The camp of mercy : an historical and biographical record of the Warangesda Aboriginal Mission/Station, Darlington Point, New South Wales / Beverley Gulambali Elphick & Don Elphick
ii, 146 pages : illustrations, 1 plan, 1 map. ; 27 cm
Contents
The Gribble years 1880-1885: historical perspective: locality plan, reports on reserves 1881, 1884 & 1890, the Church being used as a hay barn in the early 70s, one of the few houses remaining in the early 1970s, The Sydney Illustrated News, Warangesda Mission 1883 -- The Govt years 1886-1925: historical perspective: the Gribbles last visit to Warangesda in March 1890, Schoolhouse January 1984, Gilrs dormitory, School building, Butchers shop 1984 -- School reports: 1880-1896 -- Former residents : Gustave Smith and Isabel Murray Darlington Point 1928 -- The Stolen Generations: Lilian Smith and her niece Beverley August 1984, "A group of girls" : Cootamundra Training Home 1929, Pastor Naden's shearing team "Lockslea" station 1954 -- Births in alphabetical order, in chronological order -- Marriages in alphabetical, chronological order -- Deaths in alphabetical, chronological order -- Cemeteries -- Internments in alphabetical, chronological order -- Staff appointments
Summary
This book looks at the Aboriginal mission in Darlington point in NSW: from the beginnings in 1880 through to the Stolen Generation years