Mornington Island Mission, 1940s

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Description: From the catalogue of the National Film and Sound Archive: "This is an excerpt from colour home movies made between 1944 and 1948 by Reverend James McCarthy, the Superintendent of the Presbyterian Mission on Mornington Island. Mornington Island, a remote community in the Gulf of Carpentaria, has been occupied by its traditional owners, the Lardil people, for thousands of years. In this excerpt from the home movies we see the medical dispensary and Flying Doctor Service, school students performing calisthenics, people fishing and swimming and a plane dropping supplies by parachute."
From Date: 1944
To Date: 1948
Creator: Filmmaker: Rev. JB McCarthy
Source: National Film and Sound Archive
Rights: Courtesy Pat Sichlau
Archival Reference: National Film and Sound Archive ID number: 2360
External URL: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/asset/99107-mornington-island-mission-1940s

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