Collection MS 1045 - The Fison Project

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AU PMB MS 1045

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The Fison Project

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(1832-1907)

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Lorimer Fison (1832-1907) was university-educated with an interest in anthropology, was born in Suffolk, England. He migrated to Australia in 1856, joined the Methodist Church, and went to Fiji as a Wesleyan missionary in 1864. He remained in Fiji until 1884, when he returned to Australia and became editor of the Spectator, a Melbourne church paper. Fison published a number of anthropological papers.

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The Fison project. Material held by St Mark's Theological Centre, Canberra, will appear as PMB 1045, but is not yet available for copying.

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St Marks Theological College, Canberra

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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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