Traders fled, leaving only the Parkers at their station. 14 He had hardly settled before the Atchinese advised all Europeans to leave. On the boat trip from Port Vila, he learned of two Frenchmen who had recently been murdered by islanders on Epi and Espiritu Santo. Parker settled at Atchin, knowing that the previous owner was driven out by the local people and his belongings torched.
The grief-stricken parents returned to Australia. 12 Some progress was made, but tragedy struck on October 6 with the sudden death of eight-month old Harold Carr, Jr. 11 Parker came to assist with the building of a mission station that included a clinic. 9 The Carrs’ moved to Atchin on June 19, 1913, 10 and began giving medical treatments to the local people. An extensive search both north and south of Efate resulted in the purchase of a property for £150 on the little island of Atchin off the north-east coast of Malekula. Port Vila was only a staging ground until a permanent site could be found. 7 Their wives tarried at Norfolk Island until the home was erected and then they proceeded to Port Vila, arriving on August 11. 6 The men went ahead to Port Vila on Efate, arriving on June 10, 1912. 4 Late in the same year, Calvin and Myrtle Parker, together with nurses Harold and Clara Carr, were appointed by the AUC to pioneer a mission base in Vanuatu. In 1911, a clerk at the Australasian Union Conference (AUC) office, Victor Stratford, adopted Vanuatu as one of his personal mission fields, regularly mailing Life and Health magazines and letters to European traders and missionaries throughout the island group. It was basically a reconnaissance exercise. The captain was cordially received and spent time learning something of the island group.
2 A Passing Visitĭuring the fifth voyage of the Pitcairn, Seventh-day Adventists called at Presbyterian mission stations on the islands of Efate and Ambrym where it was relatively safe. In 2015, Cyclone Pam caused loss of life and widespread devastation to property. The islands are prone to earthquakes and there are a number of active volcanoes in the region.
During the Second World War the American Army established bases among the islands and their influence led to a number of cargo cults–a belief system in which superstitious practices are expected to produce modern material wealth–among the local inhabitants. Twelve percent of the population is Seventh-day Adventist. Seventy percent of the population is Protestant, mainly Presbyterian. Their constitution allows for a National Council of Chiefs which advises the government. Independence within the British Commonwealth was granted in 1980. These developments were chiefly to protect expatriate missionaries and traders rather than serve the interests of the indigenous population. The educational system provides both French and English language instruction, the result of Vanuatu’s history of control by a joint British-French Naval Commission beginning in 1887, and later, in 1906, a British-French Condominium. The principal inhabitants of Vanuatu are Melanesians who speak English, French, and a form of pidgin English called Bislama. The capital is Port Vila on the island of Efate. Vanuatu, formerly known as the New Hebrides, consists of thirteen main islands and many smaller islands all located in the southwest of the Pacific Ocean.
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