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OLAC Record oai:paradisec.org.au:NT3-ErakorSessionBook |
| Metadata | ||
| Title: | Erakor Session Book | |
| Access Rights: | Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions) | |
| Bibliographic Citation: | Nick Thieberger (collector), 1861. Erakor Session Book. PDF. NT3-ErakorSessionBook at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/ngge-yt36 | |
| Contributor (compiler): | Nick Thieberger | |
| Coverage (Box): | northlimit=-17.7164; southlimit=-17.8497; westlimit=168.25; eastlimit=168.419 | |
| Date (W3CDTF): | 1861-12-01 | |
| Date Created (W3CDTF): | 1861-12-01 | |
| Description: | A handwritten book of some 290 pages recording the Presbyterian Church sessions in south Efate from 1861 to 1908. It was written by the missionaries Donald Morrison (until 1868), James Cosh (until 1873), and James Mackenzie. First written in English, it switches to Nafsan in July 1866, then back to English when Cosh takes over. Mackenzie write some of his entries in Nafsan. Permission was granted by the Uniting Church of Australia to copy this book and to make it available in PARADISEC. A transcription of the book is underway in 2026.. Language as given: | |
| Format: | Digitised: no Audio Notes: Hello Nick, I am pleased that your research turned up some interesting information, and that it will have meaning to the people of Vanuatu. Please take this email as permission for you to make a digital copy of the book located in the Mitchell Library and add it to the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) website. Thank you for the work you do. I am pleased you have been able to use the Presbyterian material in the Mitchell Library. Regards, Christine 24/3/2026 Christine Gordon Assembly Archivist Centre for Ministry 16 Masons Drive North Parramatta NSW 2151 Mobile 042 521 4771 | |
| Identifier: | NT3-ErakorSessionBook | |
| Identifier (URI): | http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/NT3/ErakorSessionBook | |
| Language: | English | |
| South Efate | ||
| Language (ISO639): | eng | |
| erk | ||
| Publisher: | Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) | |
| Rights: | Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions) | |
| Subject: | South Efate language | |
| Subject (ISO639): | erk | |
| Subject (OLAC): | language_documentation | |
| text_and_corpus_linguistics | ||
| Table Of Contents (URI): | http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/NT3/ErakorSessionBook/NT3-ErakorSessionBook-01.pdf | |
| Type (DCMI): | Text | |
| Type (OLAC): | primary_text | |
OLAC Info |
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| Archive: | Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) | |
| Description: | http://www.language-archives.org/archive/paradisec.org.au | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for OLAC format | |
| GetRecord: | Pre-generated XML file | |
OAI Info |
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| OaiIdentifier: | oai:paradisec.org.au:NT3-ErakorSessionBook | |
| DateStamp: | 2026-04-06 | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for simple DC format | |
Search Info | ||
| Citation: | Nick Thieberger (compiler). 1861. Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). | |
| Terms: | area_Europe area_Pacific country_GB country_VU dcmi_Text iso639_eng iso639_erk olac_language_documentation olac_primary_text olac_text_and_corpus_linguistics | |
Inferred Metadata | ||
| Country: | Vanuatu | |
| Area: | Pacific | |