Photograph taken while Nelson was visiting Thursday Island Mission.

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Photograph taken while Nelson was visiting Thursday Island Mission.

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Photograph taken while Nelson was visiting Thursday Island Mission.

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Typescript report of Brisbane to Burketown trip. Includes: details of the trip, the trains, impressions of towns Norman Nelson and JT Robinson passed through on their journey to Burketown, and their journey on the "Morning Star" to Mornington Island.

Original sketch plans prepared by JTR [Joshua Thomas Robinson] and NFN [Norman Francis Nelson].]. Incomplete map of Morning Island, focusing on the layout of the mission buildings.

Original sketch plans prepared by JTR [Joshua Thomas Robinson] and NFN [Norman Francis Nelson]. This is a map of the Aurukun Mission Station and surrounding area, from Pera Head to the Holroyd River.

Original sketch plans prepared by JTR [Joshua Thomas Robinson] and NFN [Norman Francis Nelson]. Layout of the Mission compound.

Original sketch plans prepared by JTR [Joshua Thomas Robinson] and NFN [Norman Francis Nelson]. Layout of mission with buildings.

Original sketch plans prepared by JTR [Joshua Thomas Robinson] and NFN [Norman Francis Nelson]. Plan of the main buildings. Includes: The Manse or Mission House, Cottage, Boys dormitory, Girls dormitory, Workshop, and Store and Medicine room.

In 1936 the Presbyterian Church of Queensland commissioned Norman F Nelson to visit four Aboriginal mission stations administered by the Church in North Queensland (Mornington Island, Aurukun, Weipa and Mapoon) in order to make an inspection and evaluation of work and properties. He also visited Thursday Island. He was accompanied by J T Robinson. An exhibition organised by Norman F Nelson of the photographs taken on the trip was held at City Hall, Brisbane in 1937. This collection is comprised of two photograph albums. There are 1029 photographs (black and white, 6 x 6 cm) split over two parts (or albums). The original album with its captioning was retained (in Box 1); the photograph captions were transposed exactly into the new albums, and these captions are used as the titles for each photographs. Throughout the albums are typescript reports of trips to mission stations, original sketch plans of each mission drawn by J T Robinson and Norman F Nelson, which are found in Series B. Norman Francis Nelson was the main person to photograph the people and mission facilities.

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