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PMB  1123		GRAY, Rev. William: manuscripts, pamphlets, press cuttings and 			photographs on “Kanaka” labour traffic and missionary life in the 			New Hebrides, 1884-1895; and press cuttings on the New Hebrides, 			1913-1915, collected by Dr David Crombie.

REEL LIST

Reel 1	Willam Gray, “The Kanaka Labour Traffic from a Missionary’s Point of View or how the Queensland Sugar Planters get and treat the Kanaka”, Ms., together with press cuttings of series of three articles by Willam Gray, “The Kanaka” published in the The Guardian, 2, 6, 9, 16 & 20 1895. Ms., c.50pp., in an exercise book, some loose pages.	1895	
			
	William Gray, “The Kanaka Labour Traffic from a missionary’s point of view or How the Queensland Sugar Planters get and treat the Kanaka”, Ms., 4pp.	n.d.	
			
	William Gray, “The Kanaka Labour Traffic as it is in the New Hebrides’, Ms., 11pp.	n.d.	
			
	Untitled Ms. on the labour trade in the New Hebrides. Ms., 15pp.	n.d.	
			
	Untitled manuscript on the “effort to renew the Polynesian labour traffic for Queensland”, 4pp.; together with a note on “Sir S. N. Griffith’s Manifesto and the Queensland Sugar industry”, Ms., 1p.; a list of “vessels that have been in the trade”, Ms., 1p.; an article, “The Kanaka Labour Traffic in the New Hebrides” Ms., 15pp.; and a letter expressing Wm Gray’s grievances relating to the murder of an indentured labourer returned to the wrong side of Tanna by the “Parce”.	n.d.	
			
	William Gray, “Plantation Life”, Ms., 5pp., plus 1p.	n.d.	
			
	Willam Gray, “Inquiry on Labour Traffic”, Ms., 2pp. Notes for 20 questions.	n.d.	
			
	William Gray, “The number of Kanakas employed in Queensland” and “Situation in Queensland”, Ms. notes. (5pp); and notes entitled, “Kanaka Traffic”, Ms., 1p.	n.d.	
			
	Draft letter to a newspaper (?): The Kanaka Labour Traffic - The Willam Mason [Manson] case; Mrs Robani, Mrs Fry, Mrs Stanton. Ms., 5pp., incomplete.	n.d. c.1894	
			
	Telegram: H. A. Robinson to William Gray	19 Feb 1895	
			
	Questions for an inquiry on Labour Traffic. Ms., 2pp.	n.d.	
			
	Questions on the labour traffic, Ms., 2pp. and set of notes on Kanaka labour in Queensland, Ms., 5pp.	n.d.	

	Rev Wm Gray, “Some Notes on the Tannese”, Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie, Bd.VII	1894	
			
	Imperial and Colonial Acts relating to the Pacific Island Labour Trade, Brisbane, Government Printer	1884	
			
	Imperial and Colonial Acts relating to the Recruiting, etc., of Pacific Island Labourers, Brisbane, Government Printer	1892	
			
	Queensland Kanaka Mission, Fourth Annual Report 1889-90, Bundaberg	1890	
			
	Queensland Kanaka Mission, Seventh Annual Report 1892-93, Bundaberg	1893	
			
	Queensland Kanaka Mission, Eighth Annual Report 1893-94, Bundaberg	1895	
			
	Bundaberg Kanaka Mission, Report and Balance Sheet, Easter 1894, Bundaberg	1894	
			
	Queensland Department of Pacific Island Immigration, Annual Report 1894	1894	
			
	Queensland Department of Pacific Island Immigration, Annual Report 1895	1895	
			
	Rev. William Gray, The Kanaka or how the Queensland Planters Get and Treat their ---, Adelaide, E S Wigg & Son [printer]	1895	
			
	Rev. John Inglis, The New Hebrides Mission and the Polynesian Labour Traffic, Edinburgh, T & A Constable [printers]	n.d.	
			
	Rev Alex c Smith, The Kanaka Labour Question: with special reference to missionary efforts in the plantations in Queensland, Brisbane, Muir & Morcom [printers]	1892	
			
	Rev John G Paton, The Kanaka Labour Traffic to Queensland: protest against its renewal, Melbourne, John Murray [printer]	Mar 1892	
			
	Dr John G Paton, Slavery Under the British Flag: correspondence and protest against the Kanaka labour traffic, Woodford, Essex, South Woodford Printing Co	1892	
			
	The Queensland Kanaka Labour Traffic Since 1885: evidence and opinions of the evils and abuses of the traffic since the report of the Royal Commission in 1885 being a supplement to Dr John G Paton’s protest compiled by his Hon. Secretary, A K Langridge, London, Hazel, Watson & Viney [printers]	1892	
			
	Dr John G Paton, The Queensland Labour Traffic: Queensland’s defence; Dr John G Paton’s reply; correspondence with the Colonial Office; rejoinder to Premier of Queensland, London, Hazell, Watson and Viney [printers]; together with press notice re the pamphlet	1894	
			
	“The Kanaka Traffic and Queensland’s Defence”, press notice of a pamphlet by John G. Paton replying to Queensland’s defence of the labour trade, Ts., 1p.	n.d.	
			
	“Queensland Labour Trade. Reply to Dr Paton. The Chief Secretary’s letter. Charges refuted”, proof copy, 4pp.	n.d.	
			
	Press cuttings: New Hebrides, sugar industry in Queensland and Kanaka labour (unsorted)	1880s	
			
	Press cuttings: “The Kanaka Trade”	1890s	
			
	Press cuttings: “The Missionary Life”, re Tanna and the evils of the Kanaka traffic, and plan of Weasisi Mission Station	1887-1895	
			
	Plan of Weasisi Mission Station, with key, roneoed, 1p.	n.d.	
			
Reel 2	Press cuttings collected by Rev. Dr David Crombie, 3 vols. (property of Graham Miller): 		
	Press cuttings: New Hebrides (1 vol.)	Aug 1913-Feb 1914	
	Press cuttings: New Hebrides (1 vol.)	Feb-Apr 1914	
	Press cuttings: New Hebrides (1 vol.)	May 1914-Jun 1915	
			
	William and Elizabeth Gray, Life on Tanna, New Hebrides, a draft written by William Watt Erskine prior to his death in 1953 but not completed. [Recollections of childhood at Tanna.] 
Together with two manuscripts by William Gray:
1. 	“A Native Conference, October 23rd 1890”, 3pp,, and
2. 	“Weasisi Diary”, n.d., 17pp.	1953	
			
	Mrs Audrey Harvey, William Gray - Missionary, Author and Agent for the Inland Mission in South Australia	1993	
			
	Glass plate positives (lantern slides) x 11 items, including the following labelled slides:
“Building the first church, Amityum”
“Native Church, Aniwa”
“Solomon Islanders returning from Fiji”
“Imasa School, Aniwa”
“Mission Station, Aniwa”		
	Photograph album (some pages in poor condition - photographs damaged), photographs include:

Jubilee School - Church, Weasisi x 2
First grass church, Weasisi x 2
Mission House,Weasisi
View from the veharandah Mission House, Weasisi
Ewen & ? [children]
Wesisi Bay with the Mission schooner Dayspring at anchor
Mission boat Ute
Weasisi Bay in a hurricane
Loading boats for Aniwa at Weasisi
Meg Merriles at anchorWeasisi
Nupua Hill, Weasisi
Waterfall, Nifeker
Dayspring leaving Weasisi for Sydney
Fanna Volcano, Yasur
Carrying water in a drought from Nafeunen
Native arts: Aniwan making ?, etc.
Games: tug o war, Weasisi
Copra Station, Sauiasia
Copra Station, Weasisi
Fijian a wreck, West Coast, Tanna x 2
West Head Port Resolution
Port Resolution heads out to sea
Yanikahi & West Head Port Resolution
Building the Workers Memorial Church
Workers Memorial Church, Port Resolution
Mission House, Port Resolution x 2
West Head Port Resolution after upheaval, May 1888
Miren Peak from Port Resolution
Iwea, Port Resolution
The Aucklander sailing out of Port Resolution
The Ute coming into Port Resolution
The Daydawn & Ute passing in Port Resolution
The Aucklander going out to the Croydon at anchor Port 
   Resolution
First Mission House, Port Resolution, Tanna
Graves at Port Resolution
Patons Mission House at Port Resolution
Sani & Yagrimo
Back waters, Port Resolution
Numtiwun, teacher
Dayspring off Kwamera
Daydawn entering Kwamera Passage
Missionaries landing for Synod, Kwamera
Kwamera
Daydawn entering Kwamera Passage
Mission Station, Kwamera x 2
Mission Station, Kwamera, back view
Launching Yeru’s canoe, near Kwamera
First Church members Kwamera
Croque, Kwamera
Mission House, Kwamera
Part of Mission premises, Kwamera
Mission House, Kwamera
Pavenga, Aniwan teacher
Jubilee Synod, Kwamera, 1889
A bird, native totum
Rev J W Matheson
Reef at Kwamera
Mrs Matheson
Graves, Kwamera
1506 After sundown, Tanna Volcano (Lindt Melb.)
The Presbyterian Mission Synod New Hebrides 1891. Front
   row Gray, ?, Watt, Leggat
	1880s	

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