Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Koe Hisitolia o Mamani
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Kuo buluji maae G. Lautohi = Government Primary School
Place
Date
1888
Physical Description
Language
Tongan
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Provenance Details
AWMM 3 Feb 1953
Public Access Text
Tongan History book Crest of Tonga College and school motto "Toga maa Toga" on jacket and title page. "Kuo buluji i Aokalani [printed in Auckland] E he ogo Misa Uilisoni mo Hoatani [Wilson and Horton]) June 1888."--rear jacket Preface dated June 5, 1888 is by Shirley Baker, Premier
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
"The first schools in Tonga were started by the Wesleyan Mission in 1828, even before the conversion to Christianity of the Tongans, and practically all primary education was controlled by the Mission until 1882 when the government took over the educational system. In 1906, various missionary organizations again were allowed to establish schools."--Nations Encyclopaedia.
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Shirley Waldemar BAKER (1836-1903), missionary and premier of Tonga.
*"...Baker returned to Tonga in 1880, was immediately installed by Tupou as his premier and resigned from the Wesleyan ministry. Under his administration Tongan finances were reorganized, the land laws were revised and a National system of education was set up in competition with the Wesleyan system. A bitter dispute developed with the Wesleyans and in 1885 Baker established the Free Church, Wesleyan in doctrine but free from Australian control. The King ordered all Tongans to join the new church; those who refused were beaten by their chiefs and despoiled of their possessions..."--Australian Dictionary of Biography
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
06 Dec 2024
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