The records comprise: 1. Chronology of the Methodist Church, Norfolk Island, 1886-1970, compiled by Pastor M. Cathcart; 2. Marriage registers, 1903-26, 1929-48, 1949-65; 3. Minutes of meetings, 1905-16; 4. Minutes of meetings, 1937-66.

Records from the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Norfolk Island comprising of: 1. History of the Church, 1891-1970; 2. 'Church Record' Book, 1895-1936; 3. 'Church Record' Book, 1936-54; 4. 'Church Record' Book, 1934-64.

Derek Alec Rawcliffe was born on 8 July 1921. He gained a BA from the University of Leeds. Following his training at Mirfield, he was made a Deacon in 1944. In 1945 he became a priest and was appointed to St. George's, Worcester. In 1947 he was posted to work in Melanesia as Assistant Master, and then Head Master at All Hallows School, Pawa, Solomon Islands (1949). From 1956-1958 he was Head Master at St. Mary's School, Maravovo, Solomon Islands. In 1959 he was appointed Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia. He was made first Bishop of New Hebrides in January 1974, leaving this post in 1980 to become Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. From 1991 to 1996 he was Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Ripon. He was awarded an OBE in 1971. (Notes from SOAS Library entry for their holdings of papers of the Rt. Rev. Derek Rawcliffe (GB 0102 PP MS 61), for details of which see http://www.mundus.ac.uk/cats/4/950.htm.)

Documents rescued, identified and re-arranged on site at the abandoned Diocese of Vanuatu administration building, Sarakata, 2008 & 2009, including: correspondence, translations, theological writings, dramas, radio broadcasts; papers relating to New Hebrides Advisory Council, South Pacific Anglican Conference (SPAC), New Zealand Anglican Board of Missions, Australian Board of Missions, New Hebrides Christian Council, British Education Service, Vureas High School, Bishop Patteson Theological College, Pacific Churches Research Centre, loss of MV “Fauabu Twomey”, MV “Selwyn”, Selwyn College; press cuttings on the accidental death of Fr Allan Mackay (Noumea).
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Bishop Harry Tevi was the second Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Vanuatu, Church of Melanesia. He was Bishop from 1980 until 1990. (See PMB 1334 Information Sheet for details of the Diocese.) Bishop Tevi trained for the priesthood at St Peter's College, Siota and was the first ni-Vanuatu to be ordained as a Bishop in 1969. He was a Lecturer at the Bishop Patterson Theological College in Honiara. Bp Tevi died in November 2011.

Documents rescued, identified and re-arranged on site, at the abandoned Diocese of Vanuatu administration building, Sarakata, 2008 & 2009, consisting of correspondence files, 1979-1986.
Reel 1 was microfilmed in 2010. Reels 2-4 were microfilmed in April 2011. These papers were found when sorting through additional ACOM boxes at Sarakata, Luganville. Papers that were already in folders were sorted in chronological date order, but kept in folders. Papers that were loose in boxes, were sorted in chronological date order and placed in folders by date.
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NOTE The Church of Melanesia which was established by Bishop George Augustus Selwyn in 1849. It is known for the pioneer martyrs, Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, murdered in 1871, and Charles Godden, killed in 1906, among others.
The Anglican Diocese of Melanesia separated from New Zealand in 1854. In 1963 the first two Melanesian Bishops were consecrated: Dudley Tuti and Leonard Alufurai. In 1975 Church of Melanesia was inaugurated as its own Province and Norman Palmer was consecrated as the first Archbishop of Melanesia.
The Church has established Anglican congregations in northern Vanuatu, particularly in Ambai (Aoba), the Banks and Torres Islands and Santo, which were administered as an Archdeaconry, until the appointment of the first Bishop of Vanuatu in 1972. In 1980 the Diocesan headquarters was shifted from Lolowai in Ambae, to Sarataka in Luganville, Santo.
The Bishops of Vanuatu:
1972 Bp Derek Rawcliffe (formerly Archdeacon Rawcliffe)
Feb 1980 Bp Harry Tevi
[24 Sep 1980 Diocesan HQ moved from Lolowai to Santo]
1990 Bp Michael Tavoa
[1996 Diocese split. Diocese of Banks and Torres formed.]
c.1999 Bp Hugh Blessing Boe
2007 Bp James Ligo

Documents rescued, identified and re-arranged on site at the abandoned DOV administration building, Sarakata, 2008 & 2009, including: correspondence files, land records, Diocesan Synod meeting papers, Diocesan education papers; and papers relating to the Melanesian Brotherhood, the Vanuatu Christian Council, the pacific Churchers Research centre, the New Hebrides National Party / Vanua’aku Pati, etc.; and copies SPAC Newsletter / Newsletter of SPAC (South Pacific Anglican Council), 1970-1994 (gaps).
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Rev. Judah Butu was formerly Education Secretary, Lolowai Office, Diocese of Vanuatu. His papers include some files and other papers of his predecessor, Norman Roslyn. Biographical notes on Rev. Butu gathered during interview by Bishop Terry Brown, July 2009:
• Judah Butu was born in 1945. His father (who had the same name, Rev. Judah Butu) died soon after the birth of Rev. Butu. Mother, Joyce, very active Mothers' Union member and eventually diocesan MU worker.
• 1964-65, Teachers training, Kawenu College, Port Vila
• 1966-67, Teacher, Ambae Bulu Primary School, Ambae
• 1968-73, Teacher, Merelava Primary School, Banks Islands
• 1974, Scholarship, Murray Park College of Advanced Education, NSW
• 1975-77, Headmaster, Ambae Bulu Primary School
• 1978-80, Headmaster, Nazareth Primary School, Pentecost (now Lini Memorial College)
• (1975-80 Correspondence course, University of the South Pacific)
• 1981, Full year at USP, Fiji, to complete diploma and take degree courses
• 1982-83, Headmaster, Ambae Bulu Primary School
• 1984-96, Education Secretary, Diocese of Vanuatu
• 1987, Principal, Torgil Rural Training Centre
• 1999-2001, Office Supervisor, Ministry of Trade, Santo.

Church of Melanesia, Vanuatu Diocesan Education Office, files, 1976-1992; Miscellaneous documents on education in Vanuatu, including records of St Patrick’s College, Vureas, 1974-2009; speeches by Judah Butu, Silas Toa, President of the Ambae-Maewo Local Government Council, and others, c.1089-1993; Ripots blong PPCW (Penama Provincial Council of Women / Penama Kansel Blong Woman), c.1974-2001; Vanuaaku Pati, Ambae-Maewo Commissars’ Conference, Mar 1980; D.O.V. Lolowai/Ambae District, miscellaneous records, 1992-2002; D.O.V. Lolowai/Ambae District records. 1992-1997; Diocese of Vanuatu, Church of Melanesia, Newsmagazine, 1990 & 1991.
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St Patrick’s School, Vureas, is an Anglican secondary school in Ambae, Vanuatu. Originally located in Vureas on the island of Vanualava in the Banks Group, St Patrick’s was the earliest of the Anglican schools in South Melanesia. St Patrick’s College moved to Lolowai on Ambae in the 1920s. See details of early 20th century Melanesian Mission education administration see, Melanesia Today: A Study Circle Book, with Map, London, Melanesian Mission, 1927, on the Project Canterbury website: http://anglicanhistory.org/oceania/hopkins_today1927/.

• St Patrick’s Vureas Log Book, Jan 1923-Jan 1930
• Log Book Vureas, Jan 1930-Jun 1935
• St Patrick’s Log Book, Jul 1935-Sep 1940
• St Patrick’s Log Book, Dec 1940-26 Sep 1946
• St Patrick’s Vureas Log Book, 30 Oct 1963-8 Jun 1974
• Fragments from St Patrick’s Log Books
• Register of Admission, Progress and Withdrawal, Vureas High, 20 Jun 1971-1986
• “From the Mouth of the Crater”, the School Magazine of St Patrick’s School, Vureas, Dec 1967.

See PMB 701

It is not known when the church roll was originally compiled, but revisions were made in 1928 and 1948.

Methodist affairs in Fiji were administered by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London until the formation of the Australasian Connexion of the Methodist Church in 1855 when Fiji became a District of the New South Wales Conference of the Australasian Methodist Church. The Fiji District was administered by the Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia situated in Sydney and by the District Chairman whose office was in Bau till 1903 and in Suva after that date. In 1964 the Methodist Church of Fiji achieved independence from its parent body in Australia

Swanston Collection on the Ra and Ba military campaigns, 1873<BR> Circuit reports submitted to Fiji District Synod, 1878-1898<BR>annual reports, school reports and accounts of the Somosomo [Cakaudrove] Circuit, 1839-1847<BR>the Bua Circuit (formerly part of the Rewa and Bau Circuit), 1848-1859<BR>the Nadi Circuit, 1848-1856<BR>the Lau Circuit, Lakemba Branch, 1835-1845<BR> the Viwa Circuit, 1840-1858.<P><B>See reel list for further details</B>

The Nemea Association was formed in 1970 by people of several villages inland from Cloudy Bay, about 200km east of Port Moresby. Its aim was to gain the return of land which the colonial administration had alienated from the late 19th century on. The association's activities also produced a movement seeking local autonomy. The papers were gathered together and, in some cases, indexed by Mr David R. Milbourne Marsh, OBE, one-time district commissioner in Papua New Guinea.

Reel 1:<BR>1. Timber rights purchase; Marshall Lagoon - Banguina, Abau sub-district, 1964<BR>2. The Nemea Land Owners Association, Abau, 1971-72 (with index)<BR>3. Documents re formation and progress of Nemea Association, 1973 (with index)<BR>4. Administration documents re Nemea Association 1971-74. Documents re history of Abau sub-district, 1886-1963 (with index)<BR>Reel 2:<BR>5. Nemea maps<BR>6. Documents re Applications to Land Titles Commission, 1974<BR>7(a): Documents and correspondence re return of Crown Land to Nemea customary land<BR>7(b): The Nemea Land Owners Association, 1972-74 (with index)<BR>8. Patrol reports, 1974Correspondence and documents re reversal of Crown Land to native title<BR>9. Declarations under Land Act, 1974, with maps<BR>10. Two articles by R.J. May, 1976, and related correspondence