. (CMSA Archive Series 168/88-205) (Boxes 19-29)
Series 07: General Files, St Andrew's Hall, 1957-2010. (CMSA Archive Series 171/1-74) (Boxes 30-34)
Series 08: Records of St Hilda’s College, 1919-1967. (CMSA Archive Series 173/1-6) (Box 33)
Series 09: Minutes of St Andrew's Hall Management Committee, 1965-1998. (CMSA Archive Series 172/1-12) (Boxes 35-36)
Series 10: Correspondence of the Principal, St Andrew's Hall, 1976-1991. (CMSA Archive Series 174/1-17) (Boxes 37-38)
Series 11: Minutes and papers of the St Andrew's Hall Facility Management Committee, 2007-2010. (CMSA Archive Series 175/1-2) (Box 39)
Series 12: Bursars, 1995-2007. (CMSA Archive Series 176/1-46) (Boxes 40-42)
Series 13: Margery Paull papers, 1928-1997. (CMSA Archive Series 179/1-8) (Box 43 and R 2435)
Series 14: Joan Eatch papers, 1929-1992. (CMSA Archive Series 180/1-10) (Box 44)

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Scope and content listing derived from donor supplied list.

CMSA file numbering system has been retained in the Scope and Content list.