Port Keats, Catholic Mission - Northern Territory, 1934 - 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.
'Open with exception'.
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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.
Sources used to compile this entry: Port Keats, Catholic Mission - Northern Territory [Document], Date: 1934 - 1955.
Prepared by: Karen George and Gary George
Created: 25 June 2012, Last modified: 26 November 2020
Last updated: 4 August 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nt/biogs/YE00217b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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