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NT3-ErakorSessionBook
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Title Erakor Session Book
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.
Origination date 1861-12-01
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/NT3/ErakorSessionBook
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Nick Thieberger
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Efate, South - erk
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English - eng
Efate, South - erk
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Originating university University of Melbourne
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DOI 10.26278/ngge-yt36
Cite as Nick Thieberger (collector), 1861. Erakor Session Book. PDF. NT3-ErakorSessionBook at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.26278/ngge-yt36
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Collection ID NT3
Collection title Efate materials, primary historical sources, and recordings from Pangpang and Erakor
Description South Efate documents, keyboarded versions of early texts written in South Efate. NT3-NadusIskei and NT3-TusiFe are the first books from Efate. NT3-catechism is the Efatese primer catechism and hymn book from 1911, text and images of the original.
NT3-kenesis is Keyboarded from Genesis translated by Rev. J.Cosh (1874)
NT3-scripturehistory, 1923,"Scripture History: Efate New Hebrides 1923. NT3-sope,Stories by Pastor Sope,
Handwritten manuscript kept by Shirley Macrae (not the same as NT3-storian).
NT3-storian. A rendering of the Sope stories into current usage, "Storian Blong Pastor Sope long lanwis blong Saot Efate we oli bin kamaot samples long yia 1950," Endis Kalsarap translated them into modern South Efate and into Bislama.
The Sesake (a north Efate variety) document is a transcription of Bishop Patteson's manuscript.
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Bislama - bis
English - eng
Efate, South - erk
Efate, North - llp
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