Moderator General christening twins, Hilda and Helen
Photograph taken while Nelson was at Mornington Island Mission.
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Dora and the twins [Hilda and Helen]
Photograph taken while Nelson was at Mornington Island Mission. 27/06/1936.
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Church service, 203 persons present
Photograph taken while Nelson was at Mornington Island Mission. 21/06/1936.
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Church service, 203 persons present
Photograph taken while Nelson was at Mornington Island Mission. 21/06/1936.
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Shaving onboard Morning Star [sailing ship]
Photograph taken while Nelson was at Mornington Island Mission.
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Photograph taken while Nelson was at Mornington Island Mission.
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Cottage, Girls Dormitory, Manse (looking East)
Photograph taken while Nelson was at Mornington Island Mission.
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Vegetable garden from House Landing
Photograph taken while Nelson was at Mornington Island Mission.
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Photograph taken while Nelson was at Mornington Island Mission.
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Photograph taken while Nelson was at Mornington Island Mission. Photograph of Charles Douglas Sydney (1886-1973). Doug Sydney was the mission superintendent at Weipa, from December 1928 to May 1929. He was living at Mornington Island when this photograph was taken, as he was assisting with the reconstruction of that community after the 1936 cyclone.
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