The Areyonga Native Settlement was established in the 1920s by Pitjanjatjara people from the Petermann Ranges. In 1943 the government opened a ration depot at the site. From that time Lutheran missionaries from Hermannsburg provided welfare services. In 1950 they opened a school and began to reside at the settlement. In 1990 the land at…
Arltunga Mission was established in 1942 when the Roman Catholic Little Flower Mission was relocated from Charles Creek to Arltunga, 100kms east of Alice Springs. It was run by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. A Mission School was established at Arltungu, it is unclear…
The Little Flower Mission was established by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 1935 in Bath Street, Alice Springs. The Mission was moved to a new site at Charles Creek in 1937 and a Mission school was established. From 1938 children from the Mission were sent to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Primary…
The Methodist Overseas Mission established the Yirrkala Mission in north east Arnhem Land in 1935. Aboriginal people from 13 different clans in the surrounding area came to the Mission. A Mission school operated at Yirrkala from 1936. Child endowment was paid to the Mission for every Aboriginal child at the Mission. It appears no dormitories…
The Retta Dixon Home was established at Bagot Road Aboriginal Reserve in 1946 by the Aborigines Inland Mission (AIM). AIM stated that the institution was for Aboriginal children and mothers and was run in conjunction with a Hostel for young Aboriginal women. The Home moved to new cottage style accommodation on the reserve in 1962….
Elcho Island Mission was opened by the Methodist Overseas Mission in 1942 on Elcho Island when missionaries and residents of Milingimbi Mission moved to Elcho Island to take refuge from Japanese bombing during World War II. A school was operating at the Mission in the 1950s. It appears the Mission did not operate Mission dormitories….
The Croker Island Mission was established by the Methodist Overseas Mission on Croker Island in 1941. Children from Darwin and Alice Springs were accommodated in temporary cottages until February 1942 when they were evacuated to institutions in New South Wales. In 1946 the children returned to Croker Island where they lived in eight new cottages….
Rapid Creek Mission was established by Jesuit Missionaries at Rapid Creek in 1882. Missionaries opened a school for children in 1883. No dormitory was established and children continued to live with their families. The Mission closed in 1891 due to financial and other problems. The Rapid Creek Mission, also known as St Joseph’s Mission was…
The Queen of the Holy Rosary Mission, also known as Old Uniya, was established by Jesuit missionaries on the Daly River in 1886. Although missionaries aimed to educate and convert children, no dormitories were established. The mission closed in July 1891 and was reopened at a new location a few months later. It was then…
The Hermannsburg Mission was established on the banks of the Finke River by Lutheran missionaries from the Hermannsburg Missionary Society and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia in 1877. The missionaries established a school and dormitories for children in the late 1890s. It operated under Lutheran control until 1982 when the land was returned to…
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