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Organisation Phillip Creek Mission (1945 - 1956)
Phillip Creek Mission, Northern Territory, ca. 1946 [picture]., c. 1946, courtesy of National Library of Australia.
Details
- From
- 1945
Phillip Creek, Northern Territory - To
- 1956
- Categories
- Care Provider, Government-run, Mission, Mission Boarding School and Non-denominational
- Alternative Names
- Mangka Manta
Summary
The Phillip Creek Mission was established in 1945 and run by the Aborigines Inland Mission. In 1952 the Native Affairs Branch took over administration of the mission. The mission was a temporary site as it lacked a permanent source of water and was moved to a new settlement at Warrabri in 1956.
Details
Events
- 1945
- Phillip Creek Mission situated at Phillip Creek. Location: Phillip Creek
Publications
Online Resources
- Tennant Creek: Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Project, with School of Languages & Linguistics, The University of Melbourne, 2008, http://www.linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/research/projects/ACLA/tennant.html. Details
Gallery
- Title
- Phillip Creek Mission, Northern Territory, ca. 1946 [picture].
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1946
- Control
- Identifier: nla.pic-vn4807114
- Source
- National Library of Australia
Sources used to compile this entry: Tennant Creek: Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Project, with School of Languages & Linguistics, The University of Melbourne, 2008, http://www.linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/research/projects/ACLA/tennant.html.
Prepared by: Anna Trengove
Created: 14 February 2011, Last modified: 7 November 2011
Last updated: 31 May 2013
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