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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 ...
The La Perouse Aborigines’ Reserve became the New South Wales Aborigines Mission (NSWAM) and in 1899 Retta became the first resident missionary. Retta travelled to Aboriginal communities in New South Wales to preach with help from La Perouse Aboriginal Community. She journeyed to the south coast, the Hawkesbury and the mid-north coast. [1]
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]
However, this proved to be one of the last major incidents of Aboriginal resistance. The remaining people of the 'Big River' and 'Oyster Bay' clans numbered only a few dozen, down from a precolonial population of up to 2,000. Colonial violence had taken a massive toll on Montpelliatta's people and further resistance became impractical. [1]
Ebenezer Mission, also known as Wimmera mission, Hindmarsh mission and Dimboola mission, [1] was a mission station for Aboriginal people established near Lake Hindmarsh in Victoria, Australia (near Jeparit) in 1859 by the Moravian Church on the land of the Wotjobaluk.
The Kahkwa nation was either one of the Erie [35] or Neutral nations, or the name in the Seneca language for the Neutral and Erie nations as a whole. [34] In the Huron language, the Kahkwa traditional territory is called Atrakwae. [36] In English, it has been referred to as "Kahkwa territory". [37] Báxoje Máya n [25] ("Land of the Gray Snow ...
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 ]
In Ojibwe religion, a successful life is one that has secured the support of powerful manitouk, often through the provision of offerings like tobacco. Ojibwe religious practitioners undergo vision quests as a means of establishing a relationship with a manitou that becomes their guiding patron; prior to the 20th century, almost every Ojibwe ...