Australian Aborigines' Mission. Miss Baker, Secretary, La Perouse, N.S.W, ca. 1910-1912
Australian Aborigines' Mission. Miss Baker, Secretary, La Perouse, N.S.W, ca. 1910-1912
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1910-1912
Call Numbers
SPG/190
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures, Photographs and Ephemera
Physical Description
Contents
2 photographic postcards - 8.8 x 13.7 cm - black & white
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Level of description
Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
2 printed photographic postcards, ca. 1910-1912. The photographs show a large gathering of Aboriginal people, probably at La Perouse. Three girls are shown in both photographs wearing identical clothing and seated in the same location, indicating the same photographer and same event. The Australian Aborigines’ Advocate, monthly journal of the AAM,...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Australian Aborigines' Mission. Miss Baker, Secretary, La Perouse, N.S.W, ca. 1910-1912
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Ancanthe in 2017
Administrative / Biographical history
The Australian Aborigines Mission was started in Sydney in 1902, originally based at the La Perouse Aboriginal reserve. Missionary Harriet Baker was appointed to replace founder Retta Dixon in 1904 and became permanent Secretary. Miss Baker lived in the reserve’s Mission House and was also the schoolteacher.
Reference: Library correspondence fil...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SPG/190
Record Identifier
1LjGdda9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1LjGdda9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1009612
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