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[General description] Aboriginal men are washing wool on a pier at Lake Alexandrina. This was a succcessful business at first for the mission but deteriorated due to the lake's increasing salinity. [On back of photograph] 'Woolwashing at Point McLeay Mission. Probably 1900-1909'

Point McLeay Mission Station

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