ARMIDALE
1. Lillian from Armidale

BARYULGIL
1. [Snapshot of Yulgilbar Castle, Clarence River, NSW] 1860, taken 1934
2. Lookout at Castle, 1934 / Ruth’s snap
3. [Snapshot of Yulgilbar Castle, Clarence River, NSW]
4. [River view]
5. Mrs Mac Dougil house, … 1934  / Ruth’s snap

BOMADERRY
1. Home of our family at the U.A.M. Children’s Home [Group portrait of children] 
2-3. [Group portrait of children]
4.  On the steps of the front cottage [Group portrait of children] 1940
5-8. [Group portrait of children]
9. [Toddler & baby ] Titch ?
10. Mrs Docherty ?
11-12. [Two boys]
13. [Residence]

BURNT RIDGE
1. A native Christian taken with Sister Blake 
2. A native Christian with her young children, the baby is only a few weeks old is being held by Sister Blake
3. [Group portrait ] Sister Blake
4. … Ridge Aboriginals [Group portrait]
5. [Boy and men sitting on church pew ] [torn snapshot]
6. B. Telfer, Burnt Ridge to Rev S. Railton, Rolland Plains, 20 Nov 1909 [Post card]

BOURKE,  late 1960s - 1970
1. Brian John Reid [Baby]
2. [Young girl]
3. [Young boy]
4. [Boy] 
5. [Young girl]
6-7. [Group portrait of females]
8. [Group portrait of females and baby] [colour print]
9. [ Wedding group]
10-15. [ Wedding ? ]

BOX RIDGE
1-3. [Group portraits]
4. Our Sunday School [Group portrait]
5-8. [Group portraits]
9. [Group portrait] inscribed: To dear Mrs Smith … from Jessie, May and Rosie
10. Barry is the driver in his truck with Santa & Box Ridge new …?
11. [Group portrait] [postcard]
12-18. [Group portraits]
19. [Man & woman] inscribed Mrs Smith on reverse
20. [Group portrait] … taken when my Sunday School dear boys girls gave me the new camera. Mrs Mitchell with some of the women at Box Ridge
21. [Schoolchildren marching? ]
22. Janie Williams
23. [Group portrait]
24. Taken by Ruth at opening of Box Ridge Church, us four? / Alva L. Smith, Coraki July…?
25. Mr Lindley (Missionary) baptising native converts in Richmond River
26.  [Baptism in river]
27. [Santa in truck]
28. [Three people in a sulky]
29. [Two women with children & truck]
30. Silvia’s [?] little girlie Janett. Last Christmas Tree
31. [Portrait] taken 9th July 1927
32. [Portrait]
33. [Country view] inscribed on reverse “1 took this the afternoon I stopped on the way to ‘catch’ the bank”
34. [Group outside a house]
35. Snaps of an “Open air meeting” and portrait of King Jimmy Wilson, inmate of … ? [ Photocopy] 

CORAKI
1. [Group portrait of 4 women]
2. [Country view] inscribed on reverse “To Alava … from Edna & Mr Nash
3-5. [Country views] no. 4 inscribed on reverse “Jan 1966 the river near the end of Donaldson St”
6. [Swimming pool]
7. [River view]
8. Coraki Church [interior]

CUBBAWEE (conventions)
1-2. [Group portraits]

DUBBO
1. This is the Peckham family who came to us from Dubbo about two years ago … [inscribed on reverse]
[Peckham family taken at Bunyip, Victoria. Back row L to R: Leonard David, Stewart, Father Tom Peckham, Mabel Agnes Kathleen, Gordon Thomas. Seated L to R: Mother Linda Lillian Australia Peckham (nee Stewart) nursing baby Darcy Macquarie, her mother Agnes Stewart (nee Dray), Lionel Robert, Nellie Melba. Sitting in front, Hilda Joyce]

EVANS HEAD
1-2. [Waiting outside Church ?]

FORSTER
1. Womens Fellowship Forster (Anniversary), 1967

LA PEROUSE
1. Mrs June Simms [ with shell work objects ]
2. Frank Lestaer Morris, aged 10 months, born Jan 27 1933. The day after La Perouse Mission Church was opened …
3. [Portrait of Alva ? ] 
4. Two La Perouse children
5. Alva taken at La Perouse, September 1966 
6. [Portrait of two women]
7. [Portrait of man & woman (Paster Granfield ?) outside The Peoples Church of the United Aborigines Mission (U.A.M.) …]
8. The C.E. Group before leaving for the Sydney Town Hall for Rally [Group portrait including Sister Docherty and Sister Baker
9. At La Perouse Mission [Portrait of woman ]
10. The U.A.M. Church at La Perouse and house, September 1966
11. View of houses … September 1966
12. [U.A.M. Church at La Perouse ]
13. [Photocopy of two photographs showing a woman on board a ship? And a group portrait of children with a woman]  


SYDNEY
1. [Three women (wearing hats) sitting in a restaurant ] / Olympic Studio photograph [ postcard]

TAREE (Purfleet)
1. [Wedding group ] Valma [?] Marr to T. Simon, 1947
2. Phoebe Beale, September 1948
3. [Woman & baby]
4. [Two women]
5. [Two women with two young children ] inscribed “Peter & Judy, 1950” on reverse
6. [Woman and young girl]
7. [Two women]
8. [Man & woman standing in front of an aircraft]
9. Pete & Alva … at end of nursery, 1966
10. [Three women & man ] inscribed on reverse “Alva Smith, Purfleet, Taree, 1948”
11. [Couple with two children]
12. [Two women]
13. Our Sister … Joshua … 
14. Womens Fellowship, Purfleet, Christmas 1948
15. Purfleet 1947. Convention Group
16. Purfleet Sunday School 1947. Mr Bellingham teacher
17. Mrs Brigg & Mill, Chris Edwards, June Clarke, Pat Marr
18. Purfleet Sunday School. W. Bellingham’s class
19. “Brother Bingi & Sister … ?. The home of two full bloods when I was stationed at Purfleet 2 miles out of Taree. Bingi was soundly converted on John 3:16. Proving the Blood of Jesus washed a black Crow White, A Smith” inscribed on reverse
20. [Five young children] “We deserve a lolly” inscribed on reverse
21. [Small child in river] inscribed on reverse Joy
22. [Little girl]
23. Charles Edwards, September 1948
24. Moses
25. Charles Edwards
26. [Two boys]
27. Pastor Bert Marr
28. [Couple on verandah]
29. Bert Marr, 1948
30. [Group portrait] 
31. Purfleet Convention, 1950
32. Howard Marr, Colin Russell, Harold Marr, Brian Russell, Len Mitchell, Charles Edwards, Ed  Tobin  [Corroboree]
33-36. [Group portraits ]
37. Womans Fellowship
Back beginning left: Lil Saunders, Marion Simon (Stellar’s daughter), Mag Saunders, Marj Marr, Elise Marr, Mrs Briggs [Matron], Stella Russell
2nd row:  Criss Edwards, Annie Morris, R Prissy Williams, Betty Saunders, Addie Marr
Bottom: Suzie Russell, Esther Eggins, and myself
Inscribed on reserve.
38. … Waiting Patients Home
39. Purfleet Children
40. [Wedding group with cake]
41. Bert Marr
42. [Houses – colour print]

TUNCESTER
1. Native people [group portrait]
2. Native Camp
3. Huts built by Mr Linsley

WELLINGTON
1. [Group portrait ]

WOODENBONG
1. Wedding breakfast. Ted Robinson
2. Woodenbong girls (sports)
3. [Group portrait, photocopy]
4. Marjorie Close & baby Cutt… ?  
5. T… Mooney
6. [Group portrait]
7. … Cullum ?
8. M… Wati… ? in Mission House Garden, 1949
9. Baptism service  … Richard Dovelly being baptized. Paster Roberts officating assisted by cousin Frank Bundock

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Series 02: Alma Smith & Alva Atkins photographs of missions in New South Wales, 1909-1970

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