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Point McLeay Mission Station [B 3804] • Photograph

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Summary

[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.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.0 cm x 8.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1926

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

10/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,257 x 2,032 pixels (6.6 MP)

Size

19.88 MB

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