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Western Australia - Organisation
Kalumburu Mission (1931 - 1982)
- From
- 1931
- To
- 1982
- Categories
- Children's Home, Mission, Catholic, School, Home
- Alternative Names
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- Drysdale River Mission
- Kalumburu
Kalumburu Mission (also known as Drysdale River Mission until around 1950) provided dormitory style residential care for Aboriginal boys and girls aged from infancy to around 16 years of age. Kalumburu began as an 'outstation' of the Drysdale River Mission in 1932 and became the main 'Mission Station' in 1937. Kalumburu Mission was managed by the Benedictine Community of New Norcia until it was handed over to the Catholic Diocese of Broome in 1981, and ceased to house children in 1982.
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Kalumburu Mission (1931-1982) and Drysdale River Mission (1908 - 1937) were both managed by the Benedictine Community on different, but nearby sites. By 1937, Kalumburu Mission took over from Drysdale River Mission as the main site, and was referred to as Drysdale River Mission in government reports until 1951.
Six people were killed during a Japanese air raid on the Kalumburu Mission during World War Two, including a mother and four children and the manager of the mission.
Kalumburu Mission ceased its role in out of home care in 1982 when it became a parish of the Catholic Diocese of Broome. In 2014 it continues as an historical and tourist site.
Locations
- 1931 - 1982
- Location - Kalumburu was located in Kalumburu
- 13 November 1936 - 13 November 1936
- Event - Kalumburu took over from the Drysdale River Mission as the main north-west mission station of the Benedictines, New Norcia
- 27 September 1943 - 27 September 1943
- Event - Six people were killed during a Japanese air raid on the Kalumburu Mission during World War Two, including a mother and four children and the manager of the mission
- Series Title
- Administration Files - Northern District Office [N.D.G Sequence] (1950 - 1974)
- Date Range
- 1950 - 1974
- Reference
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S46
[State Records Office of Western Australia Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Search Room, State Records Office of Western Australia:
Address: Alexander Library Building, James Street West Entrance, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3600
Fax: (08) 9427 3638
Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au
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- Series Title
- Files - Departmental [Education Department] (1885 - 2000)
- Date Range
- 1885 - 2000
- Reference
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S24
[State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
- Contact
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Please contact the Search Room, State Records Office of Western Australia:
Address: Alexander Library Building, James Street West Entrance, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 3600
Fax: (08) 9427 3638
Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Files - Community Welfare ("A" Series), State Records Office of Western Australia (1908 - 1990)
- Date Range
- 1908 - 1990
- Reference
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Series 1099
[State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
- Contact
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For access to records controlled by the Department of Communities and its predecessors, please contact the Department of Communities Freedom of Information Unit:
Postal Address: Freedom of Information, Department of Communities, Locked Bag 5000, Fremantle WA 6959
Phone: (08) 6414 3344
Email: foi@communities.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/department-of-communities-freedom-of-information-foi
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Department of Aboriginal Affairs [predecessors], Records (1886 - 2004)
- Date Range
- 1886 - 2004
- Reference
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-
- Contact
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Please contact Aboriginal History Research Services, Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries:
Postal Address: PO Box 8349, Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Phone: 1800 161 301
Email: ahrs@dlgsc.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/aboriginal-history/aboriginal-history-research-services
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- New Norcia Archives (1846 - )
- Date Range
- 1846 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact The Archivist, Benedictines, New Norcia:
Address: Benedictine Community of New Norcia Archive, Holy Trinity Abbey, New Norica WA 6509
Phone: (08) 9654 8018
Email: archives@newnorcia.wa.edu.au
Website: https://www.newnorcia.wa.edu.au/education-research/archives/archives
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Files - General (1899 - 1987)
- Date Range
- 1899 - 1987
- Reference
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S268
[State Records Office of Western Australia Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Freedom of Information Coordinator, Department of Health:
Postal address: PO Box 8172, Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Phone: (08) 9222 6411
Email: FOI.DOH@health.wa.gov.au
Website: https://www.healthywa.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/Access-my-WA-Health-medical-records
For enquiries regarding records of hospitals or health providers that are still in operation, please contact the hospital or health provider directly. Contact details for each hospital can be found using the link provided above.
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Files - Aborigines Departments (1926 - 1972)
- Date Range
- 1926 - 1972
- Reference
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S2030
[State Records Office of Western Australia Reference code]
- Contact
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Please contact Aboriginal History Research Services, Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries:
Postal Address: PO Box 8349, Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Phone: 1800 161 301
Email: ahrs@dlgsc.wa.gov.au
Website :https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/aboriginal-history/aboriginal-history-research-services
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Kalumburu Mission, c1980
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