This collection showcases entries by Avondale affiliated staff from the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists
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Peo, Ghusa (c. 1896–1926)
Milton Hook
Ghusa Peo, a mission leader from the Solomon Islands, was the eldest son born to Chief Tetagu and his wife, Sambenaru, of the Marovo Lagoon region in the Solomon Islands. Jimiru, Rini, Kata Rangaso, and Liligetto were Ghusa Peo’s younger brothers.
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Peterson, Alfred William (1887–1971)
Milton Hook
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Alfred W. Peterson gave leadership to youth ministries in the Seventh-day Adventist church at the General Conference, Australasian Division, and three union conferences in the United States.
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Pitcairn Island
Milton Hook
The people of Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific first learned about the biblical Sabbath from John Tay in 1886, and the story of Pitcairn has become deeply entrenched in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific.
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Poroi, Agnes (Parker) (Deane) (1887–1977)
Milton Hook
Agnes Poroi, fluent in four languages, served the church as a translator and editor for the Eastern Polynesian magazines, Sabbath School lessons, and books at the Rarotongan press in the Cook Islands and the Papeete Press in Tahiti.
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Potter, John James (1879–1945)
Milton Hook
John James Potter was involved in the publishing work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and manager of the Signs Publishing Company.
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Prescott College, Australia
Milton Hook
Prescott College operates on three separate campuses in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It is administered by the South Australian Conference, a conference in the Australian Union Conference.
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Pretyman, Cecil Herbert (1875–1965)
Milton Hook
Cecil Herbert Pretyman was an Adventist literature evangelist, financial administer, chaplain, and pastor in South Africa and Australia.
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Rainima, Alipati (d. 1912)
Milton Hook
Alipati Rainima, a Fijian Seventh-day Adventist, commenced working as a literature evangelist in 1903. He pioneered many new areas in Fiji in his nine years of service for the Church before he died.
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Rarama, Fiji Periodical
Milton Hook
Na Rarama (The light) was a Seventh-day Adventist message magazine prepared and mostly printed in Fiji for Fijians in the Fijian language between 1900 and 1955.
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Read, Albert Josiah (1863–1929)
Milton Hook
Albert Read was a missionary from the United States who traveled to the Pacific Islands on the first voyage of the Pitcairn and worked primarily in the Islands of Tahiti before pursuing education and work in the medical field.
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Reye, Raimund (1903–1968), and Reubena Emily (Thompson, 1899–1992)
Milton Hook
Raimund and Reubena Reye worked as missionaries among the Samoan people in Samoa in the 1920s through the 1940s. Raimund Reye was the principal of the West Australian Missionary College for 14 years in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Richards, William John (1903–1988)
Milton Hook
William Richards was an evangelist and church administrator in a number of conferences in Australia and New Zealand. At the time of his retirement he was the president of the Trans-Tasman Union Conference.
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Robie, Alfred A. (1872–1909) and Carrie Lilian (Sadler) (1867–1926)
Milton Hook
Alfred and Carrie Robie from North America were pioneers of the Avondale Health Retreat in Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia.
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Robinson, Asa Theron (1850–1949)
Milton Hook
Asa T. Robinson served as an evangelist and administrator in the United States and Australia and led out in organizing the Adventist work in South Africa.
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Roenfelt, Erwin Erhardt (1899–1987)
Milton Hook
Erwin Erhardt Roennfeldt was born on May 4, 1899, of Germanic ancestry in the rural hamlet of Greenock, SA. His parents were Erhardt Franz Wilhelm Roennfeldt and Antonia Florentine (Jaensch) Roennfeldt.
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Rogers, Viola May (1891–1963)
Milton Hook
Viola Rogers was for many years involved in editorial work for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australasia. She was the senior editor for the Australasian Record and The Missionary Leader for a period of eight years.
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Rore, Sasa (c. 1900–1988)
Milton Hook
Sasa Rore, a Solomon Islander, was a pioneering leader in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. He was the district director on Guadalcanal Island during the bitter conflicts of World War II.
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Rousseau, Lemuel Joseph (1857–1898)
Milton Hook
Joseph Rousseau was instrumental in establishing the first Bible school in Australasia at St. Kilda, Melbourne, in 1892. He then assisted in the location of suitable ground at for the establishment of the Australasian Missionary College at Cooranbong, where he and his wife were among the first Seventh-day Adventist residents. He returned to America and died prematurely at the age of 41.
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Rowden, John Hampton and Adele (Young) (1943–1975)
Milton Hook
John Rowden was trained at Avondale College, Australia, as a mathematics and science teacher. After teaching at Hawthorn Adventist High School, in Melbourne, Victoria, for three years, he and his wife, Adelle, accepted an appointment to Fulton College, Fiji. After a further 3 years he became the principal of Vatuvonu Junior Secondary School, Fiji. After a little more than two years of leadership at that school, he died in Fiji in a tragic accident in May 1975.
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Rowe, Jack William George (1915–1946) and Wilma Eva (Allum, 1917–2012)
Milton Hook
Jack and Wilma Rowe were medical missionaries to Fiji.
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Rudge, Edmund Bean (1886–1960) and Gladys Elizabeth Ursula (Faulkhead) (1887–1983)
Milton Hook
Edmund Rudge and his wife Gladys trained as nurses but served the Adventist Church in pastoral ministry in Australia, Fiji, and Great Britain. Edmund Rudge became the president of the Australasian Division in 1939 and held that position during the years of World War II.
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Rusa, George (1932–2003)
Milton Hook
George Rusa, a Solomon Islander, was significantly involved in the care, maintenance and operation of the fleet of mission vessels operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea Islands during the second half of the twentieth century.
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Salabogi, Ratu Meli (c. 1870–1939)
Milton Hook
Ratu Meli Salabogi was an influential chief of the Ra district on the island of Viti Levu, Fiji. He was instrumental in sharing the message of the Seventh-day Adventist Church with political and community leaders in Fiji.
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Samoa
Milton Hook
Western Samoa, as distinct from American Samoa, was a German protectorate until the outbreak of World War I when New Zealand occupied the group. New Zealand continued to administer the islands as a trust territory until 1962, when the country became independent.
