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New South Wales - Organisation

Church Missionary Society of Australia (1916 - )

  • Mission children, Mulgoa NSW

    Mission children, Mulgoa NSW, c. 1942 - c. 1947, courtesy of Northern Territory Archives Service.
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1916
Categories
Anglican, Care Provider, Mission and Records Access Service
Alternative Names
  • Church Ministry Society of Australasia (also known as)
  • CMS (acronym)
  • CMS - Australia (also known as)
Website
http://www.cms.org.au/

The Church Missionary Society of Australia was formed in 1916 and operated two homes in New South Wales for Aboriginal children, some accompanied by their mothers, who were evacuated from the Northern Territory and South Australia during World War II. These were the Church Missionary Society Home for Half-Castes at Mulgoa and Milleewa Home at Ashfield.

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The Church Missionary Society is an Anglican missionary society founded in London in 1799. Whilst an auxiliary for the Church Missionary Society was established in Sydney in 1825, the Church Missionary Society of Australia was not formed until 1916, after the states of Australia federated.
The Church Missionary Society is now known as CMS Australia. The records of the Church Missionary Society's Northern Territory activities are managed by the Northern Territory Archives Service but permission to access these records should be sought from the Sydney office.

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Publications

Books

  • Bezant, Betty, Our river days : a reflection of childhood memories, 1942-1946 : children from Otford, New South Wales and Croker Island, Northern Territory, Kardoorair Press, Armidale, 2008, 72 pp. Details
  • Harris, John, We wish we'd done more : ninety years of CMS and aboriginal issues in North Australia, Openbook, Adelaide, 1998. Details

Resources

  • Director : Steven McGregor; Producers: Anna Grieve and Danielle MacLean., Croker Island exodus [videorecording (DVD)]., Jennifer Crone Productions; ABC Program Sales, 2012. Details

Online Resources

Photos

Mission building, Mulgoa NSW
Title
Mission building, Mulgoa NSW
Type
Image
Date
c. 1942 - c. 1947
Source
Northern Territory Archives Service

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Mission children, Mulgoa NSW
Title
Mission children, Mulgoa NSW
Type
Image
Date
c. 1942 - c. 1947
Source
Northern Territory Archives Service

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: 'History', in Church Missionary Society's Website, Church Missionary Society of Australia (CMS), 2010, https://www.cms.org.au/about-us/history/; George, Karen and George, Gary, 'Interstate movement of Northern Territory children (1942-1970s)', in Find & Connect web resource, Find & Connect web resource project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2013, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nt/biogs/YE00088b.htm; George, Karen and George, Gary, 'Croker Island Mission (1940 - 1968)', in Find & Connect web resource, Find & Connect web resource project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2014, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nt/biogs/YE00021b.htm; Correspondence with Church Missionary Society Archivist, 15 December 2011.

Prepared by: Naomi Parry