Aboriginal missions in New South Wales, together with reserves and stations, were areas of land in

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where many

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were forced to live due to government laws and policies. The missions were established by religious individuals or churches and they were controlled by those churches and missionaries with limited government involvement. More than ten missions were established in NSW between 1824 and 1923. Relocation to missions denied Aboriginal people access to their traditional lands, hunting grounds, and sacred sites, and disrupted kinship systems. The origin of laws seeking to protect Aboriginal people in the Australian colonies and to provide religious instruction and missionaries can be found in the ''Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Aboriginal Tribes, (British settlements.)'' which was presented to the

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by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Aboriginal Tribes in 1837. The missions were primarily run by Christian churches, whose religious teaching and western values greatly influenced day-to-day life for the communities. In New South Wales, there were two non-denominational Missions, the

United Aborigines Mission The United Aborigines Mission (UAM) (also known as UAM Ministries, United Aborigines' Mission (Australia), and United Aborigines' Mission of Australia) was one of the largest missions in Australia, having dozens of missionaries and stations, and ...

(UAM) also called the Australian Aborigines' Mission (AAM) and the

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(AIM). The United Aborigines Mission published the Australian Aborigines Advocate, a magazine documenting their activities.

The missions

* Apsley Mission (c.1839–?) a private mission, set up by Reverend William Watson after he was dismissed from Blakes Fall Mission, near the boundary of the Wellington Valley Mission site * Blake's Fall Mission (1832–?) established by Reverend William Watson for London based

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* Bomaderry Aboriginal Mission (1908–88) United Aborigines' Mission * Bowraville Aboriginal Mission and School (1923–?) Roman Catholic * Brewarrina Aboriginal Mission also known as Brewarrina Mission Station, Old Brewarrina Station (1886–1967) United Aborigines' Mission * Goulburn Island Mission Station (1916–?) Methodist Church * Lake Macquarie (Ebenezer) Aboriginal Mission (1824–41) London Missionary Society * La Perouse Aboriginal Mission (1885–?) United Aborigines Mission * Maloga Aboriginal Mission Station (1874–94) * Parramatta Aboriginal Mission (1820–28) Church of England *St Clair Aboriginal Mission, also known as Singleton Aboriginal Mission, it was renamed Mount Olive Reserve (1893–1923)

Aborigines' Inland Mission Australian Indigenous Ministries, formerly Aborigines Inland Mission of Australia (both AIM), is an interdenominational Christian organisation that provides ministries to Aboriginal Australians. Aborigines Inland Mission of Australia was establi ...

* Sydney Aboriginal Mission *

Warangesda Aboriginal Mission The Warangesda Aboriginal Mission is a heritage-listed former Australian Aboriginal mission site at Warangesda, Darlington Point, Murrumbidgee Council, New South Wales, Australia. The mission was designed and built between 1880 and 1926. It i ...

(1879–1920) Church of England /

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* Wellington Valley Aboriginal Mission (1832–42) Church Missionary Society

References

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The missions

See also

References