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Point McLeay Mission Station [B 10855] • Photograph

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Summary

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.

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Physical description

Photograph; 30.3 cm x 9.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1905

Photographer

Duryea, Townsend

Collection

Part of Point McLeay Collection

Subject

Point McLeay Aboriginal Mission
Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- South Australia -- Point McLeay

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Digitisation information

Date

22/12/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,912 x 1,468 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

21.66 MB

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