Mornington Island mission, 1940s
1948
Mornington Island mission, 1940s
1948
- NFSA IDRK6HGJ45
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormHome movie
- Duration18 mins, 17 secs
- GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1948
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
This is an excerpt from colour home movies made between 1944 and 1948 by Reverend James McCarthy, the Superintendent of the Presbyterian Mission on Mornington Island.
Mornington Island, a remote community in the Gulf of Carpentaria, has been occupied by its traditional owners, the Lardil people, for thousands of years.
In this excerpt from the home movies we see the medical dispensary and Flying Doctor Service, school students performing calisthenics, people fishing and swimming and a plane dropping supplies by parachute.
Read more about Mornington Island including personal recollections from someone who grew up there.
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
This is an excerpt from colour home movies made between 1944 and 1948 by Reverend James McCarthy, the Superintendent of the Presbyterian Mission on Mornington Island.
Mornington Island, a remote community in the Gulf of Carpentaria, has been occupied by its traditional owners, the Lardil people, for thousands of years.
In this excerpt from the home movies we see the medical dispensary and Flying Doctor Service, school students performing calisthenics, people fishing and swimming and a plane dropping supplies by parachute.
Read more about Mornington Island including personal recollections from someone who grew up there.
- NFSA IDRK6HGJ45
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormHome movie
- Duration18 mins, 17 secs
- GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1948
- FilmmakerRev. JB McCarthy
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