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AU PMB MS 428
Title
Documents and correspondence relating to mission stations at Rotuma
Date(s)
- 1868 - 1930 (Creation)
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1 reel; 35mm microfilm
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The documents and correspondence are in four folders and appear to have been sorted arbitrarily. The contents of the folders relate to the Roman Catholic Mission in Fiji cover the following periods:
- 1868-1930 (principally land acquisition, Catholic-Wesleyan rivalry and Catholic education).
- 1871-87 (including the consequences of British annexation for the Catholic Church in Rotuma).
- 1882-1930 (land matters)
- 1878-1902.
An index to material copied in the Roman Catholic Archdiocesan Office, Suva, was published in the Bureau's newsletter Pambu April-June 1972:27, pp. 17-20 and is available on request from the Bureau.See also PMB MS 159/160 and PMB MS 432-468
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Roman Catholic Archdiocesan Office, Suva, Fiji
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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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ms428