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Wujal Wujal Mission from the water tower, ca. 1970

This description was supplied with the photograph and included in the library catalogue: Wujal Wujal, previously Bloomfield Mission, from the water tank. View of housing and facilities. Fresh water brought from the Wujal Wujal waterfall on the Bloomfield River.

Bloomfield River Mission House, 1886

This description was supplied with the photograph and included in the library catalogue and has been edited: The Aboriginal Mission Station, Bloomfield River, was founded by the sons of Frederick Bauer (of Vilele Plantation). Louis G. Bauer became the first Superintendent, erected his own quarters and laid foundations to what he anticipated would become a…

Girls on parade for church, Aurukun

This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Aurukun Presbyterian mission, far north Queensland, 1962

This image is part of the Aboriginal life in Far North Queensland: Photographs taken during fieldwork between 1956 and 1976 collection held by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).