Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia photographs of Samoa, Tonga and Fiji

SLIDES 424

fonds

1930s

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9684273

93 slides - 800 x 800 mm - glass

93 glass lantern slides from the Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia, some hand-coloured.

76 slides show missionary work and religious activity in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji on the SS Katoomba, probably in May 1937. Ministers on this trip included: G. H. Hewitt, R. C. Nicholson, A. W. Amos, H. R. Rycroft, F. Delbridge, H. Delbridge, H. A. Lyth, W.'M. Robson, E. J. Hateley, H. Sanders (Q.), J Stirling, G. F. Dyson, A. M. Yates, and R. Pipe.

Also included are 6 slides of nautical illustrations and 11 slides from Europe, including London, Paris and Italy.

Housed in original wooden case.

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Date range for slides in Samoa, Tonga and Fiji based on a known trip of 400 Methodists to the Pacific region in May 1937 on the SS Katoomba. Other slides may date to the 1930s.

Reference:
Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM. Vol. VII, No.10. 26 May 1937. Accessed 4 March 2025. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-312674955/view?sectionId=nla.obj-328686877