Collection MS 1297 - Diary kept at the Methodist Mission in New Britain and the Duke of York Islands, New Guinea, and related papers

PMB MS 1297 Finding Aid

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AU PMB MS 1297

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Diary kept at the Methodist Mission in New Britain and the Duke of York Islands, New Guinea, and related papers

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  • Jul 1912-Mar 1913 (Creation)

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35mm microfilm

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(1887-1968)

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Sr Rhoda Ransom, born Maryborough Victoria, 29 Dec 1887, worked as a nursing sister with the Methodist Mission in New Guinea from July 1912 until March 1913 when she returned to Australia suffering from malaria and rheumatic problems in her legs.

• Passport, c.1949
• Diary, Jul 1912-Mar 1913
• Photograph of Sr. Rhoda Ransom
• Map of Duke of York and Ulu Island annotated by Sr Rhoda
• Postcards (36 items), some annotated by Sr. Rhoda: Methodist Mission in New Guinea and Fiji, together with some German New Guinea postcards.
See Finding aids for details. See also PMB Photo 14.

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Mrs Helen Fuller, Sandringham, Victoria. Copied at the home of Mr Donald Horsey, Shepparton, Victoria (June 2007).

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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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ms1297

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