Newspaper cutting on the drowning of John Bumby and his colleagues in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand

This material is held atSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archives, University of London

  • Reference
    • GB 102 MMSL MSS/009
  • Dates of Creation
    • Aug 1990
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet

Scope and Content

Cutting from 'Crosslink' on a service to commemorate the 150 year anniversary of the drowning of the Wesleyan Methodist missionary John Bumby and his 12 colleagues whilst crossing the Hauraki Gulf in New Zealand on 26 June 1840.

Administrative / Biographical History

Rev John Hagwill Bumby (1808-1840) served as a Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society missionary in New Zealand for almost eighteen months between 1838 and 1840.

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