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Bread- Making, Point McLeay
POINT MCLEAY: Bread-making at Point McLeay Mission Station.
Classroom, Point McLeay
Children sitting at desks in a classroom at Point McLeay Day School.
Point McLeay Mission Station
[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.
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.
Jetty, Point McLeay Mission
[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
The Schoolmaster's house at Point McLeay Mission Station. 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.
Bread-Making, Point McLeay
Bread-making at Point McLeay Mission Station.
Children's Band, Point McLeay
A children's band at Point McLeay Mission Station.
Wool Drying, Point McLeay
[General description] A group of Aboriginal men are standing in a row, some displaying handfuls of wool where it is spread out to dry. Wool washing, done in Lake Alexandrina from the jetty, was a lucrative business for the mission for a time, processing wool for properties up river. [On back of photograph] 'Wool drying / Point McLeay Mission / Probably 1900-09'.
Point McLeay Mission Station
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
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
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
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
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.
Summer house, Point McLeay Mission
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
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
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
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
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
Point McLeay Mission Station
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
Cottages, Point McLeay
[General description] Cottages for Aboriginal families at Point McLeay Mission Station
Cottages, Point McLeay
[General description] Cottages for Aboriginal families at Point McLeay Mission Station
Cottage, Point McLeay
Cottage at Point McLeay Mission Station, 7 February 1956.
Point McLeay Mission
New building in progress at Point McLeay Mission Station, 7 February 1956.
School Band, Point McLeay
The school band at Point McLeay Mission Station.
Mission Church, Point McLeay
Mission Church at Point McLeay.
Point McLeay Mission Station
[General description] Landscape view shows glimpses of Mission buildings (including the Church on the left) behind a hedge and garden. On the right windmill can be seen. [On back of photograph] 'Point McLeay Mission Station / Before 1927'.
Point McLeay Mission Station
[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'.
Point McLeay Mission Station
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.