Church Missionary Society of Australia (1916 - )

Mission children, Mulgoa NSW, c. 1942 - c. 1947, courtesy of Northern Territory Archives Service.
Details

From

1916

Categories

Anglican, Care Provider, Mission and Records Access Service

Alternative Names

Church Ministry Society of Australasia (also known as)
CMS (acronym)
CMS - Australia (also known as)

Website

http://www.cms.org.au/

The Church Missionary Society of Australia was formed in 1916 and operated two homes in New South Wales for Aboriginal children, some accompanied by their mothers, who were evacuated from the Northern Territory and South Australia during World War II. These were the Church Missionary Society Home for Half-Castes at Mulgoa and Milleewa Home at Ashfield.

The Church Missionary Society is an Anglican missionary society founded in London in 1799. Whilst an auxiliary for the Church Missionary Society was established in Sydney in 1825, the Church Missionary Society of Australia was not formed until 1916, after the states of Australia federated.
The Church Missionary Society is now known as CMS Australia. The records of the Church Missionary Society's Northern Territory activities are managed by the Northern Territory Archives Service but permission to access these records should be sought from the Sydney office.

Provided 'Care' At

Church Missionary Society Home for Half-Castes, Mulgoa (1942 - c. 1947)
Date: 1942 - 1945?
Crusaders Camp Mission Hostel (1940? - 1946?)
George Brown College (1942? - 1946?)
Milleewa Home for Boys (1919 - 1966)
The Church Missionary Society of Australia leased part of Milleewa Home for Boys during World War II, to accommodate Aboriginal children evacuated from the Northern Territory.

Date: 1942 - 1943

Related Archival Collections

Related Glossary Terms

Stolen Generations

Publications

Books

Bezant, Betty, Our river days : a reflection of childhood memories, 1942-1946 : children from Otford, New South Wales and Croker Island, Northern Territory, Kardoorair Press, Armidale, 2008, 72 pp. Details
Harris, John, We wish we'd done more : ninety years of CMS and aboriginal issues in North Australia, Openbook, Adelaide, 1998. Details

Resources

Director : Steven McGregor; Producers: Anna Grieve and Danielle MacLean., Croker Island exodus [videorecording (DVD)]., Jennifer Crone Productions; ABC Program Sales, 2012. Details

Online Resources

'Half-Caste Children. From Croker Island. On Way to Sydney.', Cairns Post, 20 May 1942, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/42344718. Details
'History', in Church Missionary Society's Website, Church Missionary Society of Australia (CMS), 2010, https://www.cms.org.au/about-us/history/. Details
George, Karen and George, Gary, 'Interstate movement of Northern Territory children (1942-1970s)', in Find & Connect web resource, Find & Connect web resource project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2013, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nt/biogs/YE00088b.htm. Details
George, Karen and George, Gary, 'Croker Island Mission (1940 - 1968)', in Find & Connect web resource, Find & Connect web resource project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2014, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nt/biogs/YE00021b.htm. Details
Henty-Gebert, Claire, Paint Me Black: Memories Of Croker Island And Other Journeys, Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, 2005, 72 pp, https://aiatsis.gov.au/publication/35669. Details

Photos

Title: Mission building, Mulgoa NSW
Type: Image
Date: c. 1942 - c. 1947
Source: Northern Territory Archives Service

Details

Title: Mission children, Mulgoa NSW
Type: Image
Date: c. 1942 - c. 1947
Source: Northern Territory Archives Service

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: 'History', in Church Missionary Society's Website, Church Missionary Society of Australia (CMS), 2010, https://www.cms.org.au/about-us/history/; George, Karen and George, Gary, 'Interstate movement of Northern Territory children (1942-1970s)', in Find & Connect web resource, Find & Connect web resource project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2013, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nt/biogs/YE00088b.htm; George, Karen and George, Gary, 'Croker Island Mission (1940 - 1968)', in Find & Connect web resource, Find & Connect web resource project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2014, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nt/biogs/YE00021b.htm; Correspondence with Church Missionary Society Archivist, 15 December 2011.

Prepared by: Naomi Parry

Created: 29 November 2011, Last modified: 16 June 2014

Church Missionary Society of Australia (1916 - )