Collection MS 33 - New Hebrides Journals

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AU PMB MS 33

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New Hebrides Journals

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  • 1 January 1903 - 24 March 1905 (Creation)

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1 reel; 35mm microfilm

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(1877-1905)

Biographical history

Helen I.M.R. Paton (Nellie, 1877-1905) was a daughter of the Reverend H.A. Robertson, who was a missionary on Erromango, New Hebrides (Vanuatu). Nellie Paton was also wife of the Rev. Frederick J. Paton, a Presbyterian missionary to the New Hebrides.

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Mrs Helen I.M.R. Paton (Nellie, 1877-1905) was a daughter of the Reverend H.A. Robertson, who was a missionary on Erromango, New Hebrides (Vanuatu). Nellie Paton was also wife of the Rev. Frederick J. Paton, a Presbyterian missionary to the New Hebrides.

With occasional gaps, the journals give day by day accounts of Mrs Paton's life as a Presbyterian missionary's wife at Pangkuma, Malekula. They complement her husband's journals (see PMB 32).

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Australian Presbyterian Board of Missions, Sydney

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Access this title at PMB Member Libraries or by contacting the Bureau directly: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/accessing.php

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ms33

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