Retta Dixon Homes, Darwin- Guests at opening ceremony? [editor’s note: original caption]

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Although this photo at the NAA is listed as being from 1947 this picture in fact shows guests at the opening ceremony for the new Retta Dixon Home in 1961. The guests appear to be in front of one of the new cotttage homes.

Album of anthropological photographs – Aboriginal Inquiry Central and North Australia – J.W. Bleakley – Millingimbi Mission, Crocodile Islands (Methodist) – Mission House – (Page 46)

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This image shows the Mission house at Millingimbi Methodist Mission on the Crocodile Islands. It is not certain whether or not this building would have housed children in care on the Mission.

School house, Hermannsburg Mission, Finke River, Northern Territory, 1947 [picture]

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This image shows the school house at the Lutheran Hermannsburg Mission on the Finke River.

Aboriginal people and torres strait islander peoples – Reserves, missions and homeland centres – Oenpelli Mission (aerial of lake and hills), Arnhem Land

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This image gives an aerial view of the Oenpelli Mission, established by the Church of England in 1925.

Christmas party at Umbakumba Aboriginal Settlement on Groote Eylandt organised by the Assistant Superintendent Smith and Mrs Smith. Photo 16.

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This image shows children at Umbakumba Settlement on Groote Eylandt during a Christmas party.

Mission house

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This image shows the Mission house at Goulburn Island Methodist Mission. It is not certain whether or not this building would have housed children in care on the Mission. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – Reserves, missions and homeland centres – Roman Catholic Mission on Bathurst Island

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This image shows several buildings on the Roman Catholic Mission on Bathurst Island. The purpose of these buildings and whether or not they would have housed the children in care on the Mission is not known.

St Mary’s Hostel – Matron in charge and children [altered from original title]

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The Roper River Mission.

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This image is of the Roper River Mission, established by the Church of England in 1908. The purpose of the buildings behind the children and whether or not they would have housed the children in care on the Mission is not known. The attached description notes the difference in clothing colour as an indication of…

Coconut avenue

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This image shows the ‘coconut avenue’ and Mission House at Emerald River. It is not certain whether the building shown would have housed children in care on the Mission.