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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Sculpture, The ANZAC Memorial Pare
Large Wooden Carving Maori Depicting Australian and New Zealand Soldiers The ANZACSwooden carving, maori wooden carving, the memorial pare -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: NEW ZEALAND/JAMES COOK
Photograph. Harry Biggs Collection. A small black & white photograph of a painting or lithograph of what may be Maori's in New Zealand with perhaps James Cook in the centre. A large building has been constructed & a building at the back that can only be partially seen have Maori characteristics.place, harry biggs collection, new zealand, maoris, james cook -
Greensborough Historical Society
Costume - Apron, Embroidered apron, 1966_
Made to protect clothing when doing domestic duties.Embroidered calico apron with scalloped edging across the bottom. Apron bound with red bias binding.Indigenous women (possibly Maori) in traditional dress amongst native flowersapron, women's clothing -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1996
Black and white photograph of Maori performance of Nga Hopu Katoa contingent taking part in procession at Ao tearoa Day Mallacoota Victoriajetties -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Martin A E, Place Names in Queensland, New Zealand and the Pacific, 1944
Brief explanations of the meaning of names of towns, landforms, islands and wterways of Queensland, the Pacific and Maori place names in New Zealand, alphabetically listed.township, land settlement -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, MAORI WAR, Frank Glen, Australians at War in New Zealand, 2011
Maori WarsHard cardboard cover, dark blue buckram silver printing on front & spine. Dust cover front background colour photo of flag with rifle with a peaked cap in foreground. Spine & back black & white photos of soldiers in uniform. Spine single full length portrait, back group. 299 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated with black & white photos, maps & illustrations.Hand written in black ink on front fly leaf: “F? Glen, Bendigo 17. May. 2013” Underneath: “Signed by author”book, new zealand -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Conference proceedings, Jon Reyhner, Indigenous language revitalization : encouragement, guidance &? lessons learned, 2009
Language in an Immersion school, a University, and a Home/Linguists & Language activists working together/Maori, Hawaiian and Alaskan Revitalization efforts, Technology & Revitalization/Assessing revitalization efforts.B&w photographs, screen shots, tables, graphslanguage reclamation -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Clothing - Race Colours, Bryan Healy
The race colours of the Hall of Fame trotter Maoris Idol. Trained at Marnoo in Victoria's Wimmera by Rick Healy, and driven in all his races by his son Bryan. Maori's Idol (September 1972 – 20 October 2006) was an Australian Standardbred racehorse. He was the first Australian trotter to break two minutes with a time of 1:59.3 on 19 November 1977 at Moonee Valley. Maori's Idol became one of Australia's greatest trotters, with a record 24 successive race victories before placing third in the 1978 Melbourne Inter-Dominion Final. He is still the trotting record holder with 22 wins in a season.He was so superior to his rivals that he may have gone through his career unbeaten had he been placed to advantage by his connections. He was by Ike Frost US (by Adios) his dam was Maori Miss by Grand Monarch. Maori Miss won a heat of the 1966 Inter DominionTrotting Championship and was selected as the Australian Broodmare of the Year in 1977, 1978 and 1979. Maori's Idol older half-brother Maori Monarch won the Victoria Trotters Derby and the Australasian Trotting Championship. Maori Miss has founded a very successful family of her own and is the third dam of Sumthingaboutmaori.bryan healy, ric healy, r healy, maori's idol, bendigo harness racing club, bhrc, bendigo, horses, race colours, trophies, trotting, pacing, harness racing, br healy, b healy, r mcd healy -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Historic House, 1999
Built 1909 for George 'Maori' Jemmeson, member of the Salmon CompanyColour photograph of a timber dwelling at 10 Orme Street. Hipped iron roof, single paned sash window each side of front door, which has fan light above. Veranda of concrete, with steel pipe veranda posts. Lakes Entrance Victoriahouses, heritage study -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Memorabilia - Silver trophy, Maori's Advice, 1990 The Holmfield 3yo Trotters
Maori's Advice (Garry's Advice Vic P 1.58.6 - Maori Mara Vic Tr 2.9.2 (Bravado Hanover)) Bay Gelding. Foaled 1986 (5th Foal). Breeder/Owner: R McD Healy & Co Pty Ltd. Trainer R McD Healy. Maori's Advice raced from 1989 (2yo) through to 1996 (9yo). Career: 5 wins 1 second 4 thirds 25 starts $26,593 2.03.5 Winning Driver: BR Healy. Won on 3 Tracks: Moonee Valley (3) Geelong (1) Maryborough (1) Maori's Advice won the 1990 The Holmfield 3yo Trotters at Moonee Valley over 1940m at a mile rate of 2.03.5. Driven by BR Healy. Defeating Le Strike 2nd and Random Height 3rd. Won the Heat and Final on the same night/meeting.Two Handled Silver Cup shaped Trophy with LidThe Holmfield / Moonee Valley / Saturday 23rd June 1990 John F Hickman / Trophies & Engraving / 4th Floor, 94 Elizabeth Street / Melbourne 3000 / Ph: 654 6535 maoris advice, 1990, the holmfield, moonee valley, br healy, bryan healy, r healy, ric healy, b healy, r mcd healy -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, “Maori’s Idol” Trotter - Brian Healy Marnoo
“Maori’s Idol” Trotter - Brian Healy Marnoo. Horse inside bar with silver cup drinking beer.stawell -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Memorabilia - Silver trophy, Maori's Crown, 1998 Vicbred Super Series Final 2yo trotters
Maori's Crown (The Contender Imp P 1.54.0 - Maori Mara Vic Tr 2.9.2 (Bravado Hanover)) Bay Mare. Foaled 1995 (9th Foal). Breeder/Owner: R McD Healy & Co Pty Ltd. Trainer: R McD Healy. Maori's Crown raced from 1998 (2yo) through to 2001 (5yo). Career: 8 wins 1 second 5 thirds 32 starts $57,060 2.06.2 Winning Drivers: BR Gath (4) BR Healy (3) MN Wishart (1). Won on 4 Tracks: Moonee Valley (5) Bendigo (1) Maryborough (1) Ballarat (1)Maori's Crown won the 1998 Vicbred Super Series Final 2yo Trotters at Moonee Valley over 1940m at a mile rate of 2.10.7. Driven by BR Gath. Defeating Claes 2nd and Mad Azz 3rd.Gold and Silver Trophy on a Wooden BaseVicbred / Super Series / Final / 2yo Trotters / Moonee Valley / Saturday 11 July 1998 / Won bytrotting, maoris crown, moonee valley, vicbred super series, 1998, ric healy, r healy, br healy, bryan healy, br gath, brian gath, b gath, b healy, r mcd healy -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Memorabilia - Glass trophy, Maori's Crown, 1998 Edgar Tatlow Memorial 2yo Trotters
Maori's Crown (The Contender Imp P 1.54.0 - Maori Mara Vic Tr 2.9.2 (Bravado Hanover)) Bay Mare. Foaled 1995 (9th Foal). Breeder/Owner: R McD Healy & Co Pty Ltd. Trainer R McD Healy. Maori's Crown raced from 1998 (2yo) through to 2001 (5yo). Career: 8 wins 1 second 5 thirds 32 starts $57,060 2.06.2 Winning Drivers: BR Gath (4) BR Healy (3) MN Wishart (1). Won on 4 Tracks: Moonee Valley (5) Bendigo (1) Maryborough (1) Ballarat (1)Maori's Crown won the 1998 Edgar Tatlow Memorial 2yo Trotters at Moonee Valley over 1940m at a mile rate of 2.06.3. Driven by BR Gath. Defeating Heza Joule 2nd and Kellybrooke 3rd.Glass plaqueVicbred /Edgar Tatlow Memorial / 2yo Trotters / Moonee Valley 23 May 1998 / Won by / Harness Racing Victoria Designed and Handcrafted / in Australia by / Renown Silverwaretrotting, edgar tatlow, moonee valley, 1998, ric healy, r healy, br gath, brian gath, br healy, bryan healy, b gath, b healy, r mcd healy -
Victorian Harness Racing Heritage Collection at Lord's Raceway Bendigo
Memorabilia - Silver trophy, Maori's Idol, 1978 Cranbourne Trotting Club Flying Mile
Maori's Idol (Ike Frost Imp P 2.2.8 - Maori Miss Vic P 2.14.8 Tr 2.10.6 (Grand Monarch)) Bay Horse. Foaled 1972 (5th Foal). Breeder/Owner: R McD Healy & Co Pty Ltd. Trainer R McD Healy. Maori's Idol raced from 1976 (3yo) through to 1982 (9yo). Career: 40 wins 3 seconds 1 third 46 starts $98,820.20 1.59.3 Winning Driver: BR Healy (40). Won on 11 Tracks: Moonee Valley (16) Globe Derby SA (4) Albion Park Qld (2) Kilmore (5) Cranbourne (5) Bendigo (3) Stawell (1) Ballarat (1) Maryborough (1) Hamilton (1) Geelong (1)Maori's Idol won the 1978 Cranbourne Trotting Club Flying Mile at Cranbourne over 1 mile at a mile rate of 2.03.9. Driven by BR Healy. Defeating Hilton Adios 2nd and Touch Merchant 3rd.Silver Trophy on a Wooden BaseKevin Harrison Motors / Trophy / Cranbourne Trotters Flying Mile / 1978maoris idol, cranbourne, 1978, cranbourne trotting club flying mile, bryan healy, ric healy, r healy, br healy, b healy, r mcd healy -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Cato Family Home Tooronga Rd., Hawthorn Melbourne
Cato Family Home in Tooronga Rd., Hawthorn Melbourne. The home was named "Kawarau" from a Maori name meaning "Rippling Water" The home is very large and decorative with a well manicured garden.Photograph of Cato home in Tooronga Rd., Hawthorn Melbourne. Photo of a large two story home set in well manicured gardens with a driveway on the left side and palms either side of the building. The palm on the right side has an unusual trunk. stawell -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Fiona Magowan, Telling stories : Indigenous history and memory in Australia and New Zealand, 2001
Telling Stories looks at the place of life stories and of memory in history: who tells life stories: the purpose for which they are told: the role of story and history in the politics of land claims: and the way language impacts on research and writing. Contents: Introduction /? Bain Attwood and Fiona Magowan 1. Indigenous Australian life writing: tactics and transformations /? Penny van Toorn 2. Stories for land: oral narratives in the Maori Land Court /? Ann Parsonson 3. Crying to remember: reproducing personhood and community /? Fiona Magowan 4. The saga of Captain Cook: remembrance and morality /? Deborah Bird Rose 5. Encounters across time: the makings of an unanticipated trilogy /? Judith Binney 6. In the absence of vita as genre: the making of the Roy Kelly story /? Basil Sansom 7. Autobiography and testimonial discourse in Myles Lalor's 'oral history' /? Jeremy Beckett 8. Taha Maori in the DNZB: a Pakeha view /? W. H. Oliver 9. Maori land law and the Treaty claims process /? Andrew Erueti and Alan Ward 10. 'Learning about the truth': the stolen generations narrative /? Bain Attwood.B&w photographsindigenous history, maori history, oral histories -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - black and white, Taylors' Super Snaps, Frank Wright at Rotorua, New Zealand, 1940, Feb 1940
Frank Wright was a renoun resident of Smeaton, where he was born on 2 August 1901. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia. He died on 16 November 1970.Black and white photograph of a man dressed in a dark suit standing on a made road with three little boys around him. Behind him is a timber house enclosed by a wooden fence. The fence posts and gate posts are carved in the Maori tradition. The man is Frank Wright and the place is Rotorua, New Zealand.Written in pencil on back - At Rotorua, Feb 1940frank wright, musician, adjudicator, brass bands, rotorua, maori carved fence posts -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Geological specimen - Greenstone, Hokitika Jade Company, unknown
New Zealand Greenstone, also called Pounamu is found on New Zealand’s South Island in riverbeds and boulders, and colours vary depending on the source, but always include green tones. It is a form of the mineral nephrite, also known as jade, and is a tough stone with a crystalline structure, made up of calcium magnesium and iron silicate. Its hardness means it is ideal for carving, and has been used for this purpose throughout history, especially by the Maori people of New Zealand. Greenstone features heavily in Maori mythology, and the traditional name for the South Island, Te-Wai-Pounamu, literally translates to waters of greenstone. Wearing of Greenstone pendants with different carvings is practiced by Maori to represent connection to land and ancestors, or to endow the wearer with certain attributes. The sticker on the base of the specimen identifies it as a product of Hokitika Jade Company. The company, which was active in the 1970s, sold jade and greenstone specimens and ornaments. Hokitika, which started life as an 1860s gold rush town, is the origin of most nephrite found in New Zealand, and the centre of the Greenstone carving industry. The object has scientific and research potential as part of the Burke Museum's Geology Collection, and as and example of New Zealand Greenstone. It also has spiritual significance for it's role in Maori beliefs and communities, where it is both traditionally worn and features in mythology. As a valuable stone regularly used in carving and jewellery, it has aesthetic significance. Sticker on base: "N.Z. Greenstone/ a product of/ Hokitika Jade Coy."geological specimen, geology, geology collection, burke museum, beechworth, new zealand, greenstone, hokitika, nephrite, jade -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Taking A Letter
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph at the 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau, South Vietnam, Mary Gaynor from the hospital Red Cross writes a letter for a wounded Maori soldier from th New Zealand contingent attached to the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Provincephotograph, 1st australian field hospital, vung tau, mary gaynor, red cross, maori soldier, new zealand, 1st australian task force, phuoc tuy province, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Magazine clipping: 'The Riches of Poverty Reef', The Riches of Poverty Reef, 1964
Donald Clark Collection. Clipping from People magazine of July 15, 1964. Article titled 'The Riches of Poverty Reef'. Pertains to the founding story of Poverty Reef Mine, the origin of its name, founder David Hatt and the shipwreck from which he was saved 'by a Maori princess' whom he later married. Also covers bushranging and log lockups. Original, not copy.tarnagulla, poverty mine, gold, mining, david hatt, margaret hatt, captain melville, carisbrook -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JAMES LERK COLLECTION: BENDIGO CENTRAL BOTTLE CLUB NEWSLETTER
Bendigo Central Bottle Club Newsletter - James Lerk Collection, Vol. 6, No. 2 (ca. Nov 1980) No special Bendigo article but 'sketches' of bottles relevant to Bendigo businesses: Curtains (City Club Hotel); T R Jones (Chemist); Alfred Aldworth (Wine & Spirit Merchant)Included are old adverts for Carr and Sons products including shoe polish , and The Maori Boot Blackings. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: CHANGE OF TENANTS
[a] Plain manilla undated envelope with handwritten captions, 'Change of Tenants of Co's Hotels', No 2. 'New Zealand Insurance Co, undertakings re Change of Tenants' .[b] Handwritten document enclosed on New Zealand Insurance Company paper with printed letterhead featuring a tattoo faced Maori male dated 14th Sept 1900. Note indicated that policies held by Cohns would not be affected by change of tenants.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Lara RSL Sub Branch
Uniform, Army Dress Jacket
Khaki Service Dress Ass. Sub Branch Australia Red cloth Badges NZ 28 Maori 28 Battalion on both Shoulders Cloth Badge New Zealand Flag on left Shoulder Brass Buttons Badges of Rank Major on both shoulders Cloth Tag White on Inside of Jacket Emerco Brand -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Engraving from photograph, Undated
James Watkin (1805–86), Pioneer Missionary. James Watkin was born in Manchester in 1805. While still young he felt the call to preach and in 1830 was accepted as a candidate for the Wesleyan Ministry. In the same year he married Hannah Entwistle and they sailed with a missionary party to Tonga. The work of the mission was jeopardised by prolonged and involved struggles between Christian and non-Christian Tongan chiefs; Watkin faced alone the danger of tribal warfare, but the experience left him depressed and exhausted. On his removal with his family to Sydney in September 1837 he prayed for a return home to England. Instead, when John Jones offered a free passage for a missionary appointed to Waikouaiti, where Jones had a whaling station, Watkin was selected for the post and arrived there in May 1840. Here he established the first mission station in the South Island. Watkin found the whaling settlement of Waikouaiti a centre of violence, licentiousness, and drunken depravity. Thoroughly disliking the corrupted Maoris and convinced that they were doomed to extinction, and disgusted by the brutality and vices of his fellow Europeans, Watkin laboured without hope, in the bitterness of exile and with deepening depression and distress. In spite of an abhorrence for his situation he established schools at Waikouaiti and Matanaka, and stationed partly trained Maori teachers at Stewart Island and at Moeraki. He had a natural flair for languages, preached in Maori four months after his arrival, and compiled an elementary reading book to be printed in Ngai Tahu. In November 1840 Watkin was greatly disturbed by Bishop Pompallier's visit to Otago. When, however, this was followed by Anglican intrusion – for Bishop Selwyn visited Otago in January 1844 – Watkin thought of withdrawing his own Maori teachers and abandoning the field. Never reconciled to his position at Waikouaiti, Watkin was relieved by Charles Creed and in June 1844 he sailed for Wellington, leaving 227 church members in Otago. In 1855 Watkin settled in New South Wales, and was president of the National Methodist Conference at Adelaide in 1862. He retired in 1869 and died on 14 May 1886, at Ashfield, New South Wales. 'WATKIN, James', from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/1966/watkin-james (accessed 30 Apr 2018) B & W engraving from a photograph of the Rev. James Watkin.Revd. James Watkin, Australia Engraved by J. Cochran from a Photograph. -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Memorabilia - Pestle and Mortar
There has been a fair amount of confusion about this object as the paperwork states that a 'greenstone' gavel with a maori head carving and plaque mounted on green nephrite stone' was gifted when in fact the gavel is made of wood with a silver plaque. There has been no suggestion made as to what happened to the greenstone gavel. We can assume that it was lost or stolen and replaced with a plain wooden one that we now hold at ANZCA. From the attached plaque the Gavel was gifted to the Faculty of Anaesthetists by the New Zealand Fellows of the Faculty in 1965. Plain highly polished wooden pestle sits on a central walnut block on a flat wooden board, a silver plaque is attached on a piece of nephrite stone to one side of the board.[silver plaque] PRESENTED BY THE / NEW ZEALAND FELLOWS / 1965 [in black ink on back of stand] 1992/9aotearoa, new zealand, wood, nephrite, corporate gift -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Conference proceedings, Jon Reyhner, Teaching Indigenous languages, 2012
Teaching Indigenous Languages is a compilation of papers presented at the Fourth Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium sponsored by Northern Arizona University's Center for Excellence in Education and Dept. of Modern Languages on May 1-3, 1997 at the University's du Bois Conference Center in Flagstaff, Arizonamaps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, gamesmaori, apache, arapaho, navajo, cherokee, language and literacy development, bilingual education, indigenous language teaching, language education and technology, language renewal -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Kiwi Gift
A black and white photograph of the Commanding Officer of 9 RAR, Lt Col Alan Morrison, of Woodside, South Australia has a cold beer with a Maori member of the New Zealand 161 Battery, Royal New Zealland Artillery on 24/11/1969. 161 Battery had been the main supporting arm of 9 RAR, which was finishing its first tour of duty in Vietnam. Lt. Col. Morrison had also been presented with a parting Kiwi gift farewelling his Battalion. 161 Battery had been continously in Vietnam since 1966.photograph, lt col a.l. morrison, 9 rar, 161 battery, new zealand maori, royal nz artillery 161, gibbons collection catalogue -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Accessory - Woven fan, c1850s
From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. The Rev James Watkin, 1805-1886, was a Pioneer Wesleyan missionary. He was born in Manchester, UK, in 1805. In 1830 was accepted as a candidate for the Wesleyan Ministry and married Hannah Entwistle. They sailed with a missionary party to Tonga. The work of the mission was jeopardised by prolonged and involved struggles between Christian and non-Christian Tongan chiefs. He left with his family for Sydney in September 1837. He was offered a free passage for a missionary appointed to Waikouaiti, New Zealand and arrived there in May 1840. He established the first mission station in the South Island of New Zealand. Watkin established schools at Waikouaiti and Matanaka, and stationed partly trained Maori teachers at Stewart Island and at Moeraki. He had a natural flair for languages, preached in Maori four months after his arrival, and compiled an elementary reading book to be printed in Ngai Tahu. Watkin was relieved by Charles Creed and inWatkin finished his posiion in Waikouaiti in June 1844 when he sailed for Wellington, leaving 227 church members in Otago. In 1855 Watkin settled in New South Wales, Australia, and was president of the National Methodist Conference at Adelaide in 1862. He retired in 1869 and died on 14 May 1886, at Ashfield, New South Wales. Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/watkin-jamesETH071.1 and ETH071.2: Mid nineteenth century woven palm fans with red coloured bamboo handles.rev james watkin -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Accessory - Woven fan, c1850s
From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. The Rev James Watkin, 1805-1886, was a Pioneer Wesleyan missionary. He was born in Manchester, UK, in 1805. In 1830 was accepted as a candidate for the Wesleyan Ministry and married Hannah Entwistle. They sailed with a missionary party to Tonga. The work of the mission was jeopardised by prolonged and involved struggles between Christian and non-Christian Tongan chiefs. He left with his family for Sydney in September 1837. He was offered a free passage for a missionary appointed to Waikouaiti, New Zealand and arrived there in May 1840. He established the first mission station in the South Island of New Zealand. Watkin established schools at Waikouaiti and Matanaka, and stationed partly trained Maori teachers at Stewart Island and at Moeraki. He had a natural flair for languages, preached in Maori four months after his arrival, and compiled an elementary reading book to be printed in Ngai Tahu. Watkin was relieved by Charles Creed and inWatkin finished his posiion in Waikouaiti in June 1844 when he sailed for Wellington, leaving 227 church members in Otago. In 1855 Watkin settled in New South Wales, Australia, and was president of the National Methodist Conference at Adelaide in 1862. He retired in 1869 and died on 14 May 1886, at Ashfield, New South Wales. Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/watkin-jamesETH072.1 and ETH072.2: Mid nineteenth century woven palm fans with handles.rev james watkin -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Accessory - Seed necklace and bracelet, c1850s
From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. From the collection of the Rev James Watkin. The Rev James Watkin, 1805-1886, was a Pioneer Wesleyan missionary. He was born in Manchester, UK, in 1805. In 1830 was accepted as a candidate for the Wesleyan Ministry and married Hannah Entwistle. They sailed with a missionary party to Tonga. The work of the mission was jeopardised by prolonged and involved struggles between Christian and non-Christian Tongan chiefs. He left with his family for Sydney in September 1837. He was offered a free passage for a missionary appointed to Waikouaiti, New Zealand and arrived there in May 1840. He established the first mission station in the South Island of New Zealand. Watkin established schools at Waikouaiti and Matanaka, and stationed partly trained Maori teachers at Stewart Island and at Moeraki. He had a natural flair for languages, preached in Maori four months after his arrival, and compiled an elementary reading book to be printed in Ngai Tahu. Watkin was relieved by Charles Creed and inWatkin finished his posiion in Waikouaiti in June 1844 when he sailed for Wellington, leaving 227 church members in Otago. In 1855 Watkin settled in New South Wales, Australia, and was president of the National Methodist Conference at Adelaide in 1862. He retired in 1869 and died on 14 May 1886, at Ashfield, New South Wales. Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/watkin-jamesETH073.1 dark brown wild tamarind seed necklace and ETH073.2 bracelet.rev james watkin