Eight Aboriginal children of the Yolngu language group, Elcho Island, Northern Territory, ca. 1923, c. 1923, by Boote, Henry E., courtesy of National Library of Australia.
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The Elcho Island Mission was established in 1921 by the Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia at Elcho Island. The Island is 550 km north-east of Darwin and is a part of the Wessel Island Group. Two years later in 1923, when oil drilling began on the island, the Mission was closed.
The Elcho Island Mission was first established in 1921 by the Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia. It was situated at Elcho Island, 550 km north-east of Darwin, a part of the Wessel Island Group. In 1923 the Naphtha Petroleum Company began drilling for oil on the island and the Mission was closed. A new Mission was then established at Milingimbi Island.
Sources used to compile this entry: NAA: A431, 1950/2752 Goulburn & Elcho Island Mission Review Reports - Northern Territory 1922-1952.
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Created: 27 February 2014, Last modified: 15 May 2014
Last updated: 4 August 2023
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