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Millie Harvey and Rita Richards at Colebrook Home, Quorn
Millie Harvey and Rita Richards at Colebrook Home, Quorn.
Mona Paul and Stephen Dodd at Colebrook Home, Quorn
Mona Paul and Stephen Dodd at Colebrook Home, Quorn.
Martin Dodd and Stephen Dodd
Martin Dodd and Stephen Dodd of Colebrook Home, Quorn.
United Aborigines Mission missionaries, Oodnadatta
United Aborigines Mission missionaries, Oodnadatta. L-R: Miss Hyde, Mr. Kramer, Miss Harris, Miss Smith (later Mrs. McDill).
Children cleaning teeth at Colebrook Home, Quorn
Children cleaning their teeth at Colebrook Home, Quorn. Back row L-R: Girl in hat, ?, ?, Ruth McKenzie, Harry Taylor, ?. Front row L-R: Steven Dodd, ?, Geoff O'Donoghue. Other children that are suggested to be in the photograph are Violet O'Donoghue, Nancy Barnes (Brumbie), and Bessie Waye.
Second Colebrook Home, Quorn
Second Colebrook Home in Quorn, with the children standing together under the verandah. It was purchased in April 1933.
Second Colebrook Home, Quorn
Second Colebrook Home in Quorn, which was purchased in April 1933. The girl's dormitory, known as the 'McCaul Wing' is on the left of the building.
Children in front of Colebrook Home, Quorn
Children, not identified, in front of second Colebrook Home, Quorn. The laundry is on the left, and part of the boy's dormitory is on the right.
Dining room at the second Colebrook Home, Quorn
View of the dining room at the second Colebrook Home, Quorn
Boys dormitory at the second Colebrook Home, Quorn
View of the boys dormitory at the second Colebrook Home, Quorn
Nursery at the second Colebrook Home, Quorn
Nursery at the second Colebrook Home, Quorn
Girl's dormitory at the second Colebrook Home, Quorn
Interior view of the 'McCaul' girl's dormitory at the second Colebrook Home, Quorn
Stephen Dodd at the Colebrook Home, Quorn
Stephen Dodd, as a baby, at the Colebrook Home, Quorn
Children holding cabbages at the second Colebrook Home, Quorn
Children holding cabbages at the second Colebrook Home, Quorn. A local man, Mr. Campbell would come from his farm and give cabbages to the home. Children include Sid Waye, Nellie Lester, Emily Lester, Bessie Waye, Linda Lester, Rita Richards, Ruby Hayes, Nancy Brumbie, Martin Dodd, George Tongerie, Steve O'Donoghue, and Ray Lester.
Girls sewing at Colebrook Home, Quorn
Girls sewing at the second Colbrook Home, Quorn. L-R: Linda Lester, Miriam McKenzie (Graham), Bessie Waye, Ada Hayes, Emily Lester.
Mrs Iris Wiley with David James
Mrs. Iris Wiley (nee Althorpe) at Colebrook Home, Quorn with David James.
Aboriginal baskets, Elcho Island
"Aboriginal baskets at Elcho 1945"
Aboriginal children, Milingimbi
"Aboriginal children". Two Aboriginal children, holding hands.
Wool Washing, Point McLeay
[General description] Aboriginal men are washing wool on a pier at Lake Alexandrina. This was a succcessful business at first for the mission but deteriorated due to the lake's increasing salinity. [On back of photograph] 'Woolwashing at Point McLeay Mission. Probably 1900-1909'.
Point McLeay Mission Station
[General description] The Point McLeay Mission is a group of neat cottages and outbuildings with enclosures of clipped hedges. In the foreground an orchard can be seen. The Mission was founded in 1859 by the Aborigines' Friends Association but never really prospered due to lack of financial and community support. In 1974 Point McLeay (re-named Raukkan in 1984) was handed back to the Ngarrindjeri people. [On back of photograph] 'Reproduced in the Observer, Oct. 16, 1926 / Point McLeay Mission Station / 1926'. According to a researcher, Aleck Thompson and his wife used to the run the farm of sheep and grain. Aboriginal men would come out during the week and run the farm under his supervision. Fred Dodd was the residential Aboriginal handyman who lived in his own home not far from the homestead. Hendle Rankin was another worker who came from the mission.
School House, Point McLeay Mission
School House and garden at Point McLeay Mission Station. This Aboriginal community has now been given back its original name of Raukkan, which means meeting place. George Taplin helped to build the school, church and mission station to care for the local Aboriginals. The photograph shows the school house set behind a beautifully managed garden consisting of multiple flower beds each surrounded by white limestone rocks. Hedges and lawns complete the picture. The children of Raukkan stand in rows, at ease, in front of the school house.
Aboriginal Women
Aboriginal women at Tennant Creek.
Aboriginal Canoe Building
[General description] An Aboriginal bark canoe in process of construction [On back of photograph] 'Aboriginal Canoe Building on Murray River / The sheet of bark, after being propped up all round the edge, is then weighted in the middle with stones and logs of wood, then a fire is made inside and under to heat the sap and make it soft and pliable. It is then left to dry in the shape required'
Aboriginal Weapons
Aboriginal weapons.
Aboriginal Hunter
GENERAL: Aboriginal hunter. An Aboriginal man in a kangaroo fur cloak, holding a woomera, and shield with incised diamond pattern. There is a boomerang in the woven bag over his shoulder. Sweet Adelaide 457.
Aborigines
GENERAL: The Aborigine sitting is Jenny Holmes the last surviving Aborigine in Encounter Bay.
Aboriginal soldier at Swan Reach
SWAN REACH: An Aboriginal soldier standing by a memorial at Swan Reach.
An elderly Aboriginal man and woman
An elderly Aboriginal man and woman standing outside their dwelling place, the location is unknown but could be in the Innamincka area; a dog is in the foreground. It is believed the couple is Alice and Nappamerrie Jimmy, 'King of Nappamerrie'. According to an indigenous researcher who is a descendant of Nanpika, aka Cora of Nappamerrie (her brother Nappamerrie Peter and she were related to Nappamerrie Jimmy and Nappamerrie Jack), this photo depicts two Yandruwandha people who were tribally married. The lady is known as Barryoola Alice (from Baryulah waterhole, Cooper Creek, Queensland. She was a sister of Geordie (Aboriginal name Ngarigila) - see Tindale 1919 records to verify. Their mother's brother was renowned Innamincka police tracker, Jack the Ripper (Mara Mundu). Alice's totem inherited through her mother was Wallaby-Kunthu according to A.P. Elkin. The much older man is Nappamerrie Jimmy, born Nappa Merrie station, died Tibooburra NSW, 1942-43.
Three Aborigines
GENERAL: Three Aborigines two of whom are holding spears.
Aboriginal children at Point McLeay
POINT MCLEAY: Aboriginal boys and girls photographed with a friendly dog outside a building at Point McLeay Mission, South Australia; names not known.