Coming of the Light, first missionaries to the Torres Strait (1871)
Coming of the Light, first missionaries to the Torres Strait (1871)
Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/07/2021
All Day
Location
St Luke's Mosman Park
On the first day of July 1871, a ship bearing London Missionary Society personnel arrived on Darnley Island in the Torres Strait, with copies of the Bible. They were received as fulfilling a long-held local tradition, and the Gospel of Christ took root quickly. The day has since been marked by all Islanders as ‘The Coming of the Light.’