- AU PMB MS 35-01
- Stuk
- Jul-Aug 1823
Part of Journal and other papers
Williams, John
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Part of Journal and other papers
Williams, John
Rev. John Williams (1796-1839) went to Tahiti (French Polynesia) as a missionary in 1816 and was active in the Society, Hervey, Southern Cook and Samoan Islands. In 1839, he moved to Fasitoouta, Upolu, in Samoa and began a station there. On November 20th of that year, he was killed at Erromango, New Hebrides (Vanuatu). Rev. Robert Bourne (1793-1871) went to the Society Islands as a missionary in 1817. In 1822, he began the mission at Tahaa. He left Tahiti in 1827 and retired to England in 1829.
The principal item on the microfilm is a journal describing a voyage made by the Reverends John Williams and Robert Bourne from Raiatea to Aitutaki, Mangaia, Atiu, Mitiaro, Mauke and Rarotonga, Cook Islands, in July-August 1823, to propagate the Gospel. The journal appears to have been written, or written up, by Bourne. There is a subscription in ink by Williams on the last page. Some passages in the journal are the same or similar to those in William's 'A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands', London, 1837. Other items on the microfilm are:
Williams, John
'Danger Island. Handley sitting on the bank.'
Part of Handley Bathurst Sterndale Drawings of Pacific Islands
Sterndale, Handley Bathurst
'Woman of Tokerau making fire.'
Part of Handley Bathurst Sterndale Drawings of Pacific Islands
Sterndale, Handley Bathurst
'Scene on the island of Rarotonga.'
Part of Handley Bathurst Sterndale Drawings of Pacific Islands
Sterndale, Handley Bathurst
Part of Handley Bathurst Sterndale Drawings of Pacific Islands
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Part of Handley Bathurst Sterndale Drawings of Pacific Islands
Sterndale, Handley Bathurst
Captain Fowler went to the Pacific in 1868 as captain of the London Missionary Society vessel JOHN WILLIAMS III. He was dismissed in 1871 because of his treatment of Pacific Islanders. The logbook begins on 12 November 1868 when Captain Fowler left London. It continues to 25 February 1869 when the JOHN WILLIAMS III passed Jervis Bay, NSW. It resumes on 30 March 1869 when the JOHN WILLIAMS III left Sydney for a cruise to the Pacific Islands, which extended to Tahiti, back to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) and then to Raiatea before returning to Sydney on 31 December 1869. The cruise took in Raiatea, Tahaa, Huahine, Tahiti, Mangaia, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Niue, Pago Pago, Apia, Aneityum, Mare, Lifu, Uvea, Tubuai and Savai'i. The logbook resumes again on 4 April 1870 when the JOHN WILLIAMS III was at Huahine. Subsequent calls were made at Raiatea, Tahiti, Mangaia, Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Manihiki, Rakahanga, Pukapuka, Mitiaro, Mauke, Atiu, Tutuila, Niue, the Tokelau, Ellice (Tuvalu) and Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), the southern New Hebrides and the Loyalty Islands. The JOHN WILLIAMS III returned to Sydney on 20 December 1870. Captain Fowler returned to England in 1871 in the ship BUCKLEY CASTLE.
Fowler, James
'Grave on Fararanga.' [Penrhyn, Cook Islands]
Part of Handley Bathurst Sterndale Drawings of Pacific Islands
Sterndale, Handley Bathurst
'Dwelling houses and stores on island of Suwarrow.'
Part of Handley Bathurst Sterndale Drawings of Pacific Islands
Sterndale, Handley Bathurst