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Koonibba Aboriginal Community [B 73695/3] • Photograph

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Koonibba Aboriginal Community. The photographer describes the Community, "The Koonibba Community is located in the vicinity of an Aboriginal ceremonial ground and traditional meeting place. The community was established in 1898 at a time when land on the west coast of South Australia was shifting from pastoralism to agriculture, it was originally a Lutheran Mission. The place now consists of a small township, surrounding land and the area around the Koonibba Rockhole. The township comprises administration buildings, the old Mission Church of the redeemer, community housing, school, childcare centre, hall, health clinic, workshop and various other buildings. Most of the existing structures are associated with the early phases of the Lutheran Mission. The area is 850ha, just off the Eyre Highway and 8km NNW of the township of Koonibba, 25km north west of Ceduna. On the day that these images where made I was lucky enough to record a number of resident tradesmen building new, and repairing old, community homes. I was also allowed to record some of the students from the primary school and in the childcare centre."

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Physical description

1 photograph : colour

Dates / Publication details

March 2012

Photographer

Clark, Darren

Collections

Part of Darren Clark Collection
Part of Koonibba Collection

Subject

Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- South Australia -- Koonibba
Koonibba (S.A.)

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Local notes

Contains Aboriginal content

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Date

22/05/2012

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4,256 x 2,832 pixels (12.1 MP)

Size

36.19 MB

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