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In New South Wales, there were two non-denominational Missions, the United Aborigines Mission (UAM) also called the Australian Aborigines' Mission (AAM) and the Australian Inland Mission (AIM). [9] The United Aborigines Mission [ 10 ] published the Australian Aborigines Advocate , a magazine documenting their activities.
The Aboriginal Lands Trust was abolished by the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983. [20] The property was transferred to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and from there to Aboriginal Land Councils. [19] [21] In 1997 a system of Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) was introduced in Australia. The remaining Aboriginal Reserves in New South Wales ...
Most of the missions were developed on land granted by the government for this purpose. Around ten missions were established in NSW between 1824 and 1923, although missionaries also visited some managed stations. Many Aboriginal people have adopted the term ‘mission’ or ‘mish’ to refer to reserve settlements and fringe camps generally. [13]
The mission relied on public donations and the money earned by the Aboriginal men working at sheep and cattle stations in the area. Matthews lobbied the New South Wales government for financial support, including establishing the Committee to Aid the Maloga Mission in 1878, [13] [14] a committee which later became the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Association [15] [16] which, from 1881 ...
The Cummeragunja walk-off was a 1939 protest by Aboriginal Australians at the Cummeragunja Station, an Aboriginal reserve in southern New South Wales.Approximately 100 residents of the station walked off in protest at poor living conditions and mistreatment by the white station manager, as well as the perceived indifference of the Aborigines Protection Board and the state government.
Over the years, the Brewarrina Mission was used to house other Aboriginal people from Tibooburra, Angledool, Goodooga and Culgoa to form the reserve which operated between 1886 - 1966 and was one of the longest running reserve stations in NSW. During the reserve period many Aboriginal people died and were buried in the reserve cemetery.
The mission buildings were re-built on the new site, and the teacher, Thomas Shadrach James, moved too, but Matthews stayed on at Maloga. The new station became a thriving community by the turn of the century, but over time its status changed as the New South Wales Government assumed varying degrees of control.
The Kinchela Aboriginal Boys' Training Home is the only surviving Aboriginal boys' training home in NSW. It was the longest surviving Aboriginal training facility for boys. The place has rarity as the only surviving built evidence of the assimilation policies which dictated that Aboriginal boys be institutionalised and trained as labourers in NSW.