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United Aborigines Mission (1929 - 2019)
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- 1929
- To
- 2019?
- Categories
- Protestant, Care Provider, Records Holder, Records Access Service
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- Location
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The United Aborigines Mission (UAM) was established in Western Australia in 1929 as a successor to the Australian Aborigines' Mission (AAM). The UAM ran a number of missions and hostels around Western Australia. In October 2019, Sharrock Pitman Legal Pty Ltd, a legal firm based in Melbourne, advised the Find & Connect web resource that the United Aborigines Mission and UAM Ministries were in the process of being wound up. As of February 2020, UAM Ministries remained a registered charity, last reporting to the Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission in September 2019.
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The AAM became the United Aborigines Mission (UAM) in 1929. The AAM and the UAM were founded on a 'belief in the superiority of western culture' and this belief influenced how the missionaries interacted with Aboriginal people and caused them to comply with oppressive government policies. However, these missionaries shared the 'poverty and marginalisation' experienced by Aboriginal people and resulted in the conversion of some Aboriginal people and the formation of an evangelical Indigenous church.
The United Aborigines Mission was mentioned in the Bringing Them Home Report (1997) as an institution that housed Indigenous children removed from their families.
Timeline
- 1908 - 1929
- Australian Aborigines' Mission
- 1929 - 2019
- United Aborigines Mission
- Collection Title
- Warburton Mission (1958 - 1961)
- Date Range
- 1958 - 1961
- Reference
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BA1409
[State Library of Western Australia Call Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the State Library of Western Australia:
Postal address: 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3111
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
DETAILS
- Item Title
- Bessie Ejai interviewed by Mary Anne Jebb in the Bringing Them Home after the Apology oral history project (2010)
- Date Range
- 2010 - 2010
- Reference
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4968600
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Fax: (02) 6273 5081
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
DETAILS
- Item Title
- Kathleen Mack interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project (2001)
- Date Range
- 2001 - 2001
- Reference
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2258809
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Fax: (02) 6273 5081
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
DETAILS
- Item Title
- Allan Rees interviewed by Colleen Hattersley in the Bringing them home oral history project (2000)
- Date Range
- 2000 - 2000
- Reference
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747342
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Fax: (02) 6273 5081
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
DETAILS
- Item Title
- Interview with Lois Quadesmith [sound recording] [interviewed by Yvonne Choules] (2001)
- Date Range
- 2001 - 2001
- Reference
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OH3380
[State Library of Western Australia Call Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the State Library of Western Australia:
Postal address: 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3111
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Records of Warburton Mission: 1949-1967 (incomplete) [manuscript] (1949 - 1967)
- Date Range
- 1949 - 1967
- Reference
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ACC PA29/4/1
[State Library of Western Australia Call Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the State Library of Western Australia:
Postal address: 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3111
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Schenk Family Papers (1921 - 1999)
- Date Range
- 1921 - 1999
- Reference
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MN 1982
[State Library of Western Australia Call Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the State Library of Western Australia:
Postal address: 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3111
Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
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