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Correspondence with government

  • AU PMB MS 436
  • Collection
  • 1891 - 1898

See PMB MS 432. Documents relating to the Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Correspondence with government. Includes letters regarding the depopulation of Pacific islands following European colonisation, with particular reference to Fiji (1891-92). See also PMB MS 434/435

Roman Catholic Mission Fiji

Correspondence with government

  • AU PMB MS 434
  • Collection
  • 1856 - 1890 1999 - 1900

See PMB MS 432. Documents relating to the Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Correspondence (1856-90) includes conference and ratification of peace between Solevu and Nadi - 1856; religious freedom for Catholics - 1858; enquiry into complaints re Catholic Chief's resistance to Catholicism; extract from minutes of Chiefs at Bau re Catholic resistance to Wesleyan churches; letters from the Colonial Secretary re various land applications and the Teachers' Training School; various letters from Bishop Vidal. Correspondence (1899-1900) includes letters re Catholics being required to work on Wesleyan building projects and Chiefs' complaints re the use of indigenous labour on Catholic mission stations.

See also PMB MS 436 for correspondence with Government for the years 1891-98; and PMB MS 435 for the years 1901-13 and 1916-30.

Roman Catholic Mission Fiji

Correspondence with government

  • AU PMB MS 435
  • Collection
  • 1901 - 13 1916 - 1930

See PMB MS 432. Documents relating to the Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Correspondence with government. Please see also PMB MS 434 and MS 436

Roman Catholic Mission Fiji

Correspondence with government re education

  • AU PMB MS 432
  • Collection
  • 1899 - 1912; 1920 - 1936

An index to material copied in the Roman Catholic Archdiocesan Office, Suva, Fiji, was published in the Bureau's newsletter 'Pambu', April-June 1972:27, pp.17-20 and is available on request from the Bureau.

Correspondence with government re education. See also PMB MS 159/160 and PMB MS 428/429

Roman Catholic Mission Fiji

Correspondence with missionaries at Rotuma

  • AU PMB MS 160
  • Collection
  • 1868 - 1888

Letters to Catholic missionaries at Rotuma from Bishops Bataillon, Elloy and Lamaze and Father V-F. Poupinel, written from Apia (Samoa), Tonga, Wallis, Futuna, Sydney and France. A typed summary in English of the contents of each letter is given at the beginning of the film.

Roman Catholic Mission Fiji

Correspondence with the Petites Soeurs

  • AU PMB MS 465
  • Collection
  • 1893 - 1930

The Petites Soeurs, first known as 'Vukevuke' or 'helpers', are now (1972) known as Sisters of Our Lady of Nazareth (SOLN). See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

Correspondence with the Petites Soeurs. Most of the correspondence is in Fijian.

Roman Catholic Mission Fiji

Correspondence with various mission stations

  • AU PMB MS 457
  • Collection
  • 1912 - 1930

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

The correspondence is in six files:

  1. Delailagi, 1919-30
  2. Nabala, 1921-30
  3. Naidiri, 1930
  4. Naiserelagi (Navunibitu), 1923-30
  5. Namosi, 1912-30
  6. Natovi, 1924-30

Roman Catholic Mission Fiji

Correspondence with various mission stations

  • AU PMB MS 461
  • Collection
  • 1920 - 1930

See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.

The correspondence is in six files:

  1. Bemana, 1923-30
  2. Sigatoka, 1920-26
  3. Joan of Arc School, Sigatoka (Nadroga), 1920-30
  4. Namoli, 1922-24
  5. Miscellaneous (Sigatoka), 1916-23
  6. Solevu, 1926-30

Roman Catholic Mission Fiji

Documents and correspondence relating to mission stations at Rotuma

  • AU PMB MS 428
  • Collection
  • 1868 - 1930

The documents and correspondence are in four folders and appear to have been sorted arbitrarily. The contents of the folders relate to the Roman Catholic Mission in Fiji cover the following periods:

  1. 1868-1930 (principally land acquisition, Catholic-Wesleyan rivalry and Catholic education).
  2. 1871-87 (including the consequences of British annexation for the Catholic Church in Rotuma).
  3. 1882-1930 (land matters)
  4. 1878-1902.
    An index to material copied in the Roman Catholic Archdiocesan Office, Suva, was published in the Bureau's newsletter Pambu April-June 1972:27, pp. 17-20 and is available on request from the Bureau.See also PMB MS 159/160 and PMB MS 432-468

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