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Mrs Elizabeth Shelley's quarterly accounts of expenses on account of the Native Asylum, ending 31 December 1817

By
Elizabeth Shelley
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a3056009 / DLADD 85]
(from Miscellaneous papers regarding the welfare and treatment of Aboriginal Australians, ca. 1816-1842) (Dixson Library)

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Shelley, Elizabeth

State Library of New South Wales

Parramatta and Black Town Native Institutions

The Parramatta and Black Town Native Institutions existed from 1814 till 1829 as part of a campaign initially led by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and designed to inculcate European ideas of 'civilisation', commerce and Christianity into Aboriginal people and turn them into industrious workers.

Aboriginal

Schools

Native Institution

School established by Governor Macquarie for Aboriginal children, some of whom were brought by force and separated from their families. First established at Parramatta, it moved to a site at Blacktown adjacent to Colebee and Nurragingy's 1819 land grant in 1823.

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Shelley, Elizabeth

Teacher who was placed in charge of the Native Institution at Parramatta upon the death of her husband.

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