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Author Tyrrell, Alex.

Title A sphere of benevolence : the life of Joseph Orton, Wesleyan Methodist missionary (1795-1842) / Alex Tyrrell
Published Melbourne : State Library of Victoria, 1993

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Description xiv, 265 pages
Summary Work of Wesleyan Missionary Joseph Orton in Jamaica, New Zealand, New South Wales, Van Diemens Land and Port Phillip; his efforts to establish a mission for Aborigines resulted in the Buntingdale Mission in 1839; discussion of his views on colonial race relations, Aboriginal culture , colonial administration and mission work; his aim to return to Britain to publicise the degraded conditions of Aborigines was cut short by his death in 1842
Analysis Aboriginal Australians - Missions
Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church - History
Orton, Joseph, 1795-1842
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography
Subject Orton, Joseph Rennard, 1795-1842.
Orton, Joseph, 1795-1842
Strang, Jesse, 1797-1827.
Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church -- Missions -- History
Wesleyan Methodist Church -- Clergy -- Biography.
Wesleyan Methodist Church -- Missions -- Australia -- History.
Wesleyan Methodist Church -- Missions -- Jamaica -- History.
Wesleyan Methodist Church -- Missions -- New Zealand -- History.
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society -- Missions -- Australia.
Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- History.
Aboriginal Australians -- Missions.
Missionaries -- Australasia -- Biography.
Missionaries -- Australia -- Biography.
Missionaries.
Missions -- Australasia -- History.
Missions -- Jamaica -- History.
Missions -- New Zealand -- History.
SUBJECT Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Church history http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005023 -- To 1851
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author State Library of Victoria.
ISBN 0730634884