Collection MS 51 - Vocabularies, correspondence, prayers

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AU PMB MS 51

Title

Vocabularies, correspondence, prayers

Date(s)

  • c.1920-1970 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1 reel; 35mm microfilm

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Name of creator

(1849-)

Administrative history

Anglican mission agency supporting the work of local Anglican churches in Melanesia, established in 1849 by George Selwyn, the first Bishop of New Zealand.

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Scope and content

Vocabulary, correspondence and prayers in languages from Vanuatu and Solomon Islands:

  1. Vocabulary of the Gela language, British Solomon Islands. Compiled by Father S.G. Caulton, 1935-37.
  2. Mota-Aoba [Ambae] Vocabulary. From the papers of Archdeacon A.E. Teall, Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia, d.1966.
  3. Letters to Archdeacon D.A. Rawcliffe in the language of Vatuanga Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
  4. Letters to Archdeacon D.A. Rawcliffe in the language of Ulawa, Solomon Islands.
  5. Letters to Archdeacon D.A. Rawcliffe in the language of Ugi, Solomon Islands.
  6. Vocabulary of the Vaturanga language of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Compiled by Archdeacon D.A. Rawcliffe.
  7. Prayers in the languages of the Northern New Hebrides - Mera Lava, Mota, Gaua, Nduindui, Qatnapni.

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Melanesian Mission, Lolowai, Aoba (Ambae), (New Hebrides), Vanuatu

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Access this title at PMB Member Libraries or by contacting the Bureau directly: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/accessing.php

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ms51

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