02627ntc a22002417i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000039000722450038001112640018001493000027001673360021001943370023002153380032002385000019002705060028002895201306003175330077016235350114017005400079018145450331018938560161022244633140313s1918    xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aEastman, George Herbertd1881-197410aA Rarotongan—English dictionary  cCompiled 1918  a1 reel; 35mm microfilm  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 1338  aAvailable for reference2 aA note in the D.S. Marshall’s, Polynesian Journal 1951-1953, (p.183) states that Marshall borrowed the Dictionary from Rev. Murphy in May 1952. (PMB 1335) There is a Ms. note on the title page of the Dictionary as follows: “Note:– This MSS. is the property of the Compiler. (Rev G.H. Eastman, London Mission, Beru, Gilbert Islands.) “It is placed on loan in the Library of the London Missionary Society, Rarotonga, for the use of members of the Mission pending completion of the printing of the book. “It is requested that the MSS. Should not be removed from the Library of the London Missionary Society, Rarotonga, without the author having first been consulted. G.H. Eastman, July 1918 ”Hurstmere” Takapuna Auckland, N.Z. A Rarotongan—English Dictionary, with which are included numerous words of the dialects in use in other parts of the Cook Islands, South Pacific, with introductory notes and appendices. Compiled by Rev. G.H. Eastman of the London Missionary Society. (To be) Published by The Cook islands Administration, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 1918, Ts., annotated, 323pp. See also PMB 478 for another copy of the Dictionary microfilmed by the Bureau in Dorset in 1974. It is considered that the annotations make it worth while microfilming this second copy of the Dictionary.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aD.S. Marshall Archive, University of the South Pacific - Cook Islands CampusbAvarua, RarotongacCook Islands  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php0 aGeorge Herbert Eastman ran the London Missionary Society (LMS) Mission in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 1913-1918. Between 1918 and 1947, he ran the LMS Gilbert Islands [Kiribati] Mission, based at Rongorongo on Beru island. In 1949, Eastman and his wife Winifred (nee Grimwade, married 1914) retired to Swanage in Dorset, England.41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/rarotongan-english-dictionary-2zView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.