Newspaper clippings re the dedication of the mission ship Southern Cross at Greenwich, England, on 26 July 1932.

Part of the collection of Dorothy Crozier, having been given to Ms Crozier by Lillian (Coo) Baker in 1950. Transferred to the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau in August 2001.

'Koe Gaahi Lao oe Buleaga o Toga' [The Laws of the Government of Tonga], revised to 1869, 1871, 1876, 1879, 1883, 1886, 1888, 1889, 1891 and 1897. The 1876 edition has appendices including Estimates and Expenditure for 1876 and 1877. Together with 'Koe Konisitutone o Toga', 1876, 1879, 1883, 1888, 1889 and 1891, some copies annotated by Rev. Shirley Baker. The 1879 edition of 'Koe Konisitutone' has an appendix, ‘Forms of Land Leases’.

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The Pacific Concerns Resource Center was the secretariat of the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Movement. The first conference of the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Movement was held in Suva in April 1975. The Pacific Concerns Resource Center published several documents relating to a nuclear free and independent Pacific, including Pacific news bulletin, a monthly journal first published in Sydney, and from 1999, in Suva. Issues and countries it covered include decolonisation and self-determination struggles, the environment and sustainable development, indigenous rights, sovereignty and land rights, demilitarisation and anti-nuclear campaigns, intellectual property rights for indigenous peoples, East Timor, West Papua, Bougainville, Kanaky, Te Ao Maohi and the Philippines.

Other documents filmed include: Pacific Concerns Resource Centre annual report (1999-2004); Canberra Kanaky bulletin (1985-1986), edited by Barry and Dorothy Shineberg; Kanaky update: towards New Caledonian independence (1984-1989), edited by George Tieman and Reverend Dick Wooton; Nuclear free Pacific news (1982-1983); Pacific Concerns Resource Center bulletin (1981-1985); and, Pacific news (later title: Pacific news bulletin) (1983-2004).

The collection also includes: To'ere: no te tiamaraa, a private newspaper published weekly in Faa'a, Tahiti, and edited by Claude Marere from 2002-2006; and, Independence and sovereignty for Te Ao Maohi (French Polynesia), translated by Nic MacLellan and published in Faa'a, Tahiti in 1997.

Printed accounts of the annual voyages of the Melanesian Mission vessel Southern Cross to Norfolk Island, the Banks Group and Solomon Islands.

1874 - Cover title: 'The First Voyage of the New Southern Cross in the Year 1874'. Letters of Revs. John Still and J.R. Selwyn.
1875 - Cover title: 'The Island Voyage 1875'. Letters of Revs. R.H. Codrington and J.R. Selwyn.
1876 - Cover title: 'The Island Voyage 1876'. Letters of Revs. J.R. Selwyn and John Still.
1877 - Cover title: 'The Island Voyage 1877'. Letters of the Bishop of Melanesia, Revs. Alfred Penny, John Palmer and John Still.

Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon, first Baron Stanmore (1829-1912) was born in London and served from 1854 to 1857 as a member of the House of Commons. Gordon served as Governor of Trinidad (1866-1870), Mauritius (1871-1874), Fiji (1875-1880), New Zealand (1880-1882) and Ceylon (1883-1890). From 1877 to 1882 he also served as High Commissioner and Consul-General for the Western Pacific.

The album, Newspaper Clippings concerning Sir Arthur Gordon 1881-1886, is catalogued at RBQ995 NEW in the Hallstrom Pacific Collection in the University of NSW Library. The cuttings are from the New Zealand press (NZ Herald, The Press, Lyttelton Times, Auckland Star, etc.) and are primarily concerned with Gordon’s arrival and swearing in as Governor, on 24th November 1880, and his intial tour of the country. Both New Zealanders and officials in the Pacific expressed considerable concern in the press that the duties of Sir Arthur Gordon’s concurrent positions, as Governor of NZ and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, could not be satisfactorily carried out at the same time. This concern was affirmed by the Colonial Office where the Secretary of State suggested in May 1881 that Gordon may have to relinquish the High Commission. Becoming increasingly mired in the controversy Gordon resigned his commission as Governor of New Zealand in 1882 and left the Pacific in September of that year. He became Governor of Ceylon in 1883. The cuttings include editorials, letters to the editor and miscellaneous articles relating to government and “the Maori question” in New Zealand. Also included are reports on Samoan matters. The album ends with reports of the Tarawera eruption in 1886.

Rev. Dr. John Gibson Paton (24 May 1824 – 28 Jan 1907), born in Scotland, was a Protestant missionary ot the New Hebrides (Vanuatu). He was the eldest of 11 children of James and Janet Paton.
Paton grew up in Dumfriesshire in Scotland and later studied theology and medical studies in Glasgow. On 23 March 1858 Paton was ordained by the Reformed Presbyterian Church. On 2 April 1858 Paton married Mary Ann Robson and 14 days later, on 16 April, they set sail for the South Pacific.
Rev. John G Paton and Mary Paton landed on Tanna, in the southern part of the New Hebrides on 5 November 1858 and built a small house at Port Resolution. Three months after their arrival, their first son, Peter Robert Robson was born on 12 February 1859. Just 19 days after, Mary Paton died from tropical fever. Young baby Peter died soon after at just 36 days of age.
Paton worked on the island of Tanna and later Aneityum.

From Aneityum, Rev. John G Paton travelled to Australia in 1862 and then Scotland to address meetings and raise funds in aid of the mission. He inspired hundreds of other missionaries to take up the cause of Christianity. Whilst in Scotland, Rev. John G Paton married Margaret (Maggie) Whitecross on 17 June 1864. Rev. John G Paton and Maggie arrived back in the New Hebrides in August 1866 and established a new Mission station on Aniwa Island, near to Tanna. They lived in a small hut whilst they built a house for themselves and two houses for orphan children. Later, a church, printing house and other buildings were erected. Maggie Paton bore 10 children on the island of Aniwa, 4 of whom died in early childhood or infancy. Their fourth son, Frank Hume Lyall Paton, later followed them as a missionary in the New Hebrides. Another son, Rev. Frederick James Paton (1867-1941) was also a Presbyterian missionary on Malekula Island in the New Hebrides. Rev. John G Paton learned the local language and later translated the New Testament into the Aniwan language. Maggie Paton taught women and girls craft, singing and reading. Both Rev. John G Paton and Maggie Paton trained native teachers who were later sent to the villages to preach the gospel, translated, printed and taught the Scriptures, ministered to the sick and dying, taught the practical use of tools and held worship services. In 1899 Rev. G Paton saw his Aniwa New Testament printed and the establishment of missionaries on twenty five of the Southern New Hebrides. Paton continued to tour Australia, New Zealand, Britain and the United States in mission interests, and later in life he became involved in the debate on the future of the New Hebrides.
Maggie Paton died at the age of 64 on 16 May 1905 in Kew, Victoria, Australia. Rev. John G Paton died at the age of 82 on 28 January 1907 in Canterbury, Victoria, Australia.

Journals.
Research notes.
Correspondence.
Notes titled “Last days of Tanna”.

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