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Record of visit to mission stations Weipa Mission
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Dinghy dance

Photograph taken while Nelson was visiting Weipa Mission.

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Photograph taken while Nelson was visiting Weipa Mission. Photograph of Monty Motton, performing the Emu Dance. This is a dance of the Nggoth people.

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Devil dance

Photograph taken while Nelson was visiting Weipa Mission.

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Weipa Mission Reserve

Original sketch plans prepared by JTR [Joshua Thomas Robinson] and NFN [Norman Francis Nelson]. Map showing Albatross Bay; the Hey, Embley, and Mission Rivers; and the location of the Mission Station..

View of mision site

Photograph taken while Nelson was visiting Weipa Mission.

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The Windmill

Photograph taken while Nelson was visiting Weipa Mission. Photograph of a simplex windmill on a 30 foot four post tower installed in 1935.

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Rev. S.E. & Mrs McKay

Photograph taken while Nelson was visiting Weipa Mission. Photograph of Reverend Samuel Eric McKay (1901-1984) and Mrs Jeannie Smith McKay (nee Revie). Rev. Sam McKay was superintendent of Weipa Mission from May 1931 to October 1936.

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Lunch time

Photograph taken while Nelson was visiting Weipa Mission. Roy George on left in dark trousers. Next to his left is Wilson from Aurukun, Ernest Hall holding a plate of food in his left hand, then Gilbert Hall.

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Engine

Photograph taken while Nelson was visiting Weipa Mission.

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Diesel engine

Photograph taken while Nelson was visiting Weipa Mission.

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