The Melanesian Mission at Mission Bay, Auckland, 1860

Description:
Many early European contacts with the Pacific Islands were made through missions and missionaries. In the early 1860s Bishop Selwyn brought promising young men from Melanesian islands such as the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) to Mission Bay, Auckland, where they were schooled during the summer...
Location:
Melanesia
Format:
StillImage
Collections:
Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Contributors:
Auckland City Libraries - Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero
Publisher:
Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga
Content partner:
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Availability:
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