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Western Australia - Organisation

Sunday Island Mission (1937 - 1964)

From
1937
To
1964
Categories
Home, Mission, Protestant and School

Sunday Island Mission was re-established by the United Aborigines Mission after a brief period at Wotjulum (1934-1937). It returned to the original site of the Sunday Island Mission (1899-1934). Children at Sunday Island were under the guardianship of the heads of the departments responsible for Aboriginal welfare until 1963. Sunday Island Mission closed in 1964.

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1937 - 1964
Location - Sunday Island Missionwas located on Sunday Island. Location: Sunday Island

Timeline

 1899 - 1934 Sunday Island Mission
       1934 - 1937 Wotjulum
             1937 - 1964 Sunday Island Mission

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Sources used to compile this entry: State Solicitor's Office of Western Australia, 'p.130', Guide to Institutions Attended by Aboriginal People in Western Australia, Government of Western Australia, 2005, http://web.archive.org/web/20140126131607/http://www.dpc.wa.gov.au/lantu/MediaPublications/Documents/Guide-to-Institutions-attended-by-Aboriginal-people-in-WA-2005.pdf.

Prepared by: Debra Rosser