Methodist Church of Australasia. Dept. of Overseas Missions collection, 1830-1971, 1980

Name

Mission field

MOM No. (volume/box)

Notes

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