| Adams, Thomas; Amos, Richard; Baker, Shirley Waldemar; Samuel W Brooks, John Clifton, E Fox, C Sanders, D Tonga, D S Wylie, Mrs E. J. Chapman, George Daniel, Walter J. Davis, Martin Dyson, Frank Firth, Henry Greenwood, William Hill, George Lee, Rick B Lyth, G.Minns, J. Moulton |
Various |
MOM 170 pt.1 |
Missionaries' letters 1852-1879 |
| Arnold, JK |
Papua |
MOM 291, item 4, MOM 291, item 5 |
Short Grammar of the Edugauran dialect, the language of the Methodist Missionary society, Papua, 1926 (item 4), Dobuan vocabularies (item 5). |
| Austin, Rev. John (letters 1872-1878), Rev. Martin Dyson (Samoa), Rev. James Mathieson (Samoa), Rev. A.Rigg, Rev. J.Wallis (Samoa 1870-1873) |
Samoa |
MOM 171 |
Missionaries' letters 1857- 1878 |
| Baker, Rev Shirley Waldemar (1836-1903) |
Tonga |
MOM 101, MOM 170 (part 1), MOM 583, MOM 589 |
Letters received 1860-1879 (MOM 101), Letters (Tonga) 1861-1863 (MOM 170 Part 1),notebook re enquiry held on Rev. Baker, 1879 (MOM 583), Letters to Rev.G.Brown (MOM 589) |
| Baker, Thomas (1832-1867) |
Fiji |
MOM 324, MOM 128, MOM 222, MOM 126 |
Thomas Baker was a Methodist missionary in Fiji, known as being the only missionary in the archipelago to be killed and eaten, along with seven of his Fijian followers, in 1867. Journal kept in Fiji 1859-1863 (MOM 324), Diary 1860-1866 with typescript (MOM 128), Autobiography and diary 1860-1866 (MOM 222), Microfilm CY 32 for MOM 222, Relics: whale tooth, telescope, bible, letters and photos (MOM 126). |
| Benbrick, Rev M. |
Fiji |
MOM 238 |
letters 1907 |
| Bennett, Rev William E |
Fiji |
MOM 238 |
Letter 1905. Rev Bennett was elected President NSW Methodist Conference in 1929. |
| Billing, Miss Minnie M. (1869-1901) |
Fiji, British New Guinea |
MOM 139-150, MOM 151-153, MOM 154-158, MOM 159 |
Minnie Billing (1869-1901) was on Dobu from 1895 to 1898 and kept letter books. From 1899 to 1900 she was stationed on Fiji, as the climate was expected to better suit her health. This did not help and she died in Adelaide in 1901, aged 31. Diary Dec. 1894- Mar. 1898 plus notebooks (MOM 139-150), Letterbooks 1895-1900 (3 volumes: MOM 151-153), Notebooks, Album of photos (MOM 154-159). |
| Billing, Miss Minnie M. (continued) |
Fiji, British New Guinea |
MOM 160, MOM 161, MOM 162 |
Photographs, etc: (MOM 160), Condolence cards (MOM 161), notebooks and letters to and from Miss Billings (MOM 162). |
| Bromilow, William Edward (1857-1929) |
Fiji, Papua (British New Guinea) |
MOM 326 |
Bromilow was the founder of the Methodist mission in British New Guinea. Letters from Papua, 1891-92. |
| Brown, Rev George (1835-1917) |
Samoa, New Britain, Tonga, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, Duke of York Island, Papua |
MOM 102, MOM 105, MOM 167, MOM 294, MOM 385, MOM 400 |
Rev. G. Brown was stationed in Samoa, New Britain, Tonga, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands and was General Secretary of Missions from 1887-1908. Letters received 1862-1878 (MOM 102), letters 1909 (MOM 105), resignation letter 1912? 1932?(MOM 167) Group photo: MOM 294, Essay: Papuans and Polynesians 1887 (MOM 385), Methodist Missions (no date: MOM 400). |
| Burton, Rev John Wear (1875-1970) |
Fiji |
MOM 317-318, MOM 330, MOM 238 |
The Reverend J.W. Burton, 1875-1970, went to the Indian Mission in Fiji in 1902 as the first ordained minister of the Methodist Church of Australia. He was General Secretary for Overseas Missions for the Methodist Church of Australasia, 1925-1945. Contents: Constitutions: Fiji, Samoa, New Britain, Tonga (MOM 317), Memorandum on United Missionary training (MOM 318), Report of New Britain visit, 1925 (MOM 330), Letter 1905 (MOM 238) |
| Calvert, Rev James (1813-1892) |
Fiji |
MOM 99 |
Letters received 1855-63, 1872-1879 |
| Cannon, E.J. |
New Britain |
MOM 575 |
New Britain Dictionary (no date) |
| Champion, I and Adamson, C |
Papua New Guinea |
MOM 299, item 7 |
Papua district: report on Bamu-Purari 1936 |
| Champness, Mr T. (6), Bleakley, J.W. , W.V. Lancaster, Theodor Webb, Rev. Joseph Bryant, Rev. G.E. Johnstone |
Central Australia, Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea, New Britain, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa. |
MOM 238 |
Folder 1: Champness Letters 1906, Bleakley report: The Aboriginals andHalf-castes of Central Australia and North Australia, 1928. Lancaster: letter 1936, Theodor Webb letter 1936, J.W.Burton letters 1937. Folder 2: W.V. Lancaster letters 1923-1937.Folder 3: Benjamin Danks/Wallace Deane reports on customs and society in New Britain (1886), Folder 3: Photographs of Duke of York mission (undated).Rev. J. Millard (photograph). Folder 4: Photographs of Papuan Mission (1920s?) |
| Chapman, Benjamin (c.1821-1881) |
New South Wales: Maitland, Stanmore |
MOM 33 - MOM 52 |
Reputed to be the first Minister to preach to miners on the Australian goldfields. He was elected President of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Conference in 1872 and was also General Secretary for Missions for several years. Letter books (Mission office) Dec 1858 - Jan 1906. |
| Churchward, D.C. M. |
New Britain |
MOM 291, item 3, MOM 584 |
Raluanan, New Britain: notes on the language of Raluana (being) and comments on JH Margett's notes 1928 (MOM 291), Two letters, New Guinea 1957 and Papua, 1957 (MOM 584) |
| Collis, William |
Fiji |
MOM 129 |
Letters to, 1855-1876 |
| Collocott, Alfred John |
Fiji |
MOM 163, MOM 285-287 |
Diary 1881 (MOM 163), Diary 1882-1884 (MOM 285-287). |
| Cook, Dr |
Northern Australia |
MOM 238 |
Item 1 (Folder 2) Cook letter 1935 |
| Crosby, Marian A |
Tonga |
MOM 300 |
Part 6: 1883-1891. Marian Crosby is the sister of Ernest Crosby. |
| Crosby, Rev Ernest E |
Tonga |
MOM 300, MOM 579 |
Parts 1 - 5: Diary Oct 1883-Aug 1884, Letters to and from 1881-1896 (MOM 300), Diary in Tonga, 1910 and letters to the Crosby family (MOM 579) |
| Cross, Rev William (1797-1842) |
New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji |
MOM 336, MOM 337 |
Rev William Cross (1797-1842) served as a Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society missionary in New Zealand from 1827 until 1829, their Friendly Islands District from 1829 until 1835 and Fiji from 1836 until 1842. MOM 336 is his diary, kept in Fiji, 28 Dec 1837 - 1 Oct 1842. MOM 337 is his diary kept in Fiji and Tonga, Aug 1844 - 22 Feb, 1845. |
| Danks, Benjamin (1853-1921) |
New Britain (Papua New Guinea), Duke of York Islands |
MOM 53, MOM 54-56, MOM 57-63, MOM 224-232 (1906-1911), MOM 294 |
Missionary to New Britain 1878-87. Served as the general secretary of Foreign Missions for the Methodist Church of Australasia from 1907 to 1918 and was president of the NSW Conference from 1908. Contents: Letter books (Mission office) Aug 1884 - May 1910 (MOM 53), 1900-1907 (MOM 54-56), 1911-1913 (MOM 57-63), 1906-1911 (MOM 224-232) Group photograph: MOM 294 |
| Danks, Benjamin (continued) |
New Britain (Papua New Guinea), Duke of York Islands |
MOM 238 |
Essays: Women and marriage customs in New Britain, Burial Customs, mythology, afterlife in New Britain and Duke of York Islands, Secret societies in New Britain, commerce and currency in New Britain (edited by Wallace Deane). |
| Dixson, JW |
Papua |
MOM 291, item 5 |
Letter, 1926 |
| Donnelly, WE |
Fiji |
MOM 294 |
Item 6 |
| Eggleston, John (1813-1879) |
Australia (Hobart, Adelaide, New Norfolk, Sydney, Melbourne) |
MOM 33 |
In Sydney 1856, became general secretary of Australasian Foreign Missions and responsible for their oversight in New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji and Samoa, which in 1855 had become the charge of the Australasian Conference. Contents: Letter books (Mission office) July 1862 - Apr 1864 |
| Fellman, Rev. H |
New Britain |
MOM 290 |
KuaNua English Dictionary of New Britain (by RH Rickard) revised by Rev. Fellman |
| Fellows, Samuel Benjamin (1858-1932) |
New Zealand, British New Guinea, Papua New Guinea |
MOM 130, MOM 164, item 2 |
Diary 1891-92 (MOM 130), Grammar of the Pannieti dialect, New Guinea, together with comprehensive vocabulary (MOM 164, item 2). |
| Firth, Rev Frank (1840-1909) |
Tonga |
MOM 327 |
Letter from Tonga, 1861 plus photographs of study groups c. 1920 and c.1930. |
| Fison, Rev Lorimer (1832-1907) |
Fiji |
MOM 104, MOM 578 |
Lorimer Fison (1832-1907), clergyman and anthropologist, was born in Suffolk, England. He served with the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in Fiji from 1863 to 1884. For much of that period he was Principal of the Training Institution for Natives at Navuloa. Letters received 1873- 1877 (MOM 104) (Microfilm reel CY323), Notes on the Fijian language (no date) (MOM 578) |
| Fletcher, Rev. Ambrose |
New Guinea |
MOM 303, MOM 584 |
Gospel according to St Mark in the Panaieti language, with alterations and corrections by Fletcher (MOM 303), notes on New Guinea and a collection of photographs of New Guinea (no date) (MOM 584) |
| Fletcher, Rev William |
Fiji, New Zealand |
MOM 329 |
Local preachers meetings, Fiji: Motuoa, Ituteu 1866-1868, Noatau 1873-1876, Rotuman circuit meetings 1881-1885, New Testament translation 1870, translation of Psalms and Rotuman vocabulary, 1905. (Fiji) |
| Gill, Mrs Lida (Sister Lida Tonkin) |
New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
MOM 587 |
Notes re Malaboga and Bainig (residences) 1932, Diary, 1934-1937 and 1964-1968 |
| Goldie, John F., R.C. Nicholson, J.E. Moore, S.R. Rooney, Ernest E. Shackell |
Solomon Islands |
MOM 238 Folder 9 |
Goldie: letters 1908, Nicolson: letters 1908, J.E. Moore: letters (1908), S.R. Rooney: letter 1908, Ernest E. Shakell: letter 1908. |
| Gribble, Rev. Cecil Frank (1903-1995) |
Tonga, Fiji |
MOM 380, MOM 575 |
Gribble went to Tonga in 1939 as principal of Tupou College. During World War II, the Tongan Government seconded him as Director of Education. Four years after his return to Australian in 1945, he became general secretary for Overseas Missions of the Methodist Church of Australasia. He retired in 1970. Report on a visit to Russia, Czechoslovakia and China, 1959 (MOM 380) Report to the National Missionary Council on the Third South Pacific Conference (no date)(MOM575) |
| Hazlewood, David |
Fiji, Tonga |
MOM 132 |
Diary Jan 1841-Dec 1844, Dec 1846-Dec 1849, Jan - Sept 1850. |
| Heighway, Rev William Aitken (18-- -1929) |
Fiji |
MOM 238 |
Letter 1905 |
| Hicken, R |
Fiji |
MOM 319 |
(see Moore, Rev William) |
| Hunt, John (1812-1848) |
Fiji, Tonga |
MOM 133 |
Journal 1839-1848 |
| Hurd, Rev. H. J. |
Tobago |
MOM 579 |
Letter from Rev. Hurd to Rev. T.J. Jagger, Fiji, 1847 |
| Jagger, Rev. T.J. |
Fiji |
MOM 579 |
Miscellaneous papers 1870s+ |
| Langham, Rev Frederick (1833–1903) |
Fiji |
MOM 103, MOM 295, MOM 293, MOM 382 |
Letters received 1862-1879 (MOM 103), Fiji letters 1886-1890, 1894-7, 1895-98 (MOM 295), Fiji Notebook (MOM 295), letters re flogging 1895 (MOM 293), Bible in Tongan (1862) presented to Langham by Martin Dyson in 1868 (MOM 382). |
| Lawry, Walter (1793-1859) |
Tonga, Fiji |
MOM 134 |
Extracts from letters, and diary 1841- 1842 |
| Lelean, Rev Charles Oswald (1867-1942) |
Fiji |
MOM 238 |
Letter 1905 |
| Lewis, FG |
New Guinea |
MOM 289, item 3 |
Essay/Report: Methodist Overseas Mission, New Guinea District: the first sixty years (1875-1934) |
| Lilley, George |
Tonga |
MOM 389 |
Ms notes re George Lilley, Tongan missionary |
| Lister, Sir PC |
Fiji |
MOM 294, item 5 |
Petition from Fiji Social Service Alliance regarding Fiji (Jan 1932). Lister was Secretary of State for the Colonies |
| Lloyd, Edith E |
Fiji, Tonga |
MOM 301, MOM 302 |
Letterbooks, Sept. 1898 - Oct. 1902 |
| Lyth, Rev. R.B. |
Fiji |
MOM 589 |
Notebook c.1850-1852, Notebook c.1860. |
| McArthur, LA (9) |
New Britain |
MOM 289, item 1 |
Essay: Educational problems of the Methodist Mission in New Britain |
| McBride, JM (Ship) |
Darwin, South Goulburn Island, Echo Island, Fiji |
MOM 223, MOM 223A |
Mission ketch - logbook Nov. 1921-Aug. 1922: (Ship's journey from Darwin to Goulburn Island), Fijian language dictionary notebook belonging to Rev. W.A. and Mrs. Heighway (MOM 223A - Fiji) |
| McNair, Rev William |
West Australia? |
MOM 331 |
Essay: A second look at the early years of methodism in Western Australia 1830-1855. |
| Moore, Rev William (1821-1893) |
Fiji, QLD |
MOM 319, MOM 320, MOM 567 |
The founder of Wesleyan Methodism in Queensland, the Rev. William Moore also served in Fiji, chiefly at Rewa, which he reopened as a mission station in 1854, but also at Bua, Nadi, Kadavu, Bau and Ovalau. He became an apt Fijian scholar and translator. Contents: Memorandum from R.Hicken on missionary training (MOM 319), Obituaries of Fijian missionaries (MOM 320), Journal in Fiji (1844-1866) is in MOM 567. |
| Moulton, Rev James Egan (1841-1909) |
Tonga |
MOM 99, MOM 267 |
Letters received 1855-63, 1872-1879 (MOM 99) Moulton-Shirley Baker controversy newscuttings (Tonga 1883) (MOM 267). |
| Muller, Rev William |
Fiji |
MOM 238 |
Letter 1908 |
| Neil, Rev Ernest George (1872-1957) |
Samoa |
MOM 238 |
Correspondence 1908. Map showing distribution of missionaries on Samoa prior to 1926. |
| Nicholls, Perry H (11) |
South Australia |
MOM 302, part 4 |
Share certificate in the missionary schooner 'Meda'. 1895 |
| Oakes, WD |
Fiji? |
MOM 294, item 1, MOM 294 (Folder 2) (Folder 3) |
Sunday School lessons in native language (item 1), Photograph of Rev. George Brown, Benjamin Danks and Halse Rogers (Folder 2) , Two accounts of the killing of Thomas Baker in Fiji in 1867 (Folder 3), An account of the Fijian mission by Rev. James Watkin (Folder 3). |
| Oldmeadow, H. C., William J. Rabone, W.Stephinson, Rev. James Thomas (1855-1877 letters), Charles Tucker, John Vercoe, Rev. James Watkin, Rev. James Whewell, Matthew Wilson. |
Various |
MOM 170 pt.2 |
Missionaries' letters |
| Piper, Rev. Richard |
Fiji |
MOM 238, item 9 |
Essay/report: Indian Mission problems 1922 |
| Polglase, Mrs Mary (nee Fletcher) |
New Zealand, Fiji |
MOM 138 |
Diary 1850 - 1859 . Wife of John Polglase |
| Poole, AJ |
New Britain |
MOM 291, item 1 |
English-New Britain (Kuanua) Dictionary |
| Rabone, Stephen (1811-1872) |
Tonga, New South Wales |
MOM 33, MOM 579 |
Letter books (Mission office) May 1864 - May 1872 (MOM 33), Letterbook 1865-1867 (MOM 579) |
| Rickard, Rev Richard Heath (1858-1939) |
Papua New Guinea, Newcastle, Mudgee, Sydney |
MOM 328, MOM 290 |
The Rev. Richard Heath Rickard (1858-1939) was a pioneer missionary in New Britain (Papua New Guinea). He published the first New Britain Dictionary and Grammar in 1889 (see MOM 290). Letterbook New Britian 1882-1893 (MOM 328). |
| Robinson, Herbert Edward Cooper (1857-1933) |
Various |
MOM 298 |
Three maps of the Methodist Oversees Missions (1945 and 1959) Herbert Edward Cooper Robinson was a renowned map maker and publisher, operating a business in George St, Sydney in 1913. |
| Royce, James S (1829-1907) |
Fiji, Polynesia |
MOM 135, MOM 135A, MOM 567 |
Journal Nov 1855-Apr 1862 (Microfilm reel CY323 for copying only) MOM 135, Essay: 'Our Polynesian history' (MOM 567), correspondence with various Fiji missionaries 1864+ (MOM 567) |
| Scott-Branagan, B.J. |
Papua New Guinea |
MOM 573 |
A History of the church in Papua (no date) |
| Small, EB |
Fiji |
MOM 136 |
Diary Fiji (1874-1927) |
| Small, Rev. Alexander |
Fiji |
MOM 566 |
correspondence from Fiji, 1900+ |
| Small, Mrs. Alexander (wife of) |
Fiji |
MOM 566 |
Journal of Fiji experiences - c.1870s |
| Stephens, FB |
Fiji |
MOM 294 |
Report on education in the colony of Fiji 1944 |
| Stephens, Rev. Peter |
Indonesia |
MOM 570 |
Indonesian correspondence 1964-1971 |
| Stewart, Rev. A H |
Korea, Japan |
MOM 299, item 4, item 5 |
Report: offical visit to Korea and Japan by Rev. AH Stewart and Rev CK Daws (item 4: Korea), (item 5: Japan). |
| Tinney, Miss Jane |
British New Guinea |
MOM 137 |
Jane Tinney was born in Ballarat, Victoria, on 30 June 1867. She went to British New Guinea (later Papua) as a Methodist missionary in 1892 and was stationed at Dobu. She resigned owing to ill-health in 1902. Later she did mission work among the Aborigines in the Northern Territory. Diary 1892-1902 |
| Tubou, G (10) |
Northern Australia? |
MOM 238, item 1 d |
Letter, signed G Tubou |
| Tupou, George (1797-1893) |
Tonga |
MOM 325 |
First King of modern Tonga, baptised in 1831. He dedicated Tonga to God in 1839, assuring support from the missionaries. Letter in Tongan with translation, 1869 (MOM 325). |
| Various |
various |
MOM 574 |
Photographs of mission stations - Samoa, India, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, North Australia, Croker Island. |
| Various |
various |
MOM 580 |
Photographs of mission districts - Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Mogumber, Samoa, North Australia |
| Vickery, Ebenezer Frank (1880-1970) |
Sydney |
MOM 327 |
Benefactor to the Methodist church and lay leader in New South Wales (Sydney). Letters c.1920 and 1930. |
| Wagner, J.F. |
Papua New Guinea |
MOM 380 |
Essay: The outgrowth and development of the Cargo cult, 1964. |
| Waterhouse, Rev Joseph (1828-1881) |
Fiji, North Australia |
MOM 323, MOM 100, MOM 568, MOM 569 |
Rev. Joseph Waterhouse was a Wesleyan Methodist missionary in Fiji. He was the son of Rev. John Waterhouse, general superintendent of Wesleyan Methodist Mission, Fiji, and the brother of Jabez B. Waterhouse. Contents: Reports on Bau, Riwa and Somosomo circuit (MOM 323) Letters received 1855-78 (MOM 100), King and people of Fiji vol.2, 1864, (MOM 568) North Australia correspondence and papers, 1936-39 and 1957-1958 (MOM 569) |
| Watkin, Rev James (1805-1886) |
Tonga, New Zealand, Australia |
MOM 322, MOM 99, MOM 589 |
Methodist missionary, and first resident missionary in the South Island of New Zealand. See further biography at: https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/watkin-james. Contents: Journal extracts 1830-1882 (MOM 322), Letters received 1855-63 and 1872-9 (MOM 99), letters to Rev. G. Brown from Watkin (no date) (MOM 589) |
| Watsford, James J |
New Britian (Papua New Guinea) |
MOM 127 |
Journal 1878-79 |
| Watt, Rev N C |
South Pacific |
MOM 299, item 1 |
Report on education in the South Pacific |
| Webb, Rev. Thomas Theodor (and wife) |
Papua New Guinea |
MOM 588 |
photographs - Papua New Guinea (no date) Rev. and Mrs. T.T. Webb |
| Wheen, Rev John Gladwell (1858-1929) |
Samoa, New Britain (Papua New Guinea), the Solomon Islands, Tonga? |
MOM 64 - 96, MOM 233-236 |
Letter books (Mission office) May 1913 - Mar 1925, (MOM 64-96) Apr 1908-Jan 1913 (MOM 233-236). |
| Wilkinson, D. |
Fiji |
MOM 338 |
Memorandum to the Wesleyan Mission District Meeting of Fiji, 1894 |
| Wilson, Rev Matthew |
Tonga |
MOM 313 |
Appointment as missionary letter - 1835 |
| Worrall, Henry (1862-1940) |
Fiji, Victoria |
MOM 288 |
Diary 1886, plus notes concerning the murder of Thomas Baker |
