Missionary settlement at Wellington Valley amid colonial friction
Despatches recount Lord Glenelg backing further funding for Wellington Valley Missionaries, while funding lags. Reports cite long labor by missionaries among aborigines, with arrivals in 1837 1838, police station opposition, and warnings from Church Missionary Society about Indigenous safety and potential collapse of mission life under colonial police intrusion.
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Wellington Missionary Paper Continues in Times Instalment
The third instalment of James Jervis’s entertaining and informative paper on missionary work at Wellington and aboriginal habits will be continued in the Times. Read at the Wellington Historical Society meeting, it sparked interest and discussion and will be carried forward in future issues.
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Mission Reports Slowed by Language Barriers and Poor Follow-Up
The report notes improving prospects for aboriginal natives but stresses that real progress depends on native language instruction. It details a move to translate parts of Genesis, St Johns Gospel, and the Anglican liturgy for use in Divine Service, with several children among six added in 1897.
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