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Erambie Mission

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The mission boasted a football team called the Erambie Allblacks, and there were many musicians in the community. During World War II, there were around 70,000 troops stationed at a training camp in Cowra, and people from the mission used to perform for them. They raised money for the war.
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The mission was laid out along three streets in a grid of tightly packed houses, but it contains no shops or library. It became home for most of the 700 Aboriginal people in the Cowra area. It was in existence in 1937.
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Residents had to obey many rules and regulations, but as far back as the 1940s the mission had a reputation for Aboriginal rights protests staged by the residents.
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A History of Erambie Mission, Cowra, Prepared for the NSW Select Committee Into Aboriginal Welfare
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The Cowra ACS (Aboriginal Children's Services) was based at Erambie from 1975 to 2008.
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Lyall Munro Jnr with his son Jason at Erambie Mission, Cowra, New South Wales, 1978
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to the community. She had 9 children, and worked with a doctor in Cowra.
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Dr Laurie Bamblett, who grew up in Erambie, was in 2015 adjunct
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Aboriginal community near Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
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New South Wales
Erambie Mission is located in New South Wales
Coordinates
33°50′47″S 148°40′42″E / 33.8464628°S 148.6782728°E / -33.8464628; 148.6782728
LGA(s)
Cowra Shire
State electorate(s)
Cootmundra
Federal division(s)
Riverina
Aboriginal
Lachlan River
Cowra
Central West
New South Wales
New South Wales Government
Aboriginal reserve
matriarch
Bob Merritt
The Cake Man
research fellow
Australian National University
Isabel Coe
Paul Coe
Elsie Heiss
Anita Heiss
Bob Merritt
Jenny Munro
Mum Shirl
Harry Wedge

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