Catholic Church. Vicariate Apostolic of Tonga - Records, 1853-1924

PMB 195

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

440861

Microfilm : PMB 195

microfilm reel 35 mm

Includes reports to the Superieur General de la Societe'de Marie, Rev. Raffin; correspondence; typescript entitled "Le commencements de la mission de Niua" by Rev. P. Jouny, S.M.; a copy of "L'Echo: de la France Catholique", 1890; newspaper clippings relating to Tonga and "Report by Sir C. Mitchell, High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, in connection with the recent disturbances in, and the affairs of Tonga", 1887. Correspondence, 1895-1903 relating to the Higginson Loan, "Curiosites Linguistiques" on the languages of the New Hebrides, newspaper clippings on racial problems in the New Hebrides, New Hebrides census, 1900, 1913; report to the Governor of Tahiti re the Tonga-Tabon war (1852), inquiry into the Catholic mission by M. Belland (1852) and other records

French, English

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 195
These papers form part of the records of the Vicariate of Tonga, which are designated Oceania Tonga (OT) in the Marist Archives
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of originals held by Archivio Padri Maristi (Archives of the Marist Fathers), Rome, Italy
In French and English
Missionaries