Even though many Brewarrina men had served during World War I and II, and had been treated the same as other soldiers , when they came back home, they again came under the Aborigines Welfare Act and were not entitled to the same benefits as other returned servicemen. They thought it terribly funny, seeing a strange Wodjin play the mouth organ, sing and show them a toy garni. 
When I was here in 1954 I was also ignorant of the Stolen Generation and I did not understand why people at the Mission appeared so afraid of white people, and why they taught the children to fear them and warned them to call out whenever a Wodjin or Wunda approached. His sister, Doreen Wright also remembered the dormitories. For Elders like George Fernando at Gingie Reserve at Walgett, the restrictions are necessary but difficult to maintain. WebThe Brewarrina Aboriginal Mission was the oldest institutional-type community in the state that was still managed in 1965. She was a bossy woman who would use the mission handy men as messenger boys and had a habit of rushing into peoples houses to make surprise inspections. Webaboriginal life ways (which are currently experiencing resurgence among Ohlone descendants). A company of artillery was stationed on the island on September 21, 1863, and established Camp Reynolds in the valley between WebAngledool was previously known as New Angledool when it was established in the 1870s. But after the Protection Board appointed Mission superintendents or managers, they wanted to make children forget their languages and cultures, by forbidding them to speak them at school or in the dormitories and there was a policy of cultural suppression. The original paintings were done in 1820-21, painted by the mission Indians, working with Spanish diplomat and artist Esteban Carlos Munras of Monterey. If we talked in our lingo and they in theirs, theyd think we was talking about them and theyd take a grudge against us. They didnt put too many figures for you to learn on the board. She made a fire, burnt some green gum-leaves and smoked herself. During my stay, the manager and matron never socialised with the people, but I heard that in earlier years women would sometimes be invited to have afternoon tea with the matron and men had cricket teams which played in competitions. Men and women just received handouts of food rations or clothing and a little spending money, but the rest was kept in trust because they were thought to be incapable of managing their earnings. But there was none of this happening in 1954! This was followed by their forcible segregation on reserves or missions where they were made dependent on government handouts and generally treated as social outcasts. Increasingly, conflicts occurred when people from different regions and tribes were brought to Brewarrina, such as Angledool people in the 1920s and later people from Tibeburra. When babies are born, the women all go to the hospital to see the colour of the child. Its very different now, and there is much better coverage of Aboriginal news nationally on radio, television and in newspapers. Later the Manager told me: Thats the only way to treat them, when they get like that you have to slap em down and drive them into the ground. Some of them wrote letters after Id left. 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The mothers spent money on food, clothing, and necessities for their children and taxis. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Shortly before I left some of the boys caught a goanna. We all went to school together in the mission. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Few people were able to save money, or if they did, they had to hide it, as everyone would regularly humbug them, borrowing food or money from their relatives. Welcome to AAB aka All about American Braids People no longer worried if I came by when they were playing cards and gambling. 
WebSome discreet Aboriginal communities are continuing to observe reverse barriers, where people who dont live in the community are told to stay away to reduce infection risks. If one or two are a success everyone might have success. Lily Hall, who was my closest friend came down to Sydney for and stayed with my parents later that year, and I was able to show her some of the sights of Sydney. People today remember that educated Aboriginal people were seen as troublemakers and not allowed to live on the camp, but forced to live in the bush. Also to acknowledge the original owners of country in Brewarrina as well as all those families who were later sent there, often against their wishes. [1], In the early period the Mission contained a Managers House, Butchers Shop, School, Church, small treatment-room and hall. I hope that Brewarrina and similar country towns are now very different from what they were like in 1954. Her fourteen year old daughter, with whom I used to go fishing told me that at school she was in the top class, but all they did was build dolls houses, learn some Australian history and nature studies there were hardly any books apart from some fairy tales and school magazines. The women were enraged when she had said to one of them who had an appointment to see the doctor, Be sure to remember to wear clean underwear. I knew that there was an accepted code of behaviour, for white people always to be the boss and never to treat Aboriginals as equals. WebMission life caused tremendous disruption to the way Aboriginal people lived, as european influences were imposed. The aim was for the Aborigines to gradually disappear, by being absorbed into white Australia so that in a few generations no one would know or remember they had any connection with an Aboriginal past. And some stone fruit trees peaches, apricots and plums. This is one town where the blacks wont pull together; theyre just at one another. A ceremony was held at the site to mark the event last month. During the 1950s State governments were promoting a policy of Assimilation, they wanted to encourage people to take out Citizenship Rights and no longer think of themselves as Aboriginal. The place has strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. He said to me: If anyone had wailed at the funeral, I would have had them thrown out of the cemetery. He would not even allow people to express their grief. Near the cemetery there are 2 small burial sites which were recently done in a reburial ceremony of returned ancestral remains. Angledool is a locality in upper western New South Wales near the southern border of Queensland, one kilometre east of the Castlereagh Highway and approximately 45 kilometres north of Lightning Ridge. Other people on the back of the truck trembled with fear and shame, and said to her, sit down and do as the boss says. If you had Aboriginal features, you were branded and often discriminated against, especially in small country towns. The same manager who was a rather hot tempered, returned serviceman, insisted that the Abos must be given an example and made to be like white people. The mission is associated with the removal of many Aboriginal people from their "homes" from as far as Tibooburra, Angledool, Walgett, Goodooga and Collenanebri and relocating them to the Brewarrina Mission during the 1930s. They were kept out of sight and only dealt with by officials employed by the Welfare Board who were Next day, I was told how some Aboriginal women who lived in town had seen us together and were shocked that I would sit publicly drinking tea with Doreen. People today remember that educated Aboriginal people were seen as troublemakers and not allowed to live on the camp, but forced to live in the bush. Exactly the same problems occur among Canadian and American Indians, Eskimos and a host of other indigenous peoples. WebMany of the Aboriginal people in Dirranbandi were originally from Angledool, a small town over the NSW border. If there was still cultural knowledge at the Brewarrina Mission during the 1950s such knowledge, would have been kept hidden from white people, including myself, because of the prevailing attitudes. Once girls reached the age of 13 or 14 the Aboriginal Protection Board would remove the girls from their families to house them at the dormitory. At dusk, one of the women grew worried that we would not be back in time for church. What Aboriginals share in common with other indigenous groups are the past policies which determined the way they were treated by colonial officials, settlers and later governments during the colonial frontier expansion which gradually and systematically deprived them of their land. It was generally forbidden for Aboriginal people to practice their traditional culture and use their traditional language resulting in the destruction of traditional social structures. We all thought you was the new welfare officer to replace Mrs English or The children all thought you came for them. An older girl sometimes tried to stop them, but I said I didnt mind as they were only playing. [1], Over the old mission area, approximately 16 small interpretation panels are scattered, providing information as to what was once there. I had to stay in the Managers house, the Manager, was called boss by everyone and his wife, was Matron. The Yuwaalaraay language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Balonne, including the town of Dirranbandi as well as the border town of Hebel extending to Walgett and Collarenebri in New South Wales.[2]. WebMission life caused tremendous disruption to the way Aboriginal people lived, as european influences were imposed. As the weeks went by, I joined in many activities such as swimming in the river, fishing on the riverbank with women whom Id befriended, driving the van, with borrowed dogs and boys in the back to go hunting for wild pigs and kangaroos. Over the years, the Brewarrina Mission was used to house other Aboriginal people from Tibooburra, Angledool, Goodooga and Culgoa to form the reserve which operated between 1886 1966 and was one of the longest running reserve stations in NSW. This Wikipedia article was originally based on Brewarrina Aboriginal Mission Site, entry number 01732 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018. They couldnt resist seeing it wag its head and were soon crowding around, laughing shyly. I have it myself. But theyre really no different from us. A unique feature of this mission is that its interior wall murals, originally painted in the 1800s by Salinan Indians who converted to Catholicism, have never been retouched or repainted. Angel Island, 1846 - 1876. Brewarrina Mission was the first institution formally established by the Aborigines Protection Board as part of its policy to segregate Aboriginal people. She believed that the Blacks must be taught to look up to white people to maintain white prestige. We could send children to high school. However, earlier on, there had been very big gambling schools and large sums of money changed hands every weekend. WebThe Brewarrina Aboriginal Mission was the oldest institutional-type community in the state that was still managed in 1965. At the 2016 census, Angledool had a population of 58 people. WebSome discreet Aboriginal communities are continuing to observe reverse barriers, where people who dont live in the community are told to stay away to reduce infection risks. [1][2], For the first Protector of Aborigines and the Aboriginal Protection Board, the problem of the large group of Aborigines camping around Brewarrina seemed to be one of the most pressing in the State. They gave me a farewell party, lit a bonfire and roasted a pig. Percy Coombs remembered what it was like earlier on at the Mission: They could not leave this place to go and live in town, one time you know. 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