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James Dredge (minister)

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James Dredge (1796–1846) was an English Wesleyan Methodist preacher, Assistant Protector of Aborigines at Port Phillip in Australia.[1]

Dredge gave up his position as Assistant Protector, which he considered misconceived: secular and possibly set up to fail.[2] He was a preacher at Geelong from 1842 to 1846.

In poor health, Dredge was returning to England when he died on the ship.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "DREDGE, James (1796-1846)". Web Journals. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. ^ O'Brien, Glen; Carey, Hilary M. (3 March 2016). Methodism in Australia: A History. Routledge. p. 201. ISBN 9781317097099. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. ^ Symons, John Christian (1870). Life of the Rev. Daniel James Draper, Representative of the Australasian Conference, who was Lost in the "London," January 11th, 1866: With Historical Notices of Wesleyan Methodism in Australia : Chapters Also on the Aborigines, and Education in Victoria. Wesleyan Book Depot. p. 143. Retrieved 29 December 2017.