Miscellaneous papers relating to Tonga and Fiji
- AU PMB MS 635
- Collection
- 1900 - 1971
Gribble, a Methodist minister, went to Tonga in 1939 as principal of Tupou College. During World War II, the Tongan Government seconded him as Director of Education. Four years after his return to Australia in 1945, he became general secretary for Overseas Missions of the Methodist Church of Australasia. He retired in 1970.
The papers include a complete list, with biographical notes, of Methodist missionaries to Tonga to 1931; ABC Guest of Honour Broadcast by Prince Tungi, 4 May 1950; Commemorative address on Walter Lawry (1793-1859), 18 April 1971; A review of Tongan Grammar by C.M. Churchward (published in 1953); Koe Havea, 1941; Copy of The Missionary Review for August 1947 covering the Tongan Royal Weddings; An Historical Overview of Tonga by H. Taylor; Articles on Tonga's economic development; Methodist Missions in the South Seas 1821-1909 by Rev. B. Danks; Report of Commission on the Native Church, 1923; Brown Faces. A Missionary Book for Methodist Boys and Girls by J.W. Burton; Articles on the Methodist Church in Fiji, including the Report of the Board of Missions Deputation of 1900 and the Indian Church of Suva; Articles by Gribble including Tonga - A Century of Achievement and The Rim of the Pacific .
Gribble, Cecil Frank