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Florence Young - From farm girl to fearless missionary

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:11:04
Publish Date: 2021-10-10 18:30:00
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Florence Young was a New Zealand-born farm girl who sought to better the lives of Pacific Islander farm labourers who had been blackbirded into the Queensland sugar industry. She taught them to read, preached the Christian gospel and started church communities in Queensland and the Solomon Islands.

Further Reading:
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/young-florence-selina-9214
https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/it-happened-today/5/28

Autobiography - Pearls From the Pacific by Florence S. H. Young
https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Pearls-Pacific-Young-Florence-S-H/30951770486/bd

Biography - Florence Young - Mission Accomplished by Janet and Geoff Benge
https://www.koorong.com/product/florence-young-mission-accomplished-christian-heroes-then-now_1576583139

You can find Paul Roe online at The Outback Historian.com.au

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