This book contains the evidence given by the Secretaries of the Church Missionary Society, the Wesleyan Missionary Society, and the London Missionary Society to the Committee of the House of Commons on Aborigines.

D. Coates, Rev John Beecham and Rev William Ellis, Christianity the means of civilization: shown in the Evidence given before a Committee of the House of Commons, on Aborigines (R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, L. and G. Seeley, and T. Mason, 1837)

Missionary societies from the United Kingdom established missions in NSW. Each mission operated independently. The living conditions on each mission depended on the people in charge. Aboriginal people went to missions by choice and by necessity. The NSW Government’s role was limited to granting land, funding, and distributing resources.

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D. Coates, Rev John Beecham and Rev William Ellis, Christianity the means of civilization: shown in the Evidence given before a Committee of the House of Commons, on Aborigines (R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, L. and G. Seeley, and T. Mason, 1837)

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