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AU PMB MS 85
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- 1924 - 1927 (Creation)
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1 reel; 35mm microfilm
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The Rev. Charles Moore (1892-1960) was born at West Bromwich (near Birmingham), England. He migrated to Australia with his family in 1918 and, after attending a theological college and being ordained, he went to Tonga as a Methodist missionary in 1924. He spent four years in Ha'apai, followed by four years in Vava'u, and returned to Australia in 1932.
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Reverend Charles Moore went to Tonga as a Methodist missionary in 1924. He spent four years in Ha'apai, followed by four years in Vava'u, and returned to Australia in 1932. The correspondence (85 items) chiefly consists of letters from the Rev. Rodger C.G. Page, president of the Tongan Conference of the Methodist Church. Other correspondents include Queen Salote Tupou and a number of other Tongans, whose letters are in the Tongan language. In addition there is a copy of a letter from the Rev. Shirley W. Baker, Premier of the Tongan Government, to the president of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference in Melbourne of 1888.
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Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
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ms85