01643ntc a22002177i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000036000722450039001082640016001473000028001633360021001913370023002123380032002355000018002675060028002855200792003135330077011055400079011828560164012613471140313k18901962xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aCatholic Mission, Wallis Island10aCorrespondence with administration  c1890 - 1962  a2 reels; 35mm microfilm  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 960  aAvailable for reference2 aThe Catholic mission was established on Wallis Island in 1837 by Father (later) Bishop Pierre Bataillon and Brother Joseph-Xavier Luzy, members of the Society of Mary. Together with the island of Futuna, 160 km south-west, Wallis became a French protectorate in 1887, a French colony in 1913, and an overseas territory of France in 1959. The first French Resident, Marius-Antoine Chauvot, arrived in June 1888. Such officials were responsible to the French Governors and, later, High Commissioners of New Caledonia. Correspondence between the Catholic mission on Wallis Island and the Wallis-Futuna Administration. Reel 1: 1890-1941, including letters from Queen Amelia (1890), her son, Akusitino (1891, with translation), and King Vito Lavelua (1896). Reel 2: Correspondence, 1941-1962.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/correspondence-with-administrationzView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.