The moon and Polynesia

Physical Description: 19 [+1 p. : ill., 2 ll. of plates incl. maps ; 20.8 x 13 cm.

Notes: "[B]y C.W. Whonsbon-Aston, Archdeacon of Polynesia".; "Published by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 15, Tufton Street, London, S.W.1 and the Australian Board of Missions, 109 Cambridge Street, Stanmore, New South Wales".; "First published 1961. Second edition 1963". -- verso of t.-p.; A history and description of the "diocese of Polynesia [which is] unchallengeably the biggest diocese in area in the world, eleven million square miles of it, though often described as mainly 'wind and water'. .... There are two Polynesias. One is the ethnographic division of the Pacific. The other, not just the same, is the diocese of Polynesia, somewhat misnamed, for its See centre is in Melanesian Fiji, though the bulk of its area is in Polynesia". -- p. 5, 7.; Contents: Foreword dated July 1961 / Mark Tanton -- Two Polynesias -- A conglomeration of complexities -- The International Date Line -- Minorities -- Fiji, the crossroads of the Pacific -- The parish of Suva -- The pioneering centre: Levuka -- The Melanesians -- The Indians in Fiji -- The Indian Mission -- Industrial unrest in Fiji -- The kingdom of Tonga -- Western Samoa and the Cook Islands -- The Gilbert and Ellis and scattered isles of the Pacific -- An indigenous ministry -- The new order -- Addendum.; Colophon: Printed in Great Britain by the Faith Press, Ltd., Leighton Buzzard.

Subjects: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Diocese of Polynesia; Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Diocese of Polynesia - History; Anglican Communion - Pacific Area - History; Anglican Communion - Oceania - History