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Queensland - Organisation
Cooyar Mission (1942 - 1944)
- From
- 1942
- To
- 1944
- Categories
- Mission
- Alternative Names
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- Hammond Island Institution - Cooyar
- Location
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The Cooyar Mission, in Cooyar, was established by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in conjunction with the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. The facility housed Torres Strait Islanders evacuated from the Hammond Island Mission Orphanage due to the outbreak of World War Two. It opened in 1942 and closed in 1944.
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Due to the military take-over of the Torres Strait Islands during World War Two, all the residents of the Hammond Island Mission Orphanage were evacuated in January 1942. They were relocated to Cooyar, a small town north of Toowoomba.
Of the approximately 100 people moved to Cooyar, about 50 were children aged between 8 and 15 years. They were accommodated in an old, vacant and de-licensed hotel. It became known as the 'Cooyar Mission', however correspondence about the Hammond Island Orphanage during the war years referred to it as the 'Hammond Island Institution - Cooyar'.
The number of occupants began to decrease and the Mission at Cooyar closed in November 1944.
Timeline
- 1889 - 1942
- St Henry's Roman Catholic Asylum
- 1942 - 1944
- Cooyar 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
DETAILS
- Item Title
- Correspondence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Hammond Island Mission - Annual Picnic - Mission and Orphanage Children (1937 - 1940)
- Date Range
- 1937 - 1940
- Reference
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506563
[Queensland State Archives Item ID]
- Contact
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Please contact Queensland State Archives:
Postal Address: PO Box 1397, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109
Phone: (07) 3037 6777
Email: info@archives.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/archives/contacts
DETAILS
- Item Title
- Hammind Island Mission - Annual Report (1937 - 1958)
- Date Range
- 1937 - 1958
- Reference
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506558
[Queensland State Archives Item ID]
- Contact
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Please contact Queensland State Archives:
Postal Address: PO Box 1397, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109
Phone: (07) 3037 6777
Email: info@archives.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/archives/contacts
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