A complete list of NSW government Missions and Reserves is contained in Connecting kin : guide to records [PDF 1.4 MB], Appendix 3. pages 338-340 from which the below is quoted.

"Missions were compounds established by the churches as a sanctuary to 'protect' the Indigenous peoples of Australia from the mistreatment that the European settlers were perpetrating on them. They were institutions that arguably had a detrimental influence on the very people they were supposed to protect. The Aborigines Protection Board controlled these missions.

Reserves differed from missions in that reserves were established by the Government. Ultimately though, they had the same purpose. Religious bodies sometimes set up schools, churches and dormitories on reserves and missions also. It may be surprising to note that there were only ten actual missions in New South Wales.

"In 1883 the Aborigines Protection Board was established to manage reserves and control the lives of the estimated 9 000 Aboriginal people in New South Wales at that time. During these early years, no legislation existed to sanction the actions of the Board, the churches, or private landholders in their attempts to centralise Aboriginal people onto missions and reserves and begin the removal of children from Aboriginal families.

By 1939 there were over 180 reserves in New South Wales. In most cases they were small with housing consisting of humpies made from iron roofing. There were two kinds. 'Managed Reserves', also called stations, were usually staffed by a teacher-manager and education of a sort, rations and housing were provided. 'Unmanaged Reserves' provided rations but no housing or education and were under the control of the police.

While a few revocations of reserves were made in the 1930s and 1940s, it was not until the 1954-64 period that there was another wave of revocations. This seems to relate to the policy of assimilation and involved in the removal of Aboriginals from traditional reserves to 'new' reserves set aside in nearby towns. At the same time the large areas of land formerly held were revoked. This occurred in most country towns in New South Wales and approximately 28 reserves were revoked in this period in such places as Balranald, Grenfell, Gulargambone, Guyra, Inverell, Kyogle, Manilla, Nowra, Picton and Wellington."

State Records of NSW holds various records relating to reserves. See the guide State archives relating to Aboriginal people

Name of Mission

Church

Period

Bomaderry

UAM

1908-88

Bowraville

RC

1923-?

Goulburn inland Mission Station

MTH

1916-?

La Perouse

unknown

1895-?

Lake Macquarie (Ebenezer)

LMS

1824-41

Maloga Mission School

unknown

1874-94

Parramatta

CE

1820-28

Sydney Aboriginal Mission

unknown

unknown

Warangesda

CE / ABM

1879-1920

Wellington Valley

CMS

1832-42

Yelta

unknown

unknown