ANTARCTICA.
AMERICAN SAMOA.
SYDNEY. New South Wales. Printing introduced 1802.
Sydney. Printing recorded 1795. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
Sydney. Angus and Robertson. 1809-1819. Publishers. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. Auxiliary Bible Society of New South Wales. 1817. Publisher. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. Benevolent Society of New South Wales. 1819-1825. Publisher. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. Cartwright, C. 1816. Publisher. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. Ellard, F. 1805/1825. Music seller. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. Evans, G. W. 1813. Publisher. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. Ford, W. and F. 1848. Publisher. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. Government Printer. 1802-1825. Printer. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. Howe, George. 1802-1821. Printer. Government Printer. First printed book in English and first in Australia: New South Wales General Standing Orders, 1802. First printed book in Maori: Thomas Kendall, A korao no New Zealand, 1815. Imprints: Worldcat
Sydney. Hume, E. H. 1812. Publisher. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. Leigh, S. T. and Co. 1891. Publisher. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. Robertson, George. 1813. Publisher. Also in Melbourne. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. Sydney Gazette Office. 1803-1819. Publisher. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. West, Absolom. 1812-1814. Print publisher. Imprints: Worldcat.
Sydney. White, Frederick W. 1858-1800. Printer. Imprints: Worldcat.
HOBART. Tasmania. Founded as a penal colony in 1804, initially known as Hobart Town. Printing introduced 1816. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
Hobart. Bent, Andrew. 1816-1824. Printer. Government printer. Imprints: Worldcat.
Hobart. Government Printer. 1816-1824. Printer. Imprints: Worldcat.
MELBOURNE. Printing recorded 1806.
Melbourne. Bruce and Davis. 1806. Publishers. Imprints: Worldcat.
Melbourne. Cole, E. W. 1817. Publisher. Imprints: Worldcat.
COOK ISLANDS.
FIJI ISLANDS. Independent 1970. Sources: WorldCat checked to 1850 ; Usher, L. G. Brief history of the Fiji times : paper read to the Fiji Society on October 15, 1962.
LAKEBA. Island, Fiji.
Lakeba. [s. n.]. 1839. Printer. Ka Toyana a toci i ei i Lakeba, 1839. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
LEVUKA. Ovalau Island.
Levuka. [s. n.]. 1865? Printer. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Levuka. [s. n.]. 1876-1971. Sa tabaki ena Vale-ni-Tabaivola ko W. Kuki, 1876-1971. Na Mata : A i vola i tukutuku Vaka Viti. Journal, magazine : State or province government publication. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Levuka. Cook, William. 1872-1911. Printer. Government Printer, 1872-1883. Printed by William Cook, Argus Office, 1875. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Levuka. Government Printer. 1871-1883. Printer. Levuka : D.W.L. Murray, Government Printer, 1871. William Cook, Govt. Printer, 1872-1883. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Levuka. Griffiths, George Littleton. 1869-1881. Printer and newspaper publisher. Beach Street 1873. Born: 1844, Woolwich, England. Died: 1908, Suva. Founded Fiji times 4 September 1869, moved to Suva 1881. Sa tabaka ko G.L. Griffiths, 1872. Sources: WorldCat (2015) ; Usher, L. G. Brief history of the Fiji times, 1962.
Levuka. Johnson, T. 1868-. Printer. The Fijian weekly news, and planters' journal. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Levuka. Murray, Darcy W. L. 1872. Printer. The Fiji gazette. - [Levuka] : D.W.L. Murray, Government Printer, 1871. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
NASOVA. Ovalau Island.
Nasova. Colonial Secretary. 1875. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
REWA. Suva, Viti Levu Island.
Rewa. [s. n.]. 1841-1843. Printer. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Rewa. Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. 1840-1843. Publisher. E Rewa, ko Aukusiti [Fiji] : [Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society], 1840. Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. 1841-1843. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
SUVA. Viti Levu Island.
Suva. Barker, Alport. 1901-1951. Printer and newspaper publisher. Gordon Street. Published Western Pacific Herald and Fiji Times. Sources: Usher, L. G. Brief history of the Fiji times, 1962.
Suva. Government Printer. 1875-. Printer. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Suva. Griffiths, George Littleton. 1881-1908. Printer and newspaper publisher. Born: 1844, Woolwich, England. Died: 1908, Suva. Founded Suva Times. Moved Fiji times from Levuka to Suva 1881. Sources: Usher, L. G. Brief history of the Fiji times, 1962.
Suva. Hannah, Evan. 2008. Newspaper publisher. Publisher of Fiji times, forcibly removed from Fiji in 2008, accused by the interim government of meddling in Fijian politics.
Suva. March, E. J. 1875-. Printer. Printed by E.J. March, Government printer, 1875-. Suva. Robson, R. W. 1956. Printer and newspaper publisher. Published Fiji Times. Sources: Usher, L. G. Brief history of the Fiji times, 1962.
Suva. Swinstead, Dallas. 1976-1980, 2010-2011. Newspaper publisher. Published Fiji Times 1976-1980, 2010-2011. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
VITI LEVU. Main island of Fiji.
Viti. [s. n.]. 1847-1858. Printer. Sa Tabaki Mai Viwa, e Viti, 1847-1855. Sa Tabaki e Viwa, 1853-1858. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
VIWA. Island, Fiji. Imprint recorded 1846. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Viwa. [s. n.]. 1847-1855. Printer. Sa Tabaki Mai Viwa, e Viti, 1847-1855. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Viwa. Wesleyan Mission Press. 1850-1862. Printer. Printed at the Wesleyan Mission Press, 1850-1862. Viwa : Wesleyan Mission Press ; London : J. Masson, 1850-[52]. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA.
KOSRAE. Previously Kusaie.
Kosrae. Mission Press. 1903. Printer. Te nakoa ni minita; ke, Reirei aika tenua ni buoka te minita n ana makuri ma bain te ekaretia tabeua / I M Channon [Gilbertese]. - Kusaie, Mission Press, 1903. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Kosrae. Wellington Press. 1935. Printer. Buk in bwinbwin. [Marshallese]. - Kusaie [Caroline Is.] Wellington Press, 1935. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
POHNPEI. Previously Ponape, Caroline Islands.
Pohnpei. [s. n.]. 1858. Publisher. A a ba be bi bo bu am ah / Hiram Bingham [Gilbertese]. - Ponape, Caroline Islands : [s. n.], [1858] GUAM.
KIRIBATI. Independent 1979. Previously Gilbert Islands. Title apparently produced in New York for the Gilbert Islands: Te Baibara, ae ana taeka te atua ae kanoana te O Tetemanti ma te Nu Tetemanti, ae kaetaki man taetae nako ake e moa ni koreaki iai [...] Gilbert Islands [...] / Hiram Bingham [Gilbertese]. - Nu Iaoki [New York], 1893. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
ABAIANG. Also known as Apaiang, Charlotte Island.
Abaiang. [s. n.]. Te Boki n anene, : ae aiabai kiritian, ni karaoiroa te Atua / Hiram Bingham [Gilbertese]. - Abaian [Gilbert Islands]: : [s.n.], 1860-1863. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Abaiang. [s. n.]. Te Euankerion are ana taeka Iesu Kristo, are koreaki irouni Mataio / Hiram Bingham [Gilbertese]. - Abaian? : E karaoaki n te boreti ni Mitinare, 1864. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Abaiang. Catholic Mission Press. 1920-1936-1942. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Abaiang. Sacred Heart Mission. 1907-1937. Printers. Karaki n te Nu-Tetamenti : are aia karaki ietu-kirito, ma ana apotoro, ao karakin te ekaretia ni moani kateana [Gilbertese]. - Apaiag : Sacred Heart Mission, 1907. Karentare ni Kiribati [Gilbertese]. - Gilbert Islands : Sacred Heart Mission, 1899. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Bairiki, Tarawa. Gilbert & Ellice Islands Colony. Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development. 1979. Publisher. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Bairiki, Tarawa. Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Government Printing Office. 1975-1976. Printers. Estimates ... schedule of virement warrants -1975. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Bairiki, Tarawa. Government Printing Division. 1975-1979. Printers. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
BANABA ISLAND. Previously Ocean Island.
Banaba Island. Mission Press. 1911. Printers. . Sources: WorldCat (2015).
BERU. Previously known as Eliza, Francis Island, Maria, Peroat, Peru Island or Sunday. See also Rongorongo.
RONGORONGO. Beru island.
Rongorongo, Beru. London Mission Press. 1920-1946. Printers. See also London Missionary Society Training Institution. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Rongorongo, Beru. London Missionary Society. 1908-1923. Publishers. S[outh] Gilbert Islands' Church manual. Taniani kaetieti n te ekaretia / W E Goward [Gilbertese]. - Beru : London Missionary Society, 1908. Printed and published by the Gilbert Islands District Committee of the London Missionary Society at the L.M.S. Training Institution, [1923]. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Rongorongo, Beru. London Missionary Society Training Institution. 1915-1923. Printers. Printed and published by the Gilbert Islands District Committee of the London Missionary Society at the L.M.S. Training Institution, [1923]. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Tarawa. [s. n.]. 1865. Publisher. Te Titiraki n te Atua ao aomata : te boki aei, e riai iroun te i-kawai ma ataei / Joel Mahoe [Gilbertese]. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Tarawa. Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. 1937. Publishers. . Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Tarawa. Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Constabulary. 1967. Publisher. Annual report. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Tarawa. Government Printer. 1916-1975. Printer. Gazette. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Tarawa. Ioteba, I. T. 1979. Printer. Printed by I.T. Ioteba, Acting Government Printer of the Gilbert Islands 1979. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Tarawa. Kiribati. Fisheries Division. 1987. Publisher. The Fisheries of Tabiteuea south : (results of a base line artisanal fisheries survey) : 1987. - Tawara : Fisheries Division, Ministry of Natural Resource Development, 1987. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Tarawa. Maneaba Ni Maungatabu. 1994. Publisher. Parliament of Kiribati. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Tarawa. Statistics Office, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. 1989. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
MARSHALL ISLANDS.
MARIANA ISLANDS.
SAIPAN. United States dependency.
NEW CALEDONIA.
NORFOLK ISLAND.
Saint Barnabas. Melanesian Mission Press. 1866-1904. Printers. The press was moved to Norfolk Island in 1866.
NAURU. Independent 1968.
Kerikeri. Smith, William. 1830. Printer. On 31 July 1830 arrived with the Rev. Willliam Yate. A 15-year-old printer, he produced works in the Maori language.
Kerikeri. Yate, William. 1830. Printer. On 31 July 1830 the schooner Active arrived at the bay from Sydney with the Rev. W. Yate, James Smith, a 15-year-old printer, and a press. Yate wrote in September 1831: “employed with James Smith in printing off a few hymns in the native language. We succeeded beyond our most sanguine expectations”. Copies among records of the Church Missionary Society in England.
Kohimarama. Melanesian Mission Press1845-1866. Printers. Mission press of the Diocese of Melanesia, established in 1845 at Kohimarama, New Zealand by Bishop George Selwyn, using a Columbia Press. Moved to Norfolk Island in 1866.
Mangungu. Wesleyan Mission Press. 1836. Printers. The press was installed by the Wesleyan Mission at Mangungu, on the Hokianga River, late in 1836.
Paihia. Colenso, William. 1835. Printer. The first book was a Maori translation of part of the Bible commissioned by the Church Missionary Society: "Ko nga Pukapuka o, 1835.
Paihia. Paihia Mission Press. 1835. Printers. The first book was a Maori translation of part of the Bible commissioned by the Church Missionary Society: "Ko nga Pukapuka o, 1835.
Russell. Formerly Kororareka. Printing recorded 1841.
Russell. Roman Catholic Mission Press. 1839-1841. Printer. In 1839 the Roman Catholic Mission set up a press at Kororareka, but very few publications emanated from it before it was sold, according to Dr T. M. Hocken (Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. 33, p. 486), to the New Zealander newspaper in the early 1850s. It was established by Jean Baptiste Pompallier for the production of Maori-language religious texts. Sources: Wikipedia (consulted July 2015).
Wellington. Revans, Samuel. 1840. Printer. On 18 April 1840, soon after the arrival of the sailing ship Adelaide at Port Nicholson, Wellington, Samuel Revans set up his plant ashore and produced the first New Zealand newspaper. After 20 issues this New Zealand Gazette added the words and Britannia Spectator to its title, to include the proposed name for Wellington City.
CHATHAM ISLAND, NZ.
French Polynesia ; Porinetia Farani. Overseas collectivity of France.
Eimeo/Elmeo or Movea. Society Islands, French Ploynesia. Printing recorded 1817. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
Burder's Point. Punaauia. Nuuroa Point. Printing recorded 1821. Sources: Timperley (1842).
Pateo. Society Islands, French Polynesia. Printing recorded 1825 . Sources: Timperley (1842).
Tahaa. Leeward Mission Press. 1823-1826. Printers. Books from the press sold at Sotheby's New York 11 Dec 2007.
TAHITI. Previously Otaheite. Society Islands, French Polynesia. Printing recorded 1818. Sources: Cotton (1831) ; Timperley (1842).
Tahiti. Windward Mission Press. 1822. Printers. Imprints: Worldcat.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
PALAU.
SAMOA. Independent 1962. Previously Western Samoa.
SOLOMON ISLANDS. Independent 1978. Various US and New Zealand Army publications during WW2.
Batuna. Seventh-day Adventist Batuna Mission Press. 1926-1938. Printers. The Seventh-day Adventists used islanders as sellers of devotional materials, or 'colporteurs', once they were established and there was sufficient literacy. They established large presses in Papeete, Tahiti (1893), Avondale, Australia (1900), Buresala, Fiji, and finally Batuna in the Solomon Islands. Batuna, (Solomon Islands) : Batuna Mission Press, 1926-1927. Batuna, Marovo Lagoon, British Solomon Islands : Seventh-day Adventist Mission Press, 1938. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Gizo. Solomon Islands Planters' Association. 1920-. Publishers.
HAUTABU. Guadacanal. Printing recorded 1912.
Hautabu Melanesian Mission Press. 1912-1972. Printers. Book of common prayer. - British Solomon Islands : Printed at the Melanesian Mission Press, Hautabu, Guadalcanar, 1938. The mission moved in 1867 from New Zealand to St. Barnabas' College on Norfolk Island, where it remained until 1920 when it transferred to Siota in the Nggela Islands. The hospital building became the mission printery, the first printing press in the Solomon Islands having been installed there in 1912. In 1972 following cyclone damage West Germany granted $20,000 to equip the Diocese's printing press with the most modern offset printing facilities in the South Pacific.
HAUTABU. Marovo Lagoon. Printing recorded 1926.
ROVIANA. Unidentified imprint 1920.
RUA SURA. Guadacanal.
Rua Sura. Catholic Mision Press. 1910-1958. Printers. The Catholic Mission established the first printing press in the Solomon Islands at Rua Sura, Guadalcanal in 1910. Rua Sura, Solomon Islands : Catholic Mission, 1911-1958. Rua Sura, Solomon Islands : Catholic Mission, 1917. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
TULAGI. Unidentified imprint 1911.
Tulagi : Agricultural Committee, British Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1933-1936.
UVEA. Printing recorded 1875.
Uvea. London Missionary Society's Press. 1875.
TOKELAU.
TIMOR LESTE. East Timor.
TONGATAPU.
Tongataboo. [s. n.]. 1835. Printer. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Vavau. Wesleyan Mission Press. 1838. Printer. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
TUVALU. Independent 1978. Previously Ellice Islands.
MIDWAY ISLANDS.
WAKE ISLAND.
VANUATU. Independent 1980.Previously New Hebrides. WorldCat checked to 1899.
[s. l.]. [s. n.]. 1873. F. Kunigam Manag Bukui Tofi, 1873. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
AMBRYM. Island in Vanuatu. Unidentified imprint 1899. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
ANEITYUM. Island in Vanuatu. Printing recorded 1849.
Aneityum. Mission Press. 1849-1889. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
AIWA. Island in Vanuatu.
Anewa. Mission Station. 1870? Printer. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Anewa. Paton, J. G. 1872. Publisher. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
AULUA. On Malekula Island in Vanuatu.
Aulua, Malekula : Rutherglen Press, 1890-1892. First printings in language of Aulua, Malekula, New Hebrides] / T Watt Leggatt. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
DILLON's BAY. On Erromango Island in Vanuatu.
Dillon's Bay, Eromanga, Vanuatu : [n.p.] ; 1859. Tangkeli nam netiyi tovni ini Jehova nobu. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
EFATE. Island in Vanuatu. See also Port Havannah.
ERROMANGO. Eromanga. Island in Vanuatu. See also Dillon's Bay.
Eromanga] : [Mission Press], [1859]. Eromangan Press, 1860. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
ESPIRITU SANTO. Island in Vanuatu. See also Tangoa.
FUTUNA. Island in Vanuatu.
Futuna : Mission Press, 1896-1900. Tavisau ia Tiona : =Translation of the Book of Jonah into the language of Futuna, New Hebrides / William Gunn, 1896. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
KWAMERA. On Tanna Island in Vanuatu.
Kwamera. Tanna Mission Press. 1875-1884. Printer. Misi Watt ni Tana i tovi a Natou ki Nawota [Mission Press], 1875. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
LOLOWAI. On Ambae Island in Vanuatu.
Lolowai. Melanesian Mission. 1858. Publisher. Records of the Melanesian Mission at Lolowai, Aoba, New Hebrides 1858?
MALEKULA. Island in Vanuatu. See also Aulua.
NGUNA. Island in Vanuatu. Guna, unidentified imprint 1880. Nguna, unidentified imprint 1882. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
PORT HAVANNAH. Havannah Harbour. 1875. Publisher. Printed at the Glasgow Foundry Boys Society's Press for Havannah Harbour, Efate, 1875. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
TANGOA. On Espiritu Santo Island. Imprint recorded 1892. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Tangoa. Annand, Joseph. 1892-1894. Printer. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
TANNA. Island in Vanuatu.
Tanna. Glasgow Foundry Boys Society's Press. 1875-1892. Printers. Tanna : Printed at the Glasgow Foundry Boys Society's Press for Havannah Harbour, Efate., 1875. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
TONGOA. Island in Vanuatu.
Tongoa. Mission Press. 1886-1888. Printer. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
Tongoa. British and Foreign Bible Society. 1906. Publisher. Sources: WorldCat (2015).
PORT VILA. On Efate Island in Vanuatu.
Port Vila. New Hebrides Mission1872. Publisher. Vila, New Hebrides. Annual report / New Hebrides Mission. 1872?
WEA SISI. On Tanna Island in Vanuatu.
Weasisi, Tana Ipare : [Weasisi Mission?], 1892.
WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS.
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