The Cooyar Mission, in Cooyar, was established by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in conjunction with the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. The facility housed Torres Strait Islanders evacuated from the Hammond Island Mission Orphanage and St Henry’s Roman Catholic Asylum due to the outbreak of World War Two. It opened…
This series contains over 10,000 correspondence files from various Queensland state government departments relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs. The files relate to matters including missions, child endowment, communities, adoption, welfare, medical treatment, education, employment, rations, evacuations, removals, housing, and living conditions. Approximately 500 of these files may contain information relevant to people…
This series contains the correspondence files of the offices of the Chief Protector of Aboriginals and the Director of Native Affairs, Queensland. The files relate to a wide range of matters, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Missions, Settlements, and Reserves, removals of people from land and children from family, marriages, exemptions, education, industries, health…
The Hammond Island Mission Orphanage, on Hammond Island, was run by the the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. It opened in 1929 and closed in January 1942, when the residents were evacuated to Cooyar. A boys’ dormitory housed the children. The orphanage reopened in 1948, ‘for only a short time’ (Deere, 1994). Hammond Island was…
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Queensland Reserves and Communities Self-Management) Act 1978 was an Act to empower Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders who live on reserves in Queensland to manage and control their own affairs.
The Operations – Commission Administration, Series ID 20135, contains records relating to the establishment, operation, administration and completion of the Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry commenced in 2012. Items in this series include discussion papers, memoranda, file and meeting notes containing background information about matters before the Commission, and documents relating to the scope…
The Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry was established to review Queensland’s child protection system. The inquiry was headed by the Honourable Tim Carmody QC. The inquiry opened in 2012 and the final report was presented in 2013.
The Doomadgee Mission was established by the Open Brethren on the Nicholson River, in far North Queensland, in 1936. It opened in 1936, replacing the Old Doomadgee Mission which was damaged in a cyclone. Children on the Mission were housed in girls’ and boys’ dormitories, and were trained to become domestic servants or station hands….
This series contains two photo albums, as well as an assortment of loose photographs, showing people, buildings, and activities at Aboriginal settlements and Missions in Queensland, including Doomadgee, Cherbourg, Bamaga, Yarrabah, and Hope Vale. They include a photogrpah of approximately 80 children from the Doomadgee Mission dormitories. Some individuals who appear in these photographs have…
The Old Doomadgee Mission was run by the Open Brethren. The Mission was located at Dumaji at Bayley Point Aboriginal reserve, on Gangalidda land. It opened in 1933 and following a cyclone, relocated to a site on the Nicholson River in 1936. The Old Doomadgee Mission is described as growing “rapidly with the arrival of…
Dec 18, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
