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Australasian Mission

Date Formed
1854 January 1
Date Ended
1898 January 1
Location Formed
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Location Ended
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Ecclesiastical
Organization Area
Pacific
Organization Participants in Database
274

The Australasian Mission was renamed from the Australian Mission on 1 January 1854 when that mission was expanded to include parts of Asia and the Pacific. It reverted back to the Australian Mission at the end of 1897 when the New Zealand Mission was created.

Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1854 January 1

Date Details

Occurred On 1854 January 1
Formed

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Augustus Alwin Farnham Called as Mission President

1854 January 1 – 1856 May 28

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Called
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Ended On 1856 May 28
Departed from the Field

Andrew Jackson Stewart Called as Mission President

1857 June 7 – 1858 May 30

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Called
Sources

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Ended On 1858 May 30
Released

Thomas Ford Called as Mission President

1858 May 30 – 1863 February

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Called
Sources

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Ended On 1863 February
Released

Robert Beauchamp Dolling Set Apart as Mission President

1868 December 8 – 1874

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Ended On 1874
Released

William Geddes Arrived in the Field as Mission President

1874 March 16 – 1875 February 13

End Date Details

Ended On 1875 February 13
Departed from the Field

Thomas Arthur Gladman Shreeve Called as Mission President

1878 September 15 – 1879 January 26

End Date Details

Ended On 1879 January 26
Released

Frederick John Augustus May Called as Mission President

1878 September 15 – 1879 January 26

Elijah Francis Pearce Set Apart as Mission President

1878 October 10 – 1880 March 3

End Date Details

Ended On 1880 March 3
Departed from the Field

George Batt Called as Mission President

1880 March 3 – 1881 January 18

William Thomas Stewart Set Apart as Mission President

1883 April 30 – 1886 May 25

End Date Details

Ended On 1886 May 25
Departed from the Field

William Paxman Set Apart as Mission President

1886 February 19 – 1889 September 5

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Set Apart

End Date Details

Ended On 1889 September 5
Released

John Samuel Bingham Set Apart as Mission President

1888 April 9 – 1891 October 4

End Date Details

Ended On 1891 October 4
Arrived at Home

William Thomas Stewart Set Apart as Mission President

1891 July 17 – 1893 December 30

End Date Details

Ended On 1893 December 30
Departed from the Field

Andrew Smith, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President

1895 August 10 – 1898 January 1

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Set Apart

End Date Details

Ended On 1898 January 1
Released

Ended in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1898 January 1

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Occurred On 1898 January 1
Ended

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Media
Australasian Mission Map
Australasian Mission Map
New Zealand Mission Collage
New Zealand Mission Collage
New Zealand Missionaries
New Zealand Missionaries
Missionaries at Te Hawke
Missionaries at Te Hawke
Maori Book of Mormon Translators
Maori Book of Mormon Translators
Mahia District
Mahia District

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