History of the Melanesian Mission

Eliza Susanna Armstrong provides a detailed history of the Melanesian Mission from 1841 to 1899. This region includes what is today Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing a copy of this book for digitisation. This title is in the public domain.

Eliza Suzanna Armstrong [1836-1908], The History of the Melanesian Mission. London: Isbister & Co. Ltd., 1900. Hbk. pp.372. [Download complete book in PDF]

Contents

Part 1

1. 1841-48. The Melanesian Mission
2. 1849-52. The Australian Board of Missions
3. 1853-56. John Coleridge Patteson
4. 1857-58. Winter School at Lifu
5. 1858-61. Consecration of John Coleridge Patteson

Part 2

1. 1861-62. Establishment at Mota
2. 1863. Peril and Success
3. 1863-64. In the Australian Colonies
4. 1864. Deaths of Edwin Nobbs and Fisher Young
5. 1865-66. The Tree Forts

Part 3

1. 1867. S. Barnabas, Norfolk Island
2. 1868-69. The Labour Trade in Melanesia
3. 1870. Internal Management of Mission
4. 1871.
5. The Bishop’s Last Journey

Part 4

1. 1871-72. Mr. Codrington as Head of the Mission
2. 1873. The First Melanesian Priest
3. 1874. The New Southern Cross
4. 1875. Mr. Codrington in the Islands
5. 1876. Mr. Selwyn’s Tour
6. 1871. The Consecration of John Richardson Selwyn

Part 5

1. 1877. The Way Open to Santa Cruz
2. 1878. In the Santa Cruz Islands
3. 1879. Teachers’ Meeting at Mota – Census
4. 1880. Consecration of S. Barnabas
5. 1881. Justice Done in the Floridas
6. 1882. Ordination of Charles Sapibuana
7. 1883. Great Advance in Florida
8. 1884. Memorial Cross at Nukapu
9. 1885. Clement Marau at Ulawa
10. 1886. Mrs. J. Selwyn’s Visit to the Islands
11. 1887. Retirement of Dr. Codrington
12. 1888. The Parliament of the Floridas
13. 1889. The Baptism of Soga
14. 1890. Serious Illness of the Bishop
15. 1891. The Bishop Leaves for England – His Resignation
16. 1892. Visit of the Bishop of Tasmania
17. 1893. British Protectorate in the Solomons

Part 6

1. 1894. The Consecration of the Cecil Wilson
2. 1895. S. Luke’s, Siota
3. 1896. Women’s Work in the Mission
4. 1897. Difficulties in Queensland
5. 1898. Death of Bishop John Selwyn
6. 1899. The Jubilee of the Mission