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Name
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Erambie Station Mission
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Type of carceral site
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Reserve, Station, or Mission
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Dates of use
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1890 – 1969
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Quote
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Life was tough and con trolled at Erambie, and every Thursday the mission manager's wife, known as the matron, would check the houses were clean under the instructions of the Welfare Board. Homes deemed 'unfit' could see children removed under the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Act (1909-1969). At Erambie, my uncles would catch rabbits with which Life was tough and con trolled at Erambie, and every Thursday the mission manager's wife, known as the matron, would check the houses were clean under the instructions of the Welfare Board. Homes deemed 'unfit' could see children removed under the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Act (1909-1969). At Erambie, my uncles would catch rabbits with which my grandmother would make stews. She also cooked fried johnnycakes and damper with syrup, and on occasion they'd have something Mum says was margarine or butter on their damper. The rationed foods provided on the mission were all high in starch: potatoes, porridge and brown sugar. There were certainly no green vegetables or fruit. Mum remembers on special occasions eating sausages and fried bread: 'Uncle Jim Wallace was a drover and he knew the butcher and would bring sausages. Mum would curry them. It was good.' A treat for the kids would be an ice-cream or ice-block or a soft drink, and this would only happen a couple of times a year. A world away from the treats kids in my family enjoy on a daily basis now.
Memoir.
Heiss, Anita. Am I Black Enough For You?. Bantam Australia, 2012, pp. 17-8.
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Authority
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Aborigines Protection Act 1909 (NSW)
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Contact
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Dashiell
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identifier
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SITE-ERM