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.
The Western Australian government has agreed to be a funder of last resort for this institution. This means that although the institution is now defunct, it is participating in the National Redress Scheme, and the government has agreed to pay the institution’s share of costs of providing redress to a person (as long as the government is found to be equally responsible for the abuse a person experienced).
This page was written by Debra Rosser, last updated 22 September 2025. Sources used to create this entry:
