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Jetty, Point McLeay Mission

c. 1920, Photograph, B 4295

[General description] The bearded Mr. Redman is a small figure in a landscape view of open grassland and sea which includes a mission building and the Point McLeay Jetty. [On back of photograph] 'Point McLeay Mission Station / the Jetty / In the foreground is the Superintendent of the Mission, Mr. Redman / before 1927'.

Point McLeay Mission Station

c. 1920, Photograph, B 4296

[General description] Mission buildings can be seen beyond a hedge in the foreground, which appears to be protecting a garden. [On back of photograph] 'Point McLeay Mission Station / before 1927'.

Summer house, Point McLeay Mission

Read, H. E., c. 1906, Photograph, B 11550

Summer house, Point McLeay Mission Station. A pergola made from sticks and branches stands in a lush garden. Buildings can be seen beyond the garden

Point McLeay Mission Station

Read, H. E., c. 1906, Photograph, B 11551

Point McLeay Mission Station and its garden. A ote on the bank of the photograph says "wallflowers, daisies, sunflowers and ornamental grasses. Single roomed cottage shown was the first erected on the Station"

Point McLeay Mission Station

Read, H. E., c. 1906, Photograph, B 11555

The summer house in the garden at Point McLeay Mission Station. A pergola made from sticks and branches stands in a lush garden. Buildings can be seen beyond the garden

Paddle Steamer "Venus"

1907, Photograph, B 17569

The paddle steamer "Venus" at Point McLeay, January 1907. The steamer was originally a barge and was converted in 1907, and was renamed 'Murray'.

Point McLeay Mission Station

1917, Photograph, B 26016

Point Mcleay Mission Station.

Mission Church, Point McLeay

c. 1920, Photograph, B 40240

Mission Church at Point McLeay.

Mission Station, Point Pearce

c. 1890, Photograph, B 9804

Point Pearce Mission Station showing a row of cottages opposite a row of huts. In 1868 Point Pearce Mission was established by the Moravian missionary Reverend W Julius Kuhn as an Aboriginal settlement for the Narungga people. After ten years the mission was largely self sufficient but the conditions were hard and illness reduced the population. In 1972 ownership of the land was finally transferred from the State Government to the Point Pearce Community Council.

Mission, Poonindie

c. 1870, Photograph, B 11499

Poonindie Mission was established by the Church of England in 1850 and was located near Port Lincoln. It was originally a training institution for young Aboriginal people from various localities. When the lease was surrended in 1894 most of the residents moved to Point Pearce and Point McLeay Mission Stations. The photograph shows a township consisting of St Matthew's Church, buildings and several cottages surrounded by a railing fence.