William Watt (1843–1926) was a Scottish missionary to the

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(now

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). He was ordained as a minister of the

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in 1868, and arrived in the New Hebrides the following year. He served on the island of Tanna for more than forty years, retiring to Australia in 1910. Watt operated a

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on his mission station. He wrote about the

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practised on the island.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Watt, William 1843 births 1926 deaths Scottish Presbyterian missionaries Presbyterian missionaries in Vanuatu British expatriates in Vanuatu Scottish emigrants to Australia New Hebrides people Ministers of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland