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The United Aborigines Mission (UAM) (also known as UAM Ministries, United Aborigines' Mission (Australia), and United Aborigines' Mission of Australia [1]) was one of the largest missions in Australia, having dozens of missionaries and stations, and covering Western Australia, New South Wales and South Australia in the 1900s. It was first ...
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.
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]
Spain established twenty-one missions, indigenous peoples (the so-called Mission Indians) lived and worked under the supervision of missionaries. [2] However, approximately 80% of the approximately 100,000 to 300,000 indigenous population of California remained outside the Missions. [ 3 ]
In the Huron and French languages of the Jesuit mission era: Gandastogue, [15] Andastoé, Andastogué ("country of Andastes")., [16] Conestoga people today and traditionally call themselves Conestoga. The "co" part of the word is a prefix that refers to "people".
This category includes present missions, as well as communities which have been missions at some point in their history, usually the beginning. Pages in category "Australian Aboriginal missions" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total.
Indigenous groups in North America were assigned to small reservations, typically on remote and economically marginal territories that would not support crops, fishing or hunting. Some of the reservations were then dismantled through an allotment process such as the Dawes act in North America, but some Indigenous peoples refused to sign. [70]
The first Aboriginal branch of the Country Women's Association was established by a Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) member from the Goondiwindi district, Una Armstrong. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] The branch of the CWA was established in 1956, at Boggabilla Aboriginal Station, and was known as Toomelah Country Women's Association. [ 34 ]