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St Clair Aboriginal Mission, also known as Singleton Aboriginal Mission, it was renamed Mount Olive Reserve (1893–1923) Aborigines' Inland Mission [27] Sydney Aboriginal Mission [ 6 ] [ 16 ] Warangesda Aboriginal Mission (1879–1920) Church of England / Australian Board of Missions [ 6 ] [ 16 ]
Aboriginal reserves, like the missions and other institutions, had the effect of isolating, confining and controlling Aboriginal people. [9] People who were relocated to these reserves lost the human rights of freedom of movement and work, control over their personal property and the custody of their children. [ 10 ]
An Aboriginal reserve, also called simply reserve, was a government-sanctioned settlement for Aboriginal Australians, created under various state and federal legislation. Along with missions and other institutions, they were used from the 19th century to the 1960s to keep Aboriginal people separate from the white Australian population.
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.
Australian Indigenous Ministries, formerly Aborigines Inland Mission of Australia (both AIM), is an interdenominational Christian organisation that provides ministries to Aboriginal Australians. Aborigines Inland Mission of Australia was established in 1905, and ran many Aboriginal missions across Australia, including the Retta Dixon Home in ...
The Warangesda Aboriginal Mission is a heritage-listed former Australian Aboriginal mission site at ... Board policy to reduce Aboriginal reserves may have played a ...
Flight Sergeant Leonard Waters, the first Aboriginal air-force pilot and the only Aboriginal pilot allowed to serve in World War II, was born at the Euraba Aboriginal Reserve and spent part of his childhood at 'Old Toomelah'. [30] Madeline McGrady, pioneering Aboriginal film-maker. [31] Singer/songwriter Roger Knox is from Toomelah. [32]
Some of the reserves should be enlarged, and several new activities were suggested, such as growing olives, hops, and garden flowers; beekeeping; carpentry; and others. It was also recommended that Aboriginal workers should receive fair remuneration, with payment made for the amount of work rather than by time.