Photographs from Ms Channell

Date Range1950  -  1959
CollectionDr Kevin (Uncle Dookie) O'Loughlin OAM
Quantity   122  
Series IdentifierSAMA 1047/2

This series is a collection of 122 photographs of Point Pearce Mission and surrounding areas showing the life of the children from 1957 to 1958. The photographs were in the possesion of Ms Channell who was a teacher at Point Pearce Mission School. In 2007 afte rO'Loughlin had received the slides from Mrs McIntyre he then got in contact with Ms Channell who sent him further photographs.

In 2009, O'Loughlin, the South Australian Museum, Tandanya and the History Trust of South Australia collaborated and developed an exhibition based on these photographs. The exhibition was held at Tandanya and titled 'Children of the Empire'.

All titles are quoted from what is written on the slide. Unless otherwise stated all the details have been provided by Kevin (Uncle Dookie) O'Loughlin.

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