Lot 472

Description

Aborigines Office, South Australia, various documents relating to the Aboriginal Mission at Point Pierce from the original grant of land for a mission station, named Boorkooyanna Native Mission, which employed male aborigines in pastoral and agricultural activities, female aborigines in domestic duties and also schooled their children as well as providing housing, the documents cover the period from 21 September 1868 and include annual reports for 1875, 1876, 1879 and 1880 handwritten in ink on foolscap sized pages by Reverend Julius Kuhn, the writing is very good and easy to read, some of the early documents bear the impressed stamp of 'Aborigines Office/South Australia'. Some documents have torn covers and some age toning or foxing but are very important historically, overall very good - fine. (lot)

Note: In all documents reference is made to Point Pierce however the actual name is Point Pearce. Apparently the location was spelt as Point Pierce in the early days.

The Point Pearce Mission Station at Yorke's Peninsula in South Australia was established in 1868. It was located 35 miles south of Wallaroo and run by the Yorke Peninsula Aboriginal Mission committee to assist the Narungga people living on the outskirts of copper mining towns in the area. Moravian Missionary Julius Kuhn was the first superintendent. The Mission Station was taken over by the South Australian State Government in 1915. In 1972 a total of 5,777 acres of land at Point Pearce was transferred to the Point Pearce Community Council under the Aboriginal Lands Trust Act.