Topics: Events: North West
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1903 - view
Christians have established a mission to the Aborigines at St Clair
1904 - view
A native ceremonial arch is erected in the main street of Singleton
1904 - view
a gunyah was built on the pattern formerly used by the blacks in the early days
1904 - view
native songs
1905 - view
After a split with the Australian Aborigines Mission (AAM), Retta Dixon founds an Evangelical movement in Singleton called the Aborigines Inland Mission (AIM)
1905 - view
She delights audiences by singing a hymn at the great Juvenile Rally
1906 - view
dies of consumption while in Singleton, leaving daughters Harriet Pitman and Lily Kermode orphaned
1906 - view
Four AIM converts from the Aboriginal community at Karuah offer their services as “native workers”
1907 - view
converted to Christianity
1907 - view
The first annual AIM convention is held and the first issue of its journal, Our AIM is published
1908 - view
The troupe plays tunes of orange leaves. Miss Barber accompanies the singers on the organ
1909 - view
closing of reserves and the taking away of children from Aboriginal parents in order to bring them up in institutions such as Cootamundra Girls’ Home and Kinchela Boys’ Home
1909 - view
The APB administers government policy, dictates where Aboriginal people can live and work, their freedom of movement, their personal finances and their child rearing practices
1909 - view
The Singleton Home takes in boys as well as girls. These children are removed from their communities on the basis of racial criteria (lighter skinned children are most usually taken)
1909 - view
Frederick (Yeri) Barber is an accomplished singer and sings solo at the annual Australian Aborigines Conference
1909 - view
Selling of Sackville Reserve
1909 - view
the Sackville Leaf Band or La Perouse leaf band amaze the congregation
1910 - view
first Aboriginal helper to trial as a missionary
1911 - view
AIM establishes a Prayer Band in Karuah. They crown an Aboriginal woman as the Queen of Karuah
1911 - view
William Jonas of Karuah River rides his mount at King George V’s coronation in London