The poster provides a brief history of the Umeewarra mission. Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc. 2003; photograph courtesy of the Advertiser/Sunday Mail; written by David Hollinsworth; edited, designed and produced by Dreamtime Public Relations Pty Ltd, Australia, www.dreamtimepr.com.

The Open Brethren Assemblies of South Australia established a mission north of Port Augusta in 1937. Named Umeewarra it covered an area of some 200 acres (80 hectares). The main focus of the mission was a children's home and school.

In 1964 the government took control of the mission and the area was renamed Davenport Reserve. The school was taken over by the Education Department. Four years later a Community Council took over administration of the reserve. The Home continued to accommodate Aboriginal children for a number of years. In the 1970s most children still resident were fostered out. The last few remained in the Home with the former mission superintendent and his wife until they retired in 1995.

Umeewarra Mission

Port Augusta (S. Aust)

Aboriginal Australians

Davenport community

Survival in our own land: 'Aboriginal' experiences in 'South Australia' since 1836; edited and researched by Christobel Mattingley, co-edited by Ken Hampton. Adelaide: ALDAA in association with Hodder & Stoughton, 1988

Aboriginal missions in South Australia Adelaide Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc., 2003