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Queensland - Organisation
Mitchell River Mission (1905 - 1967)
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View of Mitchell River Mission, 1919, 1919, courtesy of Picture Queensland, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
DETAILS
- From
- 1905
- To
- 1967
- Categories
- Mission, Anglican, Home, Protestant
- Alternative Names
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- Trubanaman Mission
- Trubanamen Mission
- Kowanyama
Mitchell River Mission, at Trubanaman, was established by the Church of England in 1905. Children living on the Mission were separated from their parents and housed in segregated dormitories for the purposes of education. This practice was also viewed as a means of isolating the children from their culture. In 1918 the mission relocated to a site on Magnificent Creek and was given the name Kowanyama (however, for many years after this move it was still referred to as Mitchell River Mission). In 1966, the Anglican Church approached the government to take control of the mission and responsibility for the mission was handed over to the Queensland Government on 1 May 1967. The mission became a government administered reserve known as Kowanyama.
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In January 1903 an Aboriginal reserve on the Mitchell River was gazetted. The Church of England established a mission at Trubanaman near Topsy Creek in 1905. Although the Church administered the Mission, it was answerable to the State who subsidised them. In 1918 the Mission moved 19 kilometres from the original location to a site on Magnificent Creek and was given the name Kowanyama, meaning "many waters".
Locations
- 1905 - 1918
- Location - The Mitchell River Mission was situated on the Mitchell River at Trubanaman
- 1918 - 1967
- Location - The Mitchell River Mission was situated on Magnificent Creek, Trubanaman (now Kowanyama)
Timeline
- 1905 - 1967
- Mitchell River Mission
- 1967 - 1987
- Kowanyama 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
View of Mitchell River Mission, 1919
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