a selection of mission magazine covers with the title: Remembering the Mission Days Stories from the Aborigines Inland Missions

FAQs

 

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Q. What’s the difference between a mission and a reserve?

A. mission is church run, reserve is government run.  Sometimes both worked together


Q. What is a station?

A. mission stations – type of government settlement – pastoral stations


Q. How many missions were there?

A. see maps


Q. Were there missions all over Australia?

A. Yes – except Tasmania – explain why – EAA says no missions in Tasmania


Q. Were there reserves all over Australia?

A. explain that each state had a difference system


Q. Where are mission records held?

A. In many different places – see Resources