01825ntc a22002297i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000030000722450019001022640016001213000027001373360021001643370023001853380032002085000017002405060028002575200640002855330077009255400079010025450368010818560146014491538140313k19241927xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aMoore, Charlesd1892-196010aCorrespondence  c1924 - 1927  a1 reel; 35mm microfilm  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 85  aAvailable for reference2 aReverend Charles Moore went to Tonga as a Methodist missionary in 1924. He spent four years in Ha'apai, followed by four years in Vava'u, and returned to Australia in 1932. The correspondence (85 items) chiefly consists of letters from the Rev. Rodger C.G. Page, president of the Tongan Conference of the Methodist Church. Other correspondents include Queen Salote Tupou and a number of other Tongans, whose letters are in the Tongan language. In addition there is a copy of a letter from the Rev. Shirley W. Baker, Premier of the Tongan Government, to the president of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference in Melbourne of 1888.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php0 aThe Rev. Charles Moore (1892-1960) was born at West Bromwich (near Birmingham), England. He migrated to Australia with his family in 1918 and, after attending a theological college and being ordained, he went to Tonga as a Methodist missionary in 1924. He spent four years in Ha'apai, followed by four years in Vava'u, and returned to Australia in 1932.41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/correspondence-3zView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.