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Wellington Missionary Settlement Describes Natives Customs
An 1831 to 1836 report details Wellington Valley missionary work and aboriginal practices. It covers burial rites, the king directing a circular grave, women wounding themselves, and the community fearing the devil devil. It also chronicles the Church Missionary Society settlement, tensions with whites, language work, and daily life at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Missionary Settlement
Viscount Gooderich
Bourke
Church Missionary Society
N.5
William Cowper
Sydney
William Watson
James Handt
Missionary Society
Wellington
J. OC
T. Handt
Moreton Bay
James Gunther
Cleran
Handt
Watson
Kellys
Backhouse
Montefiores
James Jervis
Royal Historical Society
Wellington Historical Society
Messrs
Walter
Bathurst
J. C. Handt