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Arriving in the remote Arnhem Land Aboriginal settlement of Oenpelli (Gunbalanya) in 1925, Alf and Mary Dyer aimed to bring Christ to a former buffalo shooting camp and an Aboriginal population many whites considered difficult to control. The Bible in Buffalo Country: Oenpelli Mission 1925-1931 represents a snapshot of the tumultuous first six years of the Church Missionary Society's mission at Oenpelli and the superintendency of Alfred Dyer between 1925 and 1931. Drawing together documentary and photographic sources with local community memory, a story emerges of miscommunication, sickness, constant logistical issues, and an Aboriginal community choosing when and how to engage with the newcomers to their land. This book provides a fascinating and detailed record of the primary sources of the mission, placed alongside the interpretation and insight of local Traditional Owners. Its contents include the historical and archaeological context of the primary source material, the vivid mission reports and correspondence, along with stunning photographs of the mission and relevant maps, and finally the oral history of Esther Manakgu, presenting Aboriginal memory of this complex era. The Bible in Buffalo Country emerged from community desire for access to the source documents of their own history and for their story to be known by the broader Australian public. It is intended for the benefit of communities in western Arnhem Land and is also a rich resource for historians of Aboriginal history (and other scholars in relevant disciplines).--

Church Missionary Society --- History. --- Anjuman-i Tablīghī-i Kilīsā --- C.M.S. --- Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East --- Church of England. --- CMS --- Society for Missions to Africa and the East --- Church Mission Society --- Dyer, A. J. --- Dyer, Alfred John,

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It is part of current missiological orthodoxy that newly created churches should obtain independence from cross-cultural missionaries as soon as possible. It is not often realised that much Victorian missionary thinking shared that objective. This important new work examines the ideal of the self-governing church in the Victorian period through a study of the official mind of the Church Missionary Society. The study begins with an examination of Henry Venn's, the famous CMS Secretary, commitment to self-supporting, self-propagating and self-governing churches. Was he a lonely figure battling against the accepted wisdom of the mid-Victorian period? The author argues that he was not, and was, if anything a slightly conservative spokesman for much current wisdom. Far from his views being abandoned at his death, they were the accepted orthodoxy within CMS until the end of the century. Although they came under increasing attack in the nineties, it was not until the beginning of the twentieth century, particularly under the influence of Eugune Stock, that they were finally abandoned. The importance of this study lies not only in its ability to explain Victorian missionary development, but also because it takes on board the age-old issue of how quickly should a church become self-governing.

Indigenous church administration --- Missions --- History --- Theory --- History of doctrines --- 266 "18" --- 266:283 --- 266.2*2 --- -Missions --- -Christian missions --- Christianity --- Missions, Foreign --- Religion --- Theology, Practical --- Proselytizing --- Church administration, Indigenous --- Church management, Indigenous --- Native church administration --- Church management --- Missies. Evangelisatie. Zending--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 --- Anglicaanse missies --- Lokale kerken --- -Theory --- -History of doctrines --- Devolution --- Venn, Henry --- Church Missionary Society --- -Anjuman-i Tablīghī-i Kilīsā --- Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East --- Church of England. --- CMS --- Society for Missions to Africa and the East --- Church Mission Society --- -266 "18" --- -Missies. Evangelisatie. Zending--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 --- -Venn, Henry --- -History --- 266.2*2 Lokale kerken --- 266:283 Anglicaanse missies --- -Indigenous church administration --- -266.2*2 Lokale kerken --- Christian missions --- Venn, Henry, --- Anjuman-i Tablīghī-i Kilīsā --- C.M.S. --- Venn, John,

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Missions --- Theory --- History of doctrines --- Church Missionary Society --- History --- 266:284 --- Protestantse missies --- 266:284 Protestantse missies --- Christian missions --- Christianity --- Missions, Foreign --- Religion --- Theology, Practical --- Proselytizing --- Anjuman-i Tablīghī-i Kilīsā --- Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East --- Church of England. --- CMS --- Society for Missions to Africa and the East --- Church Mission Society --- History. --- C.M.S. --- Missions - Theory - History of doctrines - 19th century --- Missions - Theory - History of doctrines - 20th century