Pacific Manuscripts Bureau

Celebration of the 105th Anniversary of the New Hebrides Presbyterian Mission

AU PMB MS 55-08
Unidad documental simple
1 May 1950

Parte deRecords, accounts, notes, correspondence

Record of births and deaths (1908-1961) pp.14-28

AU PMB MS 55-02b
Unidad documental simple
1908-1961

Parte deRecords, accounts, notes, correspondence

Record of births and deaths (1908-1961) pp.1-13

AU PMB MS 55-02a
Unidad documental simple
1908-1961

Parte deRecords, accounts, notes, correspondence

Records, accounts, notes, correspondence

AU PMB MS 55
Colección
1908 - 1969

Kalsakau became chief of Fila Island in 1908 and held that position for many years. He was a member of one of the most notable New Hebridean families of Efate. His three sons, Graham, John and Makau are (1969) also outstanding members of the New Hebridean community.

Lists of important dates and events in Kalsakau's career and family life.
Record of births and deaths (1908-1961)
Accounts relating to business, household and the marriage feast of his son Makau (March 1, 1945)
Record (September 1956) of visit by Gen. and Mme de Gaulle
Centenary Celebrations, Erakor, 1st May, 1945 - an account of the settlement of Erakor by the early missionaries.
School fees collected in 1943 - list of families and amount paid.
Lease of land owned by Kalsakau.
Celebration of the 105th Anniversary of the New Hebrides Presbyterian Mission, May 1, 1950.
Correspondence regarding residency of Fila Island Reserve.
Discipline book (1911-1943) in which fines and other punishments against members of Kalsakau's village are recorded.

Kalsakau

Conditions in the New Hebrides, 1931-32, Replies by Monsignor Victor Doucere, S.M., Apostolic Vicar to the New Hebrides, to questions posed by the French Resident Commissioner.

AU PMB MS 53-10
Unidad documental simple
1906-1912

Parte dePapers

Myths and Legends of the New Hebrides by Father J.B. Suas, S.M.

AU PMB MS 53-07
Unidad documental simple
1906-1912

Parte dePapers

Transcript of diary, 1870-1871

AU PMB MS 496-2
Unidad documental simple
October 1870 - January 1871

Parte deDiaries

Transcript of diary, 1871-1872

AU PMB MS 496-1
Unidad documental simple
18 September 1871 - 17 January 1872

Parte deDiaries

Diaries

AU PMB MS 496
Colección
1870 - 1871

Farquhar, a farmer of Maryborough, Queensland, visited New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and New Hebrides (Vanuatu) in the schooner 'City of Melbourne' in November 1870 to January 1871 to recruit Pacific Islander labourers for himself and other farmers in Maryborough. He made a second voyage to New Caledonia, the New Hebrides and Banks Islands in the schooner Petrel in September 1871-January 1872 as a government agent under the Polynesian Labourers' Act of 1868.

Description of the two voyages mentioned above.

Farquhar, William Gordon