Development

Wreck of the Quetta

When the steamship Quetta was wrecked on a reef in the Torres Strait in 1890 with 134 lives lost, repercussions of the disaster were felt in every embarkation port do

Lutheran Church, Hope Vale, 1968. During World War II Indigenous people in the Hope Valley and Cape Bedford areas were moved to Woorabinda and in 1949 the survivors were transferred back to a newly established Lutheran mission at the future site of Hope Vale. Slide by George Laws, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Lockhart River, 1982. The Anglican Church established a mission at Lockhart River in 1924 which was evacuated during World War II. It was re-established in 1947. Slides by Ruth Read, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Edward River Mission (now Pormpuraaw) crocodile farm, 1990. In 1938 the Church of England began the Edward River Mission. The mission's superintendant between 1957-62 was the father of Dr Heather Beattie (nee Halliday), later wife of Peter Beattie, Premier of Queenland 1998-2007. The name of the mission was changed to Pormpuraaw in 1987. A commercial crocodile farm beagn in 1969. Slides by Marie Hayes, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Girls from Yarrabah Aboriginal Reserve, 1954.

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Queensland Aborigines' Mission Band, 1918. From Edwin J. Brady, Australia unlimited, Melbourne, George Robertson & Co, 1918. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Mitchell River Mission (now Kowanyama), re-housing plan, c1965

Kowanyama, QLD

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27 October 2010

Location

Kowanyama, QLD

Australia

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27 October 2010

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Mitchell River Mission, re-housing layout plan for redevelopment. The Mitchell River Mission was badly damaged by a cyclone in 1964 and subsequently rebuilt. In 1905 an Anglican Aboriginal mission was established on Topsy Creek, south of Kowanyama, but 14 years later it was moved to Mitchell River. In 1987 a deed of grant in trust (DOGIT), comprising 250 square kilometres of land was made in favour of the local people. This plan c1965, details provision for 'native housing', and a range of administrative and service functions. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Missions and reserves

‘Surviving the system’

Interior and exterior images of the Walter Reid Cultural Centre, 2010. Photographs by Ana Stevenson, 2010

Collection of Ana Stevenson

Graffiti on the walls of the holding bay by American service personnel who occupied the Walter Reid Building during World War II. One soldier wrote ‘A. Pasrouke Dec 2 1941,’ followed by “Back Again – Dec 1 1947’. Photograph by Ana Stevenson, 2010

Collection of Ana Stevenson

Development

Wreck of the Quetta

Lutheran Church, Hope Vale, 1968

Lockhart River, 1982

Edward River Mission (now Pormpuraaw) crocodile farm, 1990

Girls from Yarrabah Aboriginal Reserve, Mulgrave Shire, 1954

Queensland Aborigines' Mission Band, 1918

Mitchell River Mission (now Kowanyama), re-housing plan, c1965

Location

Missions and reserves

Walter Reid Cultural Centre, 2010

Graffiti by American service personnel, 1941-47