01563ntc a22002177i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000036000722450064001082640015001723000027001873360021002143370023002353380032002585000018002905060028003085200676003365330077010125400079010898560177011683482140313s1922    xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aCatholic Mission, Wallis Island10a'Notes sur la mission' by Father Jean-Marie Bazin  cAfter 1922  a1 reel; 35mm microfilm  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 965  aAvailable for reference2 aThe 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.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/notes-sur-la-mission-by-father-jean-marie-bazinzView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.