- AU PMB DOC 538-88
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- May 1992
Government of Papua New Guinea
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Government of Papua New Guinea
Letters, diaries, newspaper clippings, articles
Samuel Benjamin Fellows (1858-1932) was born in Derbyshire, England, and migrated to New Zealand in 1883. He trained for the ministry in Auckland 1885-1888. In 1890, he joined the Rev. Dr W.E. Bromilow in the establishment of the first Methodist mission at Dobu, British New Guinea, but soon moved to Panaeti where he remained until 1893. He was stationed at Kiriwina in the Trobriands from 1894 until he left the mission in 1901.
The papers comprise:
Fellows, Samuel Benjamin
Diaries whilst with Methodist Mission in British New Guinea (3 volumes)
Fellows, Samuel Benjamin
Published articles by S. B. Fellows and about him
Fellows, Samuel Benjamin
Commentary to accompany lantern slides of Kiriwina
Fellows, Samuel Benjamin
Biographical information on the Fellows family
Fellows, Samuel Benjamin
Masters Thesis: The changing attitudes to illness and misfortune of the Motu/Koita people
Part of The changing attitudes to illness and misfortune of the Motu/Koita people
This thesis was submitted at the University of Sydney and was awarded the degree of Master of Arts (Pass) in Religious Studies. This study, conducted by Robert Leonard Pulsford, provides details and analysis of the Motu Koita traditional belief systems to general health and sickness. The study details the attitudes and their effects on introduced Christian faith and Western medicine. The cross-cultural health and religious situations witnessed by village-based community workers, including professionally trained doctors, nurses and welfare officers, provides insights into health practices. The author’s vast experience of working in the field of Papua New Guinea’s public health system provides a greater sensitivity to the sacred folklores and myths of the Motu Koita people by surveying the social, geographic and economic aspects as well as describing the ceremonial rituals of pre contact times. The study offers a comparison of the role of village diviners, magicians and the like over Western medicine.
The thesis includes nine pictorial images or illustrations which add valuable dimension to the religious and social interactions of the Motu Koita people, in particular Pari Hanua or village people. These images are described as:
Pulsford, Robert Leonard
The changing attitudes to illness and misfortune of the Motu/Koita people
This thesis was submitted at the University of Sydney and was awarded the degree of Master of Arts (Pass) in Religious Studies. This study, conducted by Robert Leonard Pulsford, provides details and analysis of the Motu Koita traditional belief systems to general health and sickness. The study details the attitudes and their effects on introduced Christian faith and Western medicine. The cross-cultural health and religious situations witnessed by village-based community workers, including professionally trained doctors, nurses and welfare officers, provides insights into health practices. The author’s vast experience of working in the field of Papua New Guinea’s public health system provides a greater sensitivity to the sacred folklores and myths of the Motu Koita people by surveying the social, geographic and economic aspects as well as describing the ceremonial rituals of pre contact times. The study offers a comparison of the role of village diviners, magicians and the like over Western medicine.
The thesis includes nine pictorial images or illustrations which add valuable dimension to the religious and social interactions of the Motu Koita people, in particular Pari Hanua or village people. These images are described as:
Pulsford, Robert Leonard