Wesleyan (Methodist) mission station established in 1844 by Rev Gideon Smales at a place called Rauraukauere where he proceeded to erect his station which he called "Beechamdale" after one of the Secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society in England. In 1868 with Raglan and Kawhia were combined in one circut under the Rev Cort Schnackenberg.
Aotea Wesleyan Mission Station
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Smales, Gideon (Rev), 1817-1894 : Papers
Date: 1839-1894
By: Smales, Gideon, 1817-1894
Reference: Micro-MS-0304
Description: Includes shipboard journal kept on board the `Triton' from Bristol to Hokianga, 1839-1840; record of a journey from Mangungu to the Bay of Islands and from there to the Thames in search of the body of Rev John Bumby, 1840; journal of the trip in 1842 from Hokianga to Aotea Mission Station and back via Auckland; notes and draft letters before, during and after the voyage from New Zealand to England on board the `Sussex', 1859; journal of the voyage from England to New Zealand aboard the `Nourmahal', 1859; notebook, 1860; extracts from the log of the `Northumberland on the voyage from Auckland to London, 1862; copies of poems; M A Smales exercise book, 1863, with some miscellaneous papers; journal of voyage from Auckland to San Francisco in the steamship `Nebraska', 1871; copies of articles from the `New Zealand Herald, 1893-1894 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (958 frames). Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 30 September 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is in the staff backfile..
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[Smales, John Bumby, fl 1841-1869] :Plan of Wesleyan Mission Station Aotea [ms map]. [c...
Date: 1855
By: Smales, John Bumby, 1841-1869
Reference: MapColl-832.14gbbd/[ca.1855]/Acc.23678
Description: Plan of Wesleyan Mission Station showing church, missionary house, cottage, store, kitchen building, large garden, lands, boathouse, the road to the church, stream, swamp, ditches, banks, fences, post and rail fence between station and the harbour. Reference to fences is colour-coded indicating ditches, banks, sticks, and post and rail. Established by Reverend Gideon Smales in 1844 and originally called Beechamdale. See: 'Some notes on the Wesleyan mission at Aotea' by C.G. Hunt, [1965] Signed JBS. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on paper, scale [ca.1:2 000], 39 x 30 cm on sheet 57 x 45 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS Papers 1018.
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Manuscript
Letter from Hemi to Henare
Date: 26 Dec 1870
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0694G-18
Description: Letter written from Aotea Mission with contemporary copy by C.H.S. with notes Quantity: 1 piece (6 pages on 2 leaves).