Australasia and South Pacific
Minutes (primarily Synod) for Australia (including Tasmania) and New Zealand are extant from 1822 to 1862 whilst for Fiji and Tonga they are extant from 1828 to 1855. Correspondence is available for Australia (1812-1889), Fiji (1835-1884), New Zealand (1819-1882), Samoa & New Britain (1834-1881)...
| Archive & Special Collections | MMS/13 | Restrictions apply |
| Date(s) of creation: |
1812-1889 |
|---|---|
| Level: |
Series |
| Format: | Archive |
| collection |
SOAS Archive |
|---|---|
| id |
MMS.13 |
| recordtype |
archive |
| scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
| item_location |
Archive & Special Collections |
| scb_loan_type |
Reference only |
| callnumber |
MMS/13 |
| callnumber_txt |
MMS/13 |
| callnumber-sort |
MMS/13 |
| prefix_number |
13 |
| title |
Australasia and South Pacific |
| scb_date_creation |
1812-1889 |
| scb_level |
Series |
| level_sort |
4/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/ |
| format |
Archive |
| scb_admin_history |
Wesleyan missionary work started in Australia in 1818, had reached New Zealand by 1822 and the South Sea Islands in the 1820s (Tonga first in 1826). The Australasian Methodist Missionary Society was formed as an auxiliary in 1822 with independence taking place in 1855. |
| description |
Minutes (primarily Synod) for Australia (including Tasmania) and New Zealand are extant from 1822 to 1862 whilst for Fiji and Tonga they are extant from 1828 to 1855. Correspondence is available for Australia (1812-1889), Fiji (1835-1884), New Zealand (1819-1882), Samoa & New Britain (1834-1881), Tasmania (1823-1876) and Tonga (1822-1859). |
| scb_place_code |
2077456 2186224 4032283 2205218 6255151 |
| scb_access_status |
Restrictions apply |
| scb_conditions_gov_access |
The majority of the collection is only available for consultation on microfiche. Only photographic material is available in original format. |
| scb_copyright |
Copyright held by Methodist Missionary Society |
| scb_use_restrictions |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| scb_finding_aids |
Handlists to correspondence up to 1889 are available in the SCRR. |
| scb_related_material |
The Papers of Reverend George Brown (1835-1917), Methodist Missionary are held at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| note |
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. |
| hierarchy_top_id_raw |
MMS |
| hierarchy_sequence |
MMS.0013 |