Croker Island Mission
Croker Island Mission
Croker Island
NT
Australia
Provider: Methodist Oversea’s Mission
Year Opened: 1940
Year Closed: 1968
The Croker Island Mission was opened by the Methodist Overseas Mission in 1941. Children from Darwin and Alice Springs lived in temporary cottages until February 1942 when they were evacuated to institutions in NSW. In 1946 the children returned to Croker Island where they lived in eight new cottages. The Mission closed in 1968 and children were transferred to Somerville Cottage Homes in Darwin and interstate.
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