“Gnowangerup Mission”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Gnowangerup Mission,^[1] Gnowangerup Aboriginal Mission^[2] also known as United Aborigines Mission, Gnowangerup was a Christian mission located in the town of Gnowangerup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The mission was sponsored by the United Aborigines Missions, formerly known as Australian Inland Mission.^[2]

It was established in 1935 around Muir Hill on the outskirts of the town on {{convert|61|ha|acre|0}} of land owned by Hope and Hedley Wright.^[3] The Wrights managed the mission on behalf of the United Aborigines Mission. They had previously run for the Australian Aborigines' Mission on the Government Reserve in town between 1926 and 1935.^[5]

In 1933 it was suggested that the Carrolup Mission be reopened as a ration station for Aborigines. Wright and the local community protested about the {{convert|60|mi|km|0}} distance that would have to be travelled. Wright was a missionary, Protector of Aborigines and rationing officer at Gnowangerup and had contact with 400 Aborigines annually.^[4]

Officially opened in November 1935 the property had been acquired at a cost of £237 for {{convert|190|acre|ha|0}} located {{convert|1.5|mi|km|1}} from the townsite. The mission buildings were transferred from the old {{convert|6.5|acre|ha|1}} site.^[5]

In 1938 the mission was responsible for 288 people and cost the Department of Native Affairs £88, with most of the people working for their own income.^[6]

Many one or two room cottages were built from timber with iron roofs on the mission. Aboriginal people were not permitted into the town after 6.00pm. Some time in the early 1940s a two-room maternity hospital was built in the mission.^[7]

In 1954 the mission closed and then re-opened as an Agricultural High School for Aboriginal boys.^[8]

The mission was part of the {{AUD}}1.3 billion Native title deal struck between the state government and the Wagyl Kaip or southern Noongar peoples in 2015.^[9]

Carol Petterson JP, a member of the Western Australian Aboriginal Advisory Council from 2015 to 2018 at the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, was born at the mission.^[1] Eric Hayward, a noted author, was also born at the mission.^[10]

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://www.daa.wa.gov.au/about-the-department/boards_and_committees/waaac/meet-the-members/|title=Meet the Members|accessdate=1 January 2018|publisher=Department of Aboriginal Affairs}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://signposts.cpfs.wa.gov.au/facilities/view.aspx?id=251|title=United Aborigines Mission, Gnowangerup|accessdate=1 January 2018|publisher=Department for Child Protection and Family Support|work=Signposts}}
3. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/mn/mn2001_2500/mn2398.pdf|title=Gnowangerup Aboriginal Mission|accessdate=1 January 2017|publisher=J S Battye Library}}
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33320867 |title=Gnowangerup Natives |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=XLIX, |issue=9,755 |location=Western Australia |date=4 October 1933 |accessdate=1 January 2018 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}
5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32902845 |title=Gnowangerup Natives |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=51, |issue=15,404 |location=Western Australia |date=6 November 1935 |accessdate=1 January 2018 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}
6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46489796 |title=The Board of Reference. |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=54, |issue=16,334 |location=Western Australia |date=5 November 1938 |accessdate=1 January 2018 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}
7. ^{{cite book|title=Remembered by Heart|publisher=Fremantle Press|year=2014|ISBN=9781922089786}}
8. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/wa/WE00222|title=United Aborigines Mission, Gnowangerup (1935 - 1954)|accessdate=1 January 2018|date=13 September 2017|work=Find & Connect|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/native-title-counter-offer-accepted-ng-ya-385958|title=Native title counter-offer accepted|author=Toyah Shakespeare|date=25 February 2015|accessdate=1 January 2018}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A98594|title=Eric Hayward Biography|accessdate=1 January 2018|publisher=AustLit}}