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Rowland Hassall.
(1768-1820) preacher and landholder in New South Wales, Australia
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About Rowland Hassall
Rowland Hassall, born in England, was a missionary in Tahiti for a short period of time and in New South Wales for the rest of his life. Initially a field preacher, he became a minister. He raised sheep, was a businessman, and became a prosperous land-owner. His son Thomas Hassall established the first Sunday school in Australia, after which Rowland Hassall co-founded the New South Wales Sunday School Institution in 1815.
Everything about Rowland Hassall →- Occupation
- missionary, farmer, civil servant, proprietor
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- March 31, 1768
- Died
- 1820, August 28, 1820