Bloomfield River Mission House, 1886, courtesy of Picture Queensland, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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The Aboriginal Mission Station, Bloomfield River, north-west of Cooktown, in the Daintree region, was run by the Colonial Secretary. It opened in 1886 and in 1887 control of the Mission was handed over to the Lutheran Church. Children on the Mission may have been housed in dormitories, however this cannot be confirmed
1886 - 1887 Aboriginal Mission Station, Bloomfield River
1887 - 1902 Bloomfield River Mission
Sources used to compile this entry: Douglas Shire Historical Society (NQ) Inc., Brief History of Bloomfield, Wajul Wajul, Far North Queensland, Douglas Historical Society, 2013, http://www.douglashistory.org.au/Bloomfield-Wujal-Wujal.27.0.html; Ganter, Regina, German Missionaries in Queensland - Bloomfield (Wujal-Wujal), Griffith University, 2009, http://missionaries.griffith.edu.au/qld-mission/bloomfield-wujal-wujal.
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth
Created: 28 February 2014, Last modified: 4 June 2014
Last updated: 5 August 2022
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