Wellington Valley Mission
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Wellington Valley Mission
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Wellington Valley Mission was a Church Missionary Society (CMS) mission near Wellington, New South Wales, and one of the earliest attempts to "civilise and Christianise" Aboriginal Australians. It was founded in 1830 and closed 12 years later, in 1842. The CMS established the mission in 1832, led by the Rev. William Watson and Rev. Johann Simon Christian Handt. They were granted 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) and £500 per annum to run the mission. A drought in the early days made it almost impossible t
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2024-01-26T00:23:32Z
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