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Organisation Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission (1877 - 1982)
School house, Hermannsburg Mission, Finke River, Northern Territory, 1947 [picture], by Searle, E.W., courtesy of National Library of Australia.
Details
- From
- 1877
- To
- 1982
- Categories
- Care Provider, Lutheran, Mission and Mission Boarding School
- Alternative Names
- Finke River Mission (Also known as)
Summary
The Hermannsburg mission was founded by Lutheran missionaries in 1877. It continued until 1982 when the lease on the land was finally surrendered and the land returned to Aboriginal people. Shortly after arriving, the missionaries gathered the Aboriginal children daily for schooling, with the promise of rations afterwards.
[taken from Bringing them Home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families - Chapter 9]
Details
Events
- 1877
- Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission situated at Finke River. Location: Finke River
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Publications
Online Resources
- 'Northern Territory: Protectors' reports', in To remove and protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2010, http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/collections/exhibitions/remove/NT/protrepo.html. Details
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Bringing Them Home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, Commonwealth of Australia, 1997, http://www.humanrights.gov.au/pdf/social_justice/bringing_them_home_report.pdf. Details
Gallery
- Title
- School house, Hermannsburg Mission, Finke River, Northern Territory, 1947 [picture]
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1947
- Place
- Finke River
- Creator
- Searle, E.W.
- Control
- Identifier: nla.pic-vn4655900
- Source
- National Library of Australia
Sources used to compile this entry: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Bringing Them Home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, Commonwealth of Australia, 1997, http://www.humanrights.gov.au/pdf/social_justice/bringing_them_home_report.pdf.
Prepared by: Anna Trengove
Created: 7 February 2011, Last modified: 19 June 2012
Last updated: 30 April 2013
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