Journal kept by missionary Joseph Shaw from Yelta to Coopers Creek and back to Darling River 1867 : also notes of a trip from Melbourne to Yelta 1862 / Joseph Shaw. 1862-1867.

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Journal kept by missionary Joseph Shaw from Yelta to Coopers Creek and back to Darling River 1867 : also notes of a trip from Melbourne to Yelta 1862 / Joseph Shaw. 1862-1867.

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Includes references to Aborigines at Yelta, Mount Murchison , Wilcannia, Coopers Creek and along the Darling River.

76 leaves.

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Shaw, Joseph Alden, 1836-1915

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Rev. Joseph Shaw came to Australia in 1862 and was appointed Missionary to the Aborigines of Australia on October 17th, 1862. He undertook Christian missionary work with Aborigines at Yelta, a Church of England mission near the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers, from 1862-1866. Later he served at the Poonindie Mission in South Australia as Assistant Manager; at Coranderrk Mission, Vic. from 1882-1885; and as a Superintendent of Coranderrk, 1885-1908. From the description of D...