02535ntc a22002297i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000028000722450012001002640016001123000027001283360021001553370023001763380032001995000018002315060028002495201156002775330077014335400079015105450577015898560139021662265140313k18481858xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aGeddie, Johnd1815-187210aDiaries  c1848 - 1858  a1 reel; 35mm microfilm  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 418  aAvailable for reference2 aReverend John Geddie (1815-72), a Presbyterian missionary, left Nova Scotia, Canada, for the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) in 1846. He reached Aneityum in May 1848 in the mission ship JOHN WILLIAMS. He was accompanied by his wife Charlotte Geddie (nee MacDonald, 1822-) and Thomas Powell of the London Missionary Society (LMS). Geddie and Powell established themselves on the southern side of the island, but were coolly received by the inhabitants. When Powell left the island after about a year, the Geddies remained with Samoan teachers. In 1852, the mission was joined by Reverend John Inglis and his wife Jessie from Scotland, representing the Reformed Presbyterian Church. They established a station on the northern side of the island. Meanwhile, Geddie had begun printing books in the Aneityumese language - the first being a spelling book, with readings from Scripture, hymns and prayers. During the next few years many similar works and translations of the Scriptures were published. Geddie retired to Australia in 1872, and died soon afterwards. The diaries provide information about Geddie's activities during his first ten years on Aneityum.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php0 aReverend John Geddie was a Presbyterian missionary who left Nova Scotia, Canada, for the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) in 1846. He reached Aneityum in May 1848 in the mission ship John Williams. Geddie was accompanied by his wife Charlotte Geddie (nee MacDonald, 1822-) and Thomas Powell of the London Missionary Society. Powell left the island after about a year, and the Geddies remained with Samoan teachers. They were joined by John and Jessie Inglis of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1852. John Geddie retired to Australia in 1872, and died soon afterwards.41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/diaries-9zView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.