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Western Australia - Organisation
Warburton Mission (1933 - 1977)
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Warburton Mission, 1958-1961, 1958 - 1961, by Young, Mervyn, courtesy of State Library of Western Australia.
Details
- From
- 1933
- To
- 1977
- Categories
- Home, Mission, Non-denominational and Protestant
- Alternative Names
- Warburton Ranges Mission (also known as)
Warburton Mission, 579 kilometres north-east of Laverton, was established in 1933 as an outstation of Mount Margaret Mission until it became a separate facility in 1937. Aboriginal children either lived at the mission with families or were sent there for schooling. The head of the government departments responsible for Aboriginal welfare was the guardian of these children until 1963. In 1968, 211 children lived at the mission. In 1971 there were 136 children attending a Government school on Warburton Mission. It closed in 1977.
Publications
Books
- Morgan, Margaret R, Mt Margaret: a drop in a bucket, Belco Consulting, Mt Lawley, Western Australia, 2007. Details
Journals
- United Aborigines Mission (ed.), The United Aborigines messenger, 1929-1987. Details
Online Resources
- 'Warburton Range missions, missionaries and Aboriginal people : part three [picture]', in State Library of Western Australia website, State Library of Western Australia, http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b3345574~S2. Details
- 'Warburton Range missions, missionaries and Aboriginal people : part two [picture]', in State Library of Western Australia website, State Library of Western Australia, http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b3345573~S2. Details
- 'Warburton Range missions, missionaries and Aboriginal people : part one [picture]', in State Library of Western Australia website, State Library of Western Australia, http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b3345572~S2#. Details
- To Remove and Protect: Aboriginal Lives Under Control [website], 2010, https://aiatsis.gov.au/collection/featured-collections/remove-and-protect. Details
- Bringing Them Home: The 'Stolen Children' Report (1997), Australian Human Rights Commission, 2011, https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-justice/publications/bringing-them-home. Details
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies [website], http://aiatsis.gov.au/. Details
- Information Services, Department for Community Development, 'p.550', Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, 2004, https://signposts.communities.wa.gov.au//pdf/pdf.aspx. Details
- Longworth, Alison, Was it worthwhile?, An historical analysis of five women missionaries and their encounters with the Nyungar people of south-west Australia, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, 2005, http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/163/2/02Whole.pdf. pp.298-299. Details
- State Records Taskforce, Government of Western Australia, Looking West: A Guide to Aboriginal Records in Western Australia, Government of Western Australia, 2004, http://lookingwest.cpfs.wa.gov.au/. Details
- State Solicitor's Office of Western Australia, 'p. 140', Guide to Institutions Attended by Aboriginal People in Western Australia, Government of Western Australia, 2005, http://web.archive.org/web/20140126131607/http://www.dpc.wa.gov.au/lantu/MediaPublications/Documents/Guide-to-Institutions-attended-by-Aboriginal-people-in-WA-2005.pdf. Details
Photos
- Title
- Arriving, Warburton Mission, 1958-1961
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1958 - 1961
- Creator
- Young, Mervyn
- Publisher
- State Library of Western Australia
Details
- Title
- Hospital, Warburton Mission, 1958-1961
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1958 - 1961
- Creator
- Young, Mervyn
- Publisher
- State Library of Western Australia
Details
- Title
- Warburton Mission, 1958-1961
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1958 - 1961
- Creator
- Young, Mervyn
- Publisher
- State Library of Western Australia
Details
- Title
- Milking, Warburton Mission, 1958-1961
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1958 - 1961
- Creator
- Young, Mervyn
- Publisher
- State Library of Western Australia
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Information Services, Department for Community Development, 'p.550', Signposts: A Guide for Children and Young People in Care in WA from 1920, Government of Western Australia, 2004, https://signposts.communities.wa.gov.au//pdf/pdf.aspx;
Longworth, Alison, Was it worthwhile?, An historical analysis of five women missionaries and their encounters with the Nyungar people of south-west Australia, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, 2005, http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/163/2/02Whole.pdf. pp.298-299..
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 15 March 2011, Last modified: 12 September 2014