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There he entered the timber trade and became owner and master of a small vessel used in the business. About 1832 this vessel was wrecked near Sydney, and all on board, including the owner, were drowned. THERE HE ENTERED THE TIMBER TRADE AND BECAME OWNER AND MASTER OF A SMALL VESSEL USED IN THE BUSINESS ABOUT EIGHTEEN THIRTY TWO THIS VESSEL WAS WRECKED NEAR SYDNEY AND ALL ONARD INCLUDING THE OWNER WERE DROWNED
ch Missionary Society of London and came out to Sydney in 1809. Five years later he was sent to the Bay of Islands as a lay missionary, holding also the first magistrate's commission issued for New Zealand. He soon made friends with the Maoris and learnt their language well enough to compile a primer in pidgin-Maori, 'A Korao no New Zealand; or, the New Zealander's First Book', which George Howe printed for Marsden at Sydney in 1815. In 1820 Thomas Kendall went to England with some Maori chiefs, and while there helped Professor Lee, of Cambridge, to "fix" the Maori language--the outcome of their work being Lee and Kendall's 'Grammar and Vocabulary of the Language of New Zealand', published in the same year. Returning to New Zealand, Kendall, in 1823, left the Missionary Society and went with his son Basil to Chile. In 1826 he came back to Australia, and for his good work as a missionary received from the New South Wales Government a grant of 1280 acres at Ulladulla, on the South Coast. INE FIVE YEARS LATER HE WAS SENT TO THE BAY OF ISLANDS AS A LAY MISSIONARY HOLDING ALSO THE FIRST MAGISTRATE'S COMMISSION ISSUED FOR NEW ZEALAND HE SOON MADE FRIENDS WITH THE MOURIES AND LEARNED THEIR LANGUAGE WELL ENOUGH TO COMPILE A PRIMER IMPIGAN MORROWE A CORONO NEW ZEALAND OR THE NEW ZEALANDER'S FIRST BOOK WHICH GEORGE HOWE PRINTED FOR MARSTON AT SYDNEY IN EIGHTEEN FIFTEEN IN EIGHTEEN TWENTY THOMAS KENDALL WENT TO ENGLAND WITH SOME MORROWRY CHIEFS AND WHILE THERE HELPED PROFESSOR LEE OF CAMBRIDGE TO FIX THE MAORI LANGUAGE THE OUTCOME OF THEIR WORK BEING LEE AND KENDALL'S GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF NEW ZEALAND PUBLISHED IN THE SAME YEAR RETURNING TO NEW ZEALAND KENDALL IN EIGHTEEN TWENTY THREE LEFT THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY AND WENT WITH HIS SON BASIL TO CHILE IN EIGHTEEN TWENTY SIX HE CAME BACK TO AUSTRALIA AND FOR HIS GOOD WORK AS A MISSIONARY RECEIVED FROM THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT A GRANT OF ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY ACRES AT OOLA DULLA ON THE SOUTH COAST
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