Mid-North Coast: Letter from Reverend Lancelot E Threlkeld to Governor George Grey, 12 April 1859
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Reverend Threlkeld was determined to share the knowledge he had gained in his time living with the Awabakal people. Description:
Lancelot Edward Threlkeld was a missionary in the Society Islands and from 1825 to 1841 was superintendent of the Aboriginal mission at Lake Macquarie. He translated the Gospel of St. Luke into the Awabakal language.
Full catalogue record available online at: http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110365234.
Cultural Narrative:
Reverend Threlkeld was determined to share the knowledge he had gained in his time living with the Awabakal people. To further his cause, he developed relationships with powerful colonial officials like Governor George Grey. In this letter to Grey, Threlkeld writes of how busy he has been completing his research, writing up the findings and informing his many contacts, including American ethnologist and linguist Horatio Hale.
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1859 April 12thCreator:
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Awabakal, EnglishIdentifier:
A 382, pp 59–60Type:
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