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Author Jensz, Felicity.

Title German Moravian missionaries in the British colony of Victoria, Australia, 1848-1908 [electronic resource] : influential strangers / by Felicity Jensz.

Imprint Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xv, 274 p. : ill., maps.
Series Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; v. 38
Studies in Christian mission ; v. 38.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-261) and index.
Contents God's lot : Moravians and missions -- "The most wretched and bleakest" : Moravian desire to work amongst the Australian Aborigines -- "Ein fauler Fleck" : Lake Boga, a putrid stain -- "I is done--no more" : the first converts -- "Alles geht seinen schleppenden Gang"-- expansion, movement and sluggish progress -- "Every triumphant death"-- closure in a British colony.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Moravian Church -- Missions -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 19th century.
Missions, German -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 19th century.
Germans -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 19th century.
Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 19th century.
Victoria -- Church history -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004179219 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004179216 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004181533 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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