Louis Giustiniani

Louis (or Luis) Giustiniani was the first missionary to the Swan River Colony. He was outspoken in defending Aboriginal Australians,[1][2] but in doing so alienated the colony and was eventually removed from office.[3]: 267 [4]: 64  After leaving Western Australia, Giustiniani became a Minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States.[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ "History of the Church of England in Western Australia". Anglican Church Diocese of Perth. Anglican Diocese of Perth. 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021. In 1836, the Reverend Louis Giustiniani arrived in Western Australia; an appointee of the 'Western Australian Missionary Society'. He was tasked with ministering to Aboriginal people and became a vocal opponent of what he witnessed as the unequal application of law in relation to Aboriginal people. This brought him into conflict with many of the settlers, the government and the establishment of the church; he left the colony in 1838.
  2. ^ Martens, Jeremy (14 September 2021). "New research shows WA's first governor condoned killing of Noongar people despite proclaiming all equal under law". The Conversation. When Stirling was asked to investigate and prosecute these crimes by the missionary Louis Giustiniani, he ignored them.
  3. ^ Allbrook, Malcolm (August 2008). 'Imperial Family': The Prinseps, Empire and Colonial Government in India and Australia (PDF) (PhD). Griffith University. doi:10.25904/1912/3589. Retrieved 11 December 2021. Guistiniani's subsequent rapid departure from the colony set an unfortunate pattern for the future. Those who spoke out in support of Aboriginal populations became liable to vilification and were often left with no other alternative but to leave.
  4. ^ Tonkin, John (2009). "Anglican church". In Jenny Gregory; Janice Gothard (eds.). Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia (PDF). Crawley: UWA Publishing. pp. 62–65. ISBN 978-1-921401-15-2. OCLC 405500003. OL 45266821M. Wikidata Q5773872. Retrieved 11 December 2021. All three exposed atrocities against the Indigenous population and in so doing alienated elements among the settlers—many of whom were prominent in Anglican circles—and all three were in the end humiliated and obliged to leave.
  5. ^ Giustiniani, L. (1843). Papal Rome as it is, by a Roman. Baltimore: Publication Rooms. OCLC 1050254095. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. ^ Giustiniani, L. (1846). Intrigues of Jesuitism in the United States of America (7th ed.). New York: Printed for the author by R. Craighead. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ^ Giustiniani, L. (1848). "Formation of the free Catholic Church in Rochester". American Protestant Magazine. 4. New York: American Protestant Society: 175–177.
  8. ^ Doty, Lockwood R., ed. (1925). History of the Genesee Country (PDF). Vol. II. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 799. Retrieved 11 December 2021.