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Areyonga Mission Church [altered from original title]

Indigenous Australians sitting outside the church on Areyonga Native Settlement.

Kahlin Compound

This image shows buildlings at the Kahlin Compound, Darwin and two cyclists.

The Methodist Mission bungalow at Yirrkala

This is an image of the Methodist Mission bungalow in Yirrkala, north eastern Arnhem Land. The purpose of the bungalow and whether or not it would have housed the children in the care of the Mission is not known. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Staff and residents of the Little Flower Mission School, standing outside the school [title altered from original]

This is an image of the staff and residents of the Little Flower Mission School at Charles Creek, Alice Springs.

Catholic Mission School

The description states: Motorcycle party and pupils of Arltunga Catholic Mission School.

Boys quarters at Methodist mission on Croker Island in the Northern Territory 1958

This image shows the boys’ living quarters at the Croker Island Methodist Mission.

Retta Dixon Homes, Darwin- Guests at opening ceremony? [editor’s note: original caption]

Although this photo at the NAA is listed as being from 1947 this picture in fact shows guests at the opening ceremony for the new Retta Dixon Home in 1961. The guests appear to be in front of one of the new cotttage homes.

Album of anthropological photographs – Aboriginal Inquiry Central and North Australia – J.W. Bleakley – Millingimbi Mission, Crocodile Islands (Methodist) – Mission House – (Page 46)

This image shows the Mission house at Millingimbi Methodist Mission on the Crocodile Islands. It is not certain whether or not this building would have housed children in care on the Mission.

School house, Hermannsburg Mission, Finke River, Northern Territory, 1947 [picture]

This image shows the school house at the Lutheran Hermannsburg Mission on the Finke River.