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Queensland - Organisation
Old Doomadgee Mission (1933 - 1936)
- From
- 1933
- To
- 1936
- Categories
- Mission, Home
- Alternative Names
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The Old Doomadgee Mission, at Bayley Point, was run by the Open Brethren. It opened in 1933 and relocated to a site on the Nicholson River in 1936. Children on the Mission were housed in girls' and boys' dormitories.
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By 1935 it had become clear that the site was unsuitable as a mission due to the lack of a reliable water supply and its remoteness. Following a cyclone in 1936 the Mission was moved to its present site on the Nicholson River.
Children on the Mission were placed in dormitories as shown by an early photograph of the 'Boys' house' at Old Doomadgee, dated from the early 1930s.
Locations
- 1933 - 1936
- Location - The Old Doomadgee Mission was situated at Bayley Point, Gulf of Carpentaria
Timeline
- 1933 - 1936
- Old Doomadgee Mission
- 1936 - 1983
- Doomadgee Mission
- Collection Title
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Records (1880s - )
- Date Range
- 1880 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Community and Personal Histories Team:
Postal address: Level 9, 1 William Street, Brisbane QLD 4000
Phone: 1800 650 230 (toll-free within Australia) or (07) 3003 6466
Email: enquiries@dsdsatsip.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.qld.gov.au/firstnations/cultural-awareness-heritage-arts/family-personal-history
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