Jensz, Felicity.

German Moravian missionaries in the British colony of Victoria, Australia, 1848-1908 influential strangers / [electronic resource] : by Felicity Jensz. - Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, c2010. - xv, 274 p. : ill., maps. - Studies in Christian mission, v. 38 0924-9389 ; . - Studies in Christian mission ; v. 38. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-261) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Moravian Church--Missions--History--Australia--Victoria--19th century.


Missions, German--History--Australia--Victoria--19th century.
Germans--History--Australia--Victoria--19th century.
Aboriginal Australians--Missions--History--Australia--Victoria--19th century.


Victoria--Church history--19th century.


Electronic books.

BV3660.V5 / J46 2010

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