Please see PMB 960 for full entry.

Reel 1:<BR>1. Correspondence with Governors of New Caledonia (1936-1966), dealing principally with mission work and the welfare of the indigenous people<BR>2. Correspondence with past and present politicians, mainly in Paris (1937-1960).<BR>Reel 2:<BR>Correspondence with French politicians (1960-62).

The Catholic mission was established on Wallis Island by members of the Society of Mary in 1837. Father Bazin was superior of the mission from 1874 to 1896. He then returned to France where he died in 1947.

A notebook of 136 pages, with table of contents and illustrations, dealing principally with the Catholic mission to Wallis Island, but also containing chapters on Wallisian geography, fauna, flora and fish, Wallisian origins, voyaging, customs, kava, the family, ceremonies and songs, women's work and the history of Wallis. Other chapters contain autobiographical notes, information on the French residents in Wallis and details of the Brochard-Bazin affair.

Please see PMB 972 and 966.

On this reel, listings from L - S, and V

Please see PMB 972 and 966.

On this reel, listings for S - V and also a list of Europeans

Under description below, WMMS = Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, London.<BR>Because missionaries received a 'children's allowance', the names and birth dates of missionaries' children were recorded each year.

The records are in a series numbered 'E', as follows:<P>Reel 1:<BR> E100 - Accounts with WMMS, 1822-49<BR>E101 - Accounts with WMMS and Tonga District, 1837-52, 1841-45, 1847-64<BR>E102 - Balance sheets, etc., Ha'apai circuit accounts, 1850-72<BR>E103 - Accounts with district chairman, etc. 1871-95<BR>E104 - As above, 1872-81<BR><P>Reel 2:<BR>E105 - Ledger 1889-94<BR>E106 - Ledger, 1895 - 1901<BR>E107 - Ledger, 1901-08; balance sheets, 1901-08<BR><P>Reel 3:<BR>E107 - Above continued<BR>E108 - Journal 1903-06<BR><P>NOTE: Volumes and files numbered E109-132, containing mainly invoices and receipts, were not microfilmed.

Annual list of ministers, compiled 1924 - 1972 for the period 1888 - 1971<BR>Terms of appointment for ministers who have served in Tonga, 1822 - 1906

The registers are in several volumes as follows:<BR>Reel 1:<BR>F218 - 1838-46<BR>F219 - 1840-83<BR>F220 - 1872-89<BR>F221 - 1880-84<BR>Reel 2:<BR>F222 - 1874-78<BR>F223 - 1879-83<BR>F224 - 1883-1905 (loose sheets in rough chronological order)<BR>F225 - 1903-22<BR>F226 - 1911-25<BR>F227 - 1892-1924<BR>F228 - 1906-32<BR>Reel 3:<BR>F228 - continued 1933-55<BR>F229 - 1954-60<BR>F230 - 1960-67<BR>F231 - 1966-76<BR>F232 - 1972-80

Wells, based in Adelaide, was chairman of Guinea Gold NL and Guinea Airways Ltd., which played major roles in the development of gold mining in New Guinea before World War II. See R.W. Robson, 'The Romance of Bulolo', <I>Pacific Islands Monthly</I>, December 1938, pp.34-37.

The papers are in seven series as indicated in a descriptive list copied at the start of each reel. Series 6 (photographs) was not copied. The contents are:<P>Reels 1 and 2: Newspaper clippings, 1926-41, especially Guinea Airways Ltd.<BR>Reel 3: Continuation of above - newspaper clippings, 1937-41, on Australian Air Service<BR>Reel 4: C.J. Levien's diary, 1929; documents re Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd., 1929-42; correspondence with C.J. Levien and others, 1928-45; a history of Guinea Airways Ltd.<BR>Reel 5: Reports, statements of account, and correspondence of Guinea Airways Ltd., 1928-47; correspondence with R.W. Robson; diaries of four trips to New Guinea, 1932-36, and trips to Darwin, 1937-39.<BR>See also PMB 7.

Dr Gilson (1925-1963) collected this background material, manuscripts, notes and publications on C.19 and early C.20 Samoa for his book Samoa 1830-1900 (Melbourne: M.U.P. 1970).

Bibliographic card file and 201 folders arranged by Dr Gilson under the headings: Ethnology, tradition, field notes(folders 1-11); Missions(folders 12-32); Naval(folders 33-41); Visitors and Residents(folders 42-47); Residents, histories, political publications(folders 48-59); Press Samoan Reporter, Samoan Times (folders 60-71); Proclamations, Samoan bibliographies, maps(folders 72-74); Samoan Government Papers(folders 75-99); Consular and other foreign official data (excluding naval) (folders 100-200); Graf Papers (folder 201).<P>Reel 1 plus small amount on Reel 1A: Preliminaries and detailed contents list; card index; folders 1-8<BR>Reel 2: Folder 8 continued - folder 36<BR>Reel 3: Folder 36 continued - folder 58<BR>Reel 4: Folder 59 - folder 83<BR>Reel 5: Folder 83 continued - folder 109<BR>Reel 6: Folder 110 - folder 118<BR>Reel 7: Folder 118 continued - folder 130<BR>Reel 8: Folder 130 continued - folder 137<BR>Reel 9: Folder 137 continued - folder 154<BR>Reel 10: Folder 155 - folder 174<BR>Reel 11: Folder 174 continued - folder 198<BR>Reel 12: Folder 198 continued - folder 201 (The Graf papers contain material on the Mau; German history and administration; the 'Tupu' and Samoan beliefs).<P>A detailed list of the contents is available on request together with PMB notes and information on related sources.<P>NOTE: At the time of filming the following folders were missing and therefore not copied: folder 34; folders 44, 46; folder 57; folders 85, 89, 94.<P>Folders 65-69 are listed but do not seem to have been used.
See Finding aids for details.

James Warden Brett (1815-1846) was born in Kent, England and was entered on the books of the MASSACHUSETTS as the harpooner of the larboard whaleboat. Brett was twenty-one years old when he began his journal and the voyage which was to last for three and a half years. He died in Bombay, at the age of thirty-one, while captain of the ship WEST INDIAN. In the latter half of the 19th century the journal narrowly escaped being buried or burnt during a clearing out by the Widow Brett of Raymond Terrace. A family friend retrieved the journal which he later presented to Mr Percy Thomas, grand nephew of James Brett, in July 1893. The journal also suffered considerable damage during the Maitland flood of 1954. As a result some pages are missing and others are almost illegible.

The journal begins on Wednesday 7 December, 1836, when the ship sailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts on a whaling voyage to the South Seas under Captain George F. Brown. Brett describes in great detail the activities of a harpooner, life on board a whaling ship in general, the many other ships they spoke and all the events experienced during their landfalls and their time at sea. The journal ends on Sunday 19 July, 1840. The voyage included the Peruvian coast, Galapagos Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Guadaloupe, the Mexican coast, Juan Fernandes, Massafeuro, Quiraquina and Talcahuano Bay.