J. E. Moulton - Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1861-1953

PMB 719

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

441378

Microfilm : PMB 719

microfilm reel 35 mm

Moulton (1841-1909), was a noted Wesleyan missionary in Tonga. He was born in North Shields, Yorkshire, and went to Australia in 1863. After being the first headmaster of Newington College, Sydney, he went to Tonga to take charge of the Friendly Islands district Native Training Institution in Nuku'alofa. The Institution later become Tupou College. With a few breaks, he worked in Tonga for 40 years. He was responsible for a complete revision of the Tongan Bible and the creation of an extensive vernacular literature

The papers include letters, leaflets, programmes and newspaper clippings concerning Moulton

English, Austronesian (Other)

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 719
Associated materials: see also PMB 3 for Moultons notes on Tongan history and legends
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of originals held in private ownership