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1877
- Lutheran missionaries establish Hermannsburg Mission, south west of Alice Springs near the Finke River.
- December: Telegraph link between Adelaide and Perth completed; all colonies now connected.
- Catherine Helen Spence the first female member of a public board when appointed to the East Adelaide School Board of Advice.
For more information see The Foundation of South Australia: 1852-1883, Key events and issues.
Hermannsburg Aboriginal Mission |
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| Title : | Hermannsburg Aboriginal Mission |
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| Creator : | Strehlow, T., photographer | ||
| Source : | B 42418 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1900 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 90 x 250 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
In 1877 the Lutheran church sent two pastors to establish a mission to the Aborigines on the Finke River in the centre of the Australian continent. After 14 years of struggling with heat, drought and sickness, the mission was temporarily abandoned in 1891. In 1894 Hermannsburg (as the mission was re-named) was revived with the arrival of an energetic young pastor, Carl Strehlow, his wife and other missionaries. Strehlow came to be greatly respected by the Arrernte people, who named him 'Ingkata' ('chief'). He learned the Western Arrernte language, recorded the customs of the people and translated the New Testament first into Dieri, and later into Arrernte. The 1200 square miles of mission lands were worked as a cattle station and date plantation to provide a small income. Strehlow died at Horseshoe Bend in 1922, after which the mission was run by the teacher, Adolph Heinrich, until Pastor F.W. Albrecht arrived in 1926. In 1982 control of the mission lands was returned to the traditional owners under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act. |
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| Related names : | Albrecht, F.W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1894-1984 Heinrich, Hermann Adolph Strehlow, C. (Carl), 1871-1922 Arrernte Diyari |
| Coverage year : | ca. 1900 |
| Period : | 1852-1883 |
| Place : | Hermannsburg (NT); Finke River (NT) |
| Region : | Northern Territory |
| Further reading : | Adams, Noel. Radio interview with Pastor FW Albrecht [sound recording], 1969, OH 26/30
Albrecht, FW. Personal papers, 1937-1974, PRG 868 Dear Mr Heinrich: Ntaria letters 1933-35 , Hermannsburg, N.T.: Ntaria School, 2002 Henson, Barbara. A straight-out man: FW Albrecht and Central Australian Aborigines, Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1992 Lohe, M. Hermannsburg: a vision and a mission, Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House, 1977 Lutheran Church of Australia. Exercise books of Hermannsburg schoolchildren in the Arrente language, c. 1890, SRG 3/10 Scherer, P.A. Hermannsburg chronicles, 1877-1933, Tanunda, S.A.: P.A. Scherer, 1995 Strehlow, C. (Carl) Personal papers, 1901-1922, PRG 1207 Strehlow, TGH. Journey to Horseshoe Bend, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1969 |
| Internet links : | Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts (Northern Territory) - Strehlow Research Centre SA Memory, Religion in South Australia: Mission State Library of South Australia factsheets online, Aboriginal Australia |
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