Item Detail
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26858
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2
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English
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Making Friends Down Under : The Beginnings of LDS Missionary Work on Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia, 1961
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Mormon Historical Studies
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March 2011
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12
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1
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Sandy, UT
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Mormon Historic Sites Foundation
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105-123
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The article examines the history of Mormon missionary work on Thursday Island (TI), Queensland, Australia. Particular focus is given to the founding of the mission and the experiences of the first three full-time missionaries stationed there, Gordon Holt, Gary Blacker, and James Lundahl. Details related to the missionaries' use of basketball in forming relationships with Torres Strait Islanders on TI are also presented.