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Louis Giustiniani
Louis (or Luis) Giustiniani was the first missionary to the Swan River Colony. He was outspoken in defending Aboriginal Australians, but in doing so alienated the colony and was eventually removed from office. After leaving Western Australia, Giustiniani became a Minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States.
In 1835, the Western Australian Missionary Society, a society formed in Dublin and London in part by Colonel Frederick Irwin, appointed Giustiniani to establish a mission in the Swan River Colony, Western Australia.
Rev Dr Giustiniani, the Missionary selected by the Society, is highly approved of by the London and Dublin Committee, for his spirit and acquirements; he is a man singularly fitted to conduct the Mission. Dr Giustiniani has been in the habit of preaching in London in English, German, French and Italian; he knows, also, the Hebrew, Syriac, Greek and Latin languages. He has a good practical knowledge of the sciences, botany, chemistry, mechanics etc. He has also taken a degree as a physician. He has fully proved his sincerity and devotedness to the cause by the sacrifices he has made.
Giustiniani was from the noble Italian Giustiniani family, one of the princes of which had married into an English family, and Louis was connected to the heirs of the estate and title of Earl of Newburgh. He was Catholic by upbringing but had renounced the Catholic faith.
His mission was to "civilise" and Christianise the Aboriginal people, and to learn their language.
Giustiniani and his wife Maria arrived in the Colony of Western Australia on Addingham on 26 June 1836. On his arrival, Giustiniani was in poor health.
Giustiniani's first church service was held at Guildford on 31 July 1836 that attracted an attendance of about 60 people in spite of "boisterous weather". By this time his health had improved, but although he had only been in the colony a few weeks, he was accused of not having taken any steps towards the instruction of Aboriginal people.
His response included the statement that the settlers "stand nearly as much in need of religious instruction as the" Aboriginal people. This statement resulted in numerous letters to the Perth Gazette, particularly on the part of "A Publican", criticising his "excess of zeal".
Louis Giustiniani
Louis (or Luis) Giustiniani was the first missionary to the Swan River Colony. He was outspoken in defending Aboriginal Australians, but in doing so alienated the colony and was eventually removed from office. After leaving Western Australia, Giustiniani became a Minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States.
In 1835, the Western Australian Missionary Society, a society formed in Dublin and London in part by Colonel Frederick Irwin, appointed Giustiniani to establish a mission in the Swan River Colony, Western Australia.
Rev Dr Giustiniani, the Missionary selected by the Society, is highly approved of by the London and Dublin Committee, for his spirit and acquirements; he is a man singularly fitted to conduct the Mission. Dr Giustiniani has been in the habit of preaching in London in English, German, French and Italian; he knows, also, the Hebrew, Syriac, Greek and Latin languages. He has a good practical knowledge of the sciences, botany, chemistry, mechanics etc. He has also taken a degree as a physician. He has fully proved his sincerity and devotedness to the cause by the sacrifices he has made.
Giustiniani was from the noble Italian Giustiniani family, one of the princes of which had married into an English family, and Louis was connected to the heirs of the estate and title of Earl of Newburgh. He was Catholic by upbringing but had renounced the Catholic faith.
His mission was to "civilise" and Christianise the Aboriginal people, and to learn their language.
Giustiniani and his wife Maria arrived in the Colony of Western Australia on Addingham on 26 June 1836. On his arrival, Giustiniani was in poor health.
Giustiniani's first church service was held at Guildford on 31 July 1836 that attracted an attendance of about 60 people in spite of "boisterous weather". By this time his health had improved, but although he had only been in the colony a few weeks, he was accused of not having taken any steps towards the instruction of Aboriginal people.
His response included the statement that the settlers "stand nearly as much in need of religious instruction as the" Aboriginal people. This statement resulted in numerous letters to the Perth Gazette, particularly on the part of "A Publican", criticising his "excess of zeal".