Manuscript and printed material, 1845-1915 [microform]. [1845-1915]

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Manuscript and printed material, 1845-1915 [microform]. [1845-1915]

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Manuscripts, Items 1-7: Photographs, press cuttings and letters to Isaac Rooney from Lorimer Fison and Fred Langham, August-November 1880. Printed books, Items 1-15: Mainly translations of scriptures into the language of the Duke of York Islands, some with inserts and annotations by Isaac Rooney, 1886-1905; and additional pamphlets by Isaac Rooney, including his essays on Darwinism and the origin of the Melanesian and Polynesian races (1907), and by W.L.I. Linggood.

1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Rooney, Isaac, 1843-1931

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Reverend Isaac Rooney (1843-1931) succeeded Reverend George Brown (1835-1917) as superintendent of the Methodist Mission in New Britain (Duke of York Islands), 1881-1888. The Mission had been established by Reverend Brown in 1875. Reverend Benjamin Danks (1853-1921) had joined Brown in 1878. From the description of Manuscript and printed material, 1845-1915 [microform]. [1845-1915] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 651616281 Rooney was a missionary in the Bismarck A...

Langham, Frederick, 1833-1903

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Linggood, W. L. I

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Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau

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Fison, Lorimer, 1832-1907

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Clergyman and anthropologist. Joint author (with A.W. Howitt) of Kamilaroi and Kurnai. From the description of Correspondence [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225756881 Lorimer Fison was a Wesleyan missionary, anthropologist and journalist. He worked in Fiji as a missionary from 1863-1871 and 1875-1884. Fison published influential works on Fijian systems of kinship and land tenure; later he conducted careful studies of Aboriginal culture and social or...