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Northern Territory - Organisation

Pine Creek Home (1931 - 1933)

  • Pine Creek Repeater Station

    Pine Creek Repeater Station, August 1984, by McKinnon, J, courtesy of Department of the Environment and Energy.
    Details

From
1931
To
1933
Categories
Government-run and Home
Alternative Names
  • Pine Creek Half Caste Home (Also known as)
  • Pine Creek Half Caste Institution (Also known as)

The Pine Creek Home was established by the government at Pine Creek in 1931 to alleviate over-crowding at the Myilly Point Home in Darwin. The first children were moved there in September 1931. Pine Creek Home operated for two years and closed in 1933 and the children were transferred to The Bungalow in Alice Springs and back to the Myilly Point Home in Darwin.

Details

The Pine Creek Home was established by the government at Pine Creek, approximately 200km south east of Darwin, in 1931. It was opened to alleviate over-crowding at the Myilly Point Home near Kahlin Compound, which was also known at the time as the 'Darwin Half-caste Home '. Initially in September 1931 28 boys between four and 14 years of age were removed from Myilly Point and transferred to Pine Creek. The Pine Creek Home closed in 1933, with most of the children being transferred to The Bungalow in Alice Springs and back to the Myilly Point Home in Darwin.

Location

1931 - 1933
Location - Pine Creek Home was situated at Railway Terrace, Pine Creek. Location: Pine Creek

Related Organisations

  • The Bungalow (1914 - 1942)

    The children at Pine Creek Home were sent to The Bungalow in 1933 when the Home was closed.

  • Myilly Point Home (1924 - 1939)

    A number of children from Myilly Point Home were removed to Pine Creek due to over-crowding in 1931. When the Pine Creek Home closed in 1933, many children from Pine Creek were sent to Myilly Point Home.

  • Pine Creek Home (1940 - 1941)

    The Pine Creek Home that closed in 1933 was reopened in 1940 for temporary accommodation of Aboriginal children being moved out to various Missions

Related Places

  • Stuart (1888 - 1933)

    Pine Creek Home was established in the town of Stuart, later known as Alice Springs

Publications

Online Resources

Photos

Half-caste home - Pine Creek, NT (1931 - 1941)
Title
Half-caste home - Pine Creek, NT (1931 - 1941)
Type
Document
Date
1931 - 1941

Details

Pine Creek Repeater Station
Title
Pine Creek Repeater Station
Type
Image
Date
August 1984
Creator
McKinnon, J
Source
Department of the Environment and Energy

Details

Pine Creek Repeater Station
Title
Pine Creek Repeater Station
Type
Image
Date
August 1984
Creator
McKinnon, J
Source
Department of the Environment and Energy

Details

Pine Creek Repeater Station
Title
Pine Creek Repeater Station
Type
Image
Date
June 2004
Creator
Baker, John
Source
Department of the Environment and Energy

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: 'HALF-CASTE BOYS', The West Australian (Perth, Western Australia), 10 September 1931, p. 8, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32348623; 'HALF CASTE HOME', The Daily News (Perth, Western Australia), 10 December 1932, p. 1, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82882171; 'Northern Territory: Protectors /Administration / Welfare Branch reports', in To remove and protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2010, http://aiatsis.gov.au/collections/collections-online/digitised-collections/remove-and-protect/northern-territory; Stolen Generations N.T., http://www.ntsgac.org/; NAA: A659, 1940/1/7551 Half-cast home - Pine Creek, NT 1931 - 1941.

Prepared by: Gary George and Karen George