Point McLeay Mission Station |
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Title : | Point McLeay Mission Station |
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Creator : | Sweet, Samuel White | ||
Date of creation : | ca. 1872 | ||
Format : | Photograph | ||
Dimensions : | 155 x 205 mm | ||
Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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Copyright : | This item is reproduced with kind permission from Raukkan Community Council Inc. It may be printed or saved for personal research or study. Use for any other purpose requires written permission from Raukkan Community Council Inc. and the State Library of South Australia. Further information may be found at Permission to publish. |
Description : |
Adults and children standing outside the buildings and along the road leading to the Point McLeay Mission Station. The mission comprises of several small cottages and larger community buildings. Point McLeay Mission Station stands at the northern end of the peninsula between Lakes Alexandrina and Albert in the Lower Murray Region of South Australia. It was renamed Raukkan in 1982. |
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Related names : | Point McLeay Aboriginal Mission |
Period : | 1852-1883 |
Place : | Point McLeay |
Region : | Riverland and Murraylands |
Further reading : | Bell, Diane. Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin : a world that is, was and will be, North Melbourne, Spinifex Press, 1998 |
Internet links : | ABC: George Negus Tonight - History: Indigenous river life Jenni Grace, Elder, Mid-Murray Region; Richard Hunter, Nganguraku Elder; Dr Philip A. Clarke, Head Of Anthropology, SA Museum. [07/06/2004] |