Source: Fryer Library, Norman Nelson, Record of Visit to Mission Stations 1936, UQFL57

 
Mapoon Mission Store, 1936
 
Mapoon Mission Store, 1936.
Aborigines were often compelled to purchase basic supplies at inflated prices from reserve or mission-run stores run.
The authorities also appropriated wages and savings directly from trust funds and Aborigines’ private bank accounts.
 

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