Cape Barren Island Reserve
Location
Cape Barren Island Reserve
TAS Australia
Provider
Tasmanian Government & Anglican Church
Date Opened
1881
Date Closed
1951
Cape Barren Island Reserve
Cape Barren Island
TAS
Australia
Provider: Tasmanian Government & Church of England
Year Opened: 1880’s
Year Closed: 1951
Other names:
The Reserve
Cape Barren Island Reserve was created in 1881 for the use of the descendants of Aboriginal women and European sealers living in the Furneaux Islands of Bass Straight. From the late 1920’s, may Aboriginal children were removed from their parents on Cape Barren Island.
For the first 20 years ‘the reserve’ was jointly run and funded by the government and the Anglican Church. From the beginning of the twentieth century, the Anglican Church did not have a residential mission and the missionary/school teacher had few powers. The Church’s role declined significantly.
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