OLD TAHITI.
AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, August 5. Messrs Hodgsons, book dealers, have discovered a copy of what is believed to be the first Australian book. It bears the imprint, "I!. Howe, .Sydney, 1814," and is in the Tahitian language. It is an epitome of Christ's teachings. When missionaries escaped to Sydney in 1812 from the cannibal Taliitians, they prepared a book, and returned when the islanders were tranquil.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1915, Page 5
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72OLD TAHITI. Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1915, Page 5
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