Edward River Mission (now Pormpuraaw) crocodile farm, 1990

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