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Quote this number to access your records: State Library of New South Wales call number, PXA 1303/Box 1
These records are held by State Library of New South Wales (1827 - current).
Alma Smith and Alva Atkins (nee Smith) papers and photographs relating to missionary work in New South Wales and Western Australia, 1909-2006 is a collection held by the State Library of New South Wales. It contains photographs, slides and textual materials relating to the missionary work of Alma Smith and Alva Atkins, with the United Aborigines Mission. Series 02 within this collection comprises 157 photographs of various sizes of missions in New South Wales, including from Bomaderry Children’s Home.
Access Conditions
Material in Box 2, Folder 1 is partly restricted to public access.
A number of images from this collection have been digitised and can be viewed on the State Library of New South Wales website.
Records
This collection comprises 9 separate series:
Series 01: Alma Smith and Alva Atkins (nee Smith) papers relating to missionary work with the United Aborigines Mission in New South Wales and Western Australia, ca. 1920-2006 (reference number MLMSS 8315/Boxes 1-5)
Series 02: Alma Smith & Alva Atkins photographs of missions in New South Wales, 1909-1970 (reference number PXA 1303/Box 1)
Series 03: Alma Smith & Alva Atkins photographs including missionaries, nurses, Nash and Roberts families, ca. 1924-1965 (reference number PXA 1303/Box 2)
Series 04: Alma and Alva Smith, miscellaneous photographs, ca. 1930-1965 (reference number PXA 1303/Box 3)
Series 05: Smith family albums (personal), including Coraki, Cubbawee, Woodenbong, La Perouse and Purfleet, ca. 1939-1966 (reference number PXA 1303/Box 4)
Series 06: Alva Smith photographs of missionary work at Gnowangerup, Western Australia, ca. 1950-1963 (reference number PXA 1303/Box 4)
Series 07: Alma Smith negatives, missionary work in New South Wales, ca. 1930-1965 (reference number ON 434)
Series 08: Alva Smith slides taken on Missions in Western Australia, ca. 1960-1969 (reference number SLIDES 185)
Series 09: Negatives of the Aboriginal reserve near Coraki, New South Wales, ca. 1930-1940 (reference number ON 508)
