Correspondence concerning Australia and New Zealand, 1854-1868

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Item ff.189-265

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Correspondents include Bishops G.A. Selwyn, E. Hobhouse (Nelson), F.R. Nixon, J.C. Patteson, J. Spencer (Grafton), Lord Lyttelton and H.E. Merivale. The letters deal with the establishment of the Melanesian Mission, appointment of H.C. Harper as Bishop of Christchurch and E. Hobhouse as Bishop of Nelson, inclusion of Norfolk Island in Diocese of New Zealand, progress of Diocese of Nelson, training of clergy in New Zealand, appointment of Bishop of Tasmania, work of missionaries in Melanesia, establishment of college at Norfolk Island, and appointment of Bishop of Grafton and Armidale.

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