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Misisons and Reserves of Northern Territory
For a list of Church abbreviations and their missions click here
Select from the list for the names of particular missions from each state: NSW | QLD | VIC | TAS | WA | NT | SA
Records of some churches with missions in the Northern Territory are held in the NT Archives Service and are listed in their guide, Guide to records relating to Aboriginal people. These include the personal records of missionaries and government workers. To search Mura®, the AIATSIS catalogue for materials on missions, reserves etc, select "Everything" from the menus and type the words "missions northern territory" or the name of a specific mission/reserve into the "Words or phrase" box. |
Name of Institution / Mission |
Church |
Period |
Alice Springs (Children's Home) |
ABM |
unknown |
|
Alice Springs/Arltunga |
RC |
1937-42, 1942-54 |
|
Angurugu (Groote Eylandt) |
CMS |
1921-78 |
|
Areyonga |
L |
1942-55 |
|
Bagot Compound |
AIM |
unknown |
|
Bamyill (Katherine) |
AIM |
1969-? |
|
Baptist Home (Darwin) |
BAP |
1969-76? |
|
Bathurst Island |
RC(MSC) |
1911-today |
|
Belyuen (see Delissaville) |
|
|
|
Berrimah Leper Station (see Channel Island) |
|
|
|
Borroloola |
AIM |
1951-today |
|
Buckingham Bay (see Elcho Island) |
|
|
|
Channel Island (Leper Station) |
RC |
1930-43, 1955-82 |
|
Croker Island |
MTH |
1940-today |
|
Daly River |
RC(J/MSC) |
1886-99,1956-today |
|
Dellssaville(Belyuen) |
AIM |
1946?-? |
|
East Arm Settlement (Leper Station) |
RC |
1923-24 |
|
Elcho Island |
MTH |
1922-23, 1942-today |
|
Elliot |
UAM |
unknown |
|
Emerald River (Groote Eylandt) |
CMS |
1921-42 |
|
Finke River Mission House (Alice Springs) |
L |
?-today |
|
Galiwinku (see Elcho Island) |
|
|
|
Garden Point |
RC |
1940-? |
|
Goulburn Island |
MTH |
1915-today |
|
Haast Bluff |
L |
1940-54 |
|
Hermannsburg |
L |
1877-1982 |
|
Kahlin Compound |
AIM |
1940-? |
|
Kalkaringi |
B??? |
1971-today |
|
Katherine (Donkey Camp) |
AIM |
1941-today |
|
Lajamanu (Hooker Creek) |
B??? |
1962-today |
|
Melville Island |
RC(MSC) |
1940-68 |
|
Milingimbi |
MTH |
1925-today |
|
Newcastle Waters |
AIM |
1940s-72? |
|
Numbulwar |
CMS |
1952-78 |
|
Oenpelli |
CMS |
1924-74 |
|
Palmerston |
CMS |
unknown |
|
Papunya |
L |
1946-54 |
|
Phillip Creek |
AIM |
1936-51 |
|
Port Essington |
RC |
1846-49 |
|
Port Keats |
RC |
1935-today |
|
Rapid Creek |
RC(J) |
1882-91 |
|
Retta Dixon Home (Darwin) |
AIM |
1946-80 |
|
Roper River |
CMS |
1908-68 |
|
Rose River (see Numbulwar) |
|
|
|
St Mary's Hostel (Alice Springs) |
CE / AIM |
1946-today |
|
St Teresa |
RC(MSC) |
1954-today |
|
Serpentine Lagoon |
RC(J) |
1889-91 |
|
Tennant Creek |
RC |
1936-today |
|
Umbakumba (Groote Eylandt) |
CMS |
1958-66 |
|
Uniya |
RC(J) |
1886-99 |
|
Warrabri (Ali Curung) |
BAP |
1957-today |
|
Yirrkala |
MTH |
1935-today |
|
Yuendumu |
BAP |
1947-today |