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Aboriginal man speaking at the Rally for a liveable income for all, Parliament House

Gonçalves, Fernando M., 2021, Photograph, PRG 1766/32/28

Aboriginal man speaking at the Rally for a liveable income for all. The rally was organised by the Anti-Poverty Network and other groups to protest the ending of the Government's JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme.

Aboriginal smoking ceremony at the Port Adelaide Workers Memorial for the S.A. May Day 2021 event.

Gonçalves, Fernando M., 2021, Photograph, PRG 1766/25/58

Aboriginal smoking ceremony at the Port Adelaide Workers Memorial for the S.A. May Day 2021 event. Kaurna elder Uncle Fred Agius is holding the microphone.

Aboriginal smoking ceremony at the Port Adelaide Workers Memorial for the S.A. May Day 2021 event.

Gonçalves, Fernando M., 2021, Photograph, PRG 1766/25/59

Aboriginal smoking ceremony at the Port Adelaide Workers Memorial for the S.A. May Day 2021 event. Kaurna elder Uncle Fred Agius is blowing the smoke.

Aboriginal children, Ernabella

c. 1949, Photograph, B 49299

Three little friends, the smallest called 'Teddy'.

Aboriginal dwellings

1927, Photograph, B 19845

Aboriginal dwellings at Horseshoe Bend. Northern Territory.

Aboriginal dwelling

c. 1949, Photograph, B 49296

Aboriginal dwelling at Oodnadatta.

Aboriginal Dwelling

c. 1949, Photograph, B 49297

Aboriginal dwelling at Oodnadatta with a pet dog "guarding".

Point McLeay Mission Station

Sweet, Samuel White, c. 1872, Photograph, B 3119

[General description] Adults and children standing outside the buildings and along the road leading to the Point McLeay Mission Station. The mission comprises of several small cottages and larger community buildings. Point McLeay Mission Station stands at the northern end of the peninsula between Lakes Alexandrina and Albert in the Lower Murray Region of South Australia. It was renamed Raukkan in 1982. [On back of photograph] Point McLeay Mission Station. 1872-86.

Point McLeay Mission Station

c. 1879, Photograph, B 5463

Point McLeay Mission Station. This industrious scene shows local people washing and drying wool on the beach at the edge of Lake Alexandrina. The wool is then packed into bales ready for transportation by ship. A twin roof stone building stands near the jetty stretching out into the lake.

Point McLeay Mission Station

c. 1865, Photograph, B 9777

One of first buildings at Point McLeay Mission Station. It is a white stone single storey cottage. In the foreground stand two sets of bullocks hitched to a cart. Residents can be seen near the cottage.

Hay-Making, Point McLeay

c. 1885, Photograph, B 9796

Hay-making at Point McLeay Mission Station. Horse drawn carts and bullock pulled carts are lined up under the huge hay ricks. Many workers are loading the hay from the carts onto the evergrowing stacks.

Hay-Making, Point McLeay

c. 1885, Photograph, B 9797

Hay-making at Point McLeay Mission Station. Horse drawn carts and bullock pulled carts are lined up under the huge hay ricks. Many workers are loading the hay from the carts onto the evergrowing stacks. The whole area is fenced.

Point McLeay Mission Station

c. 1885, Photograph, B 9798

Point McLeay Mission Station showing the church and several cottages. Its Aboriginal name Raukkan, which means meeting place in the Ngarrindjeri language, was for thousands of years an important meeting place for the Ngarrindjeri people. TB Stangways renamed the land Point McLeay in 1837. Since 1982 it has been known as its proper title of Raukkan.

Point McLeay Mission Station

c. 1885, Photograph, B 9799

Point McLeay Mission Station showing the church and several cottages. Its Aboriginal name Raukkan, which means meeting place in the Ngarrindjeri language, was for thousands of years an important meeting place for the Ngarrindjeri people. TB Stangways renamed the land Point McLeay in 1837. Since 1982 it has been known as its proper title of Raukkan.

Point McLeay Mission Station

Duryea, Townsend, c. 1905, Photograph, B 10855

Point McLeay Mission Station now known as Raukkan, in South Australia. Raukkan means meeting place in the Ngarrindjeri language. For thousand of years this place was an important meeting place and location of the Grand Tendi (Parliament) The Ngarrindjeri people fed and cared for Sturt's starving party. In 1860 the Aborigines' Friends' Association was granted 107 hectares to establish a mission. They could never become self sufficient due to the poor quality of the land given. Since 1974 the Raukkan has been administered by the Ngarrindjeri people.

Point McLeay Mission Station

c. 1907, Photograph, B 11033

[General description] Point McLeay Mission Station on Lake Alexandrina. Set in a sparsely treed landscape the station comprises a group of neat stone cottages, various outbuildings and a church. It was founded in 1859 by the Aborigines' Friends Association.

Point McLeay Mission Station

Read, H. E., c. 1906, Photograph, B 11552

Point McLeay Mission Station garden. Note on the back of the photograph says " view taken from within the summer house, looking towards (now) site of hall. Pepper trees removed. Showing also steps down to lower beds. Poppies, cornflowers, daisies in profusion". Two little girls are standing on a bridge in the garden

Point McLeay Mission Station

Read, H. E., c. 1906, Photograph, B 11553

Point McLeay Mission Station showing the church and part of the garden. Now known as Raukkan the small Aboriginal community is situated on the south eastern shore of Lake Alexandrina. Raukkan is regarded as the home and heartland of Ngarrindjeri country.

Garden, Point McLeay

Read, H. E., c. 1906, Photograph, B 11554

The garden at Point McLeay Mission Station. Note on the back of the photograph says "showing pathway to steps. Flowers chiefly double stocks. Gate and road way in the distance and garden surrounded with hedge beyond". A lady holding a basket stands towards the left and a young boy stands on the decorative wooden bridge in the foreground