The records comprise the following registers relating to the Church of England, Norfolk Island: 1. Baptismal register, 1 January 1871 - 31 January 1971; 2. Register of burials, 3 March 1871 - 2 February 1971; 3. Register of marriages, 12 February 1871 - 6 March 1963; 4. Banns of marriages register, 1899 - 1921
The Norfolk Island Whaling and Sharking Co. Ltd., Minutes of workers' meetings, November 1938, August-December 1939, July 1940, September 1941. Documents relating to banking transactions of the Council of Elders, 1903. Copy of the will of Francis Mason Nobbs, 12 December 1907. Probate of Nobbs' will, 12 July 1909. Obituary of Nobbs by the Deputy Administrator, 30 June 1909.
Account of provisions received and issued to colonial prisoners at Norfolk Island, January 1854.
The Demon a biography written by Henry Garrett, a prisoner on Norfolk Island c.1846-53, in response to Marcus Clarke's For the Term of His Natural Life, with notes by R.N. Dalkin.
The 'Bounty' and After. A short history of the mutineers of the 'Bounty' by A.S. Gazzard. Published by the Norfolk Island Weekly, 1943.
Evidence taken at Norfolk Island by Commissioner Alexander Oliver during an inquiry into the administration of Norfolk Island affairs, 1903.
See PMB MS 432, material relating to Roman Catholic Mission Fiji.
Letters from Superior-General, Society of Mary.
In 1836, Pope Gregory XVI was looking for missionaries for Oceania and approved the formation of a religious institute, the Priests of the Society of Mary, or Marist Fathers. Jean-Claude Colin (1790-1875) was elected as the first Superior General and held the office until 1854. He was succeeded by Julien Favre (1854-85), Antoine Martin (1886-1905), and Jean-Claude Raffin (1905-22).
Continued from PMB 760 - Volume 19: correspondence etc. 1920-29. Log of the Morning Star (Capt. George Garland), 1 November 1882 - 1 March 1884 of missionary voyages to the Caroline, Gilbert and Marshall Islands. The vessel was wrecked at Kusaie and sold at auction. Newspaper clippings, chiefly from the Missionary Herald, January 1870 - April 1884, concerning the mission to Micronesia (continued on PMB 762).
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Continued from PMB 754 - Volume 15: correspondence, 1900-09. Volume 16: Correspondence, 1900-09 (letters L-P), from missions stations on Kusaie, Guam and Truk. The correspondents are Rev. and Mrs A.A. Jagnow, Rev. and Mrs A.C. Logan, Beulah Logan, Jenny LOlin, Annette Palmer, E.M. Pease and Mrs Pease, Rev. and Mrs F.M. Price. The correspondence from Price is from California and that from Beulah Logan is from Australia. Continued on PMB 756 and 757.
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