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Northern Territory - Archival Item
Port Keats, Catholic Mission - Northern Territory (1934 - 1955)
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- 1934
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- 1955
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Port Keats, Catholic Mission - Northern Territory is a correspondence file kept by the Commonwealth Department of Territories. It contains letters, memorandums and reports related to the mission at Port Keats. The file includes correspondence between the Roman Catholic Church, the mission, and the Northern Territory administration.
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Access Conditions
'Open with exception'.
This file has been digitised and is open with exception which means parts of the file are still closed. A digitised version is available for viewing through Recordsearch. Information about how to access records through Recordsearch is also available on the website.
Records
This file begins with correspondence about the establishment of the mission at Port Keats. It also includes inspection reports on the mission and letters from anthropologist, WEH Stanner. Inspection reports from the 1950s describe the operation of the dormitory system on the mission. The file also contains some newpaper clippings.
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Please contact General Enquiries, National Archives of Australia:
Postal Address: PO Box 4924, Kingston, ACT 2604
Phone: (02) 6212 3600
Email: archives@naa.gov.au
Website: https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/ask-us-about-collection
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Port Keats, Catholic Mission - Northern Territory
