Deebing Creek Mission
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Former Deebing Creek Mission, 2004
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| Location | South Deebing Creek Road, Purga, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°41′03″S 152°45′51″E / 27.6842°S 152.7642°ECoordinates: 27°41′03″S 152°45′51″E / 27.6842°S 152.7642°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | c. 1887 - c. 1915 |
| Official name: Deebing Creek Mission (former), Deebing Creek Aboriginal Home, Deebing Creek Aboriginal Mission, Deebing Creek Aboriginal Reserve | |
| Type | state heritage (archaeological, landscape) |
| Designated | 24 September 2004 |
| Reference no. | 602251 |
| Significant period | 1880s-1915 (historical) |
| Significant components | tank - water, trees/plantings, terracing, cemetery |
 Location of Deebing Creek Mission in Queensland
Location of Deebing Creek Mission in Queensland
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Deebing Creek Mission is a heritage-listed former Aboriginal reserve at South Deebing Creek Road, Purga, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1887 to c. 1915. It is also known as Deebing Creek Aboriginal Home, Deebing Creek Aboriginal Mission, and Deebing Creek Aboriginal Reserve. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 24 September 2004.
Deebing Creek Mission comprised areas of land which were gazetted for Aboriginal purposes from 1892 to 1948. The first area of land to be gazetted was R. 177 situated at what is now known as Lot 219 RP858789. This area does not appear to have been used as a place of residence, but from about 1900 it was used as a farm to support the Mission. Two further portions of land were gazetted as Aboriginal Reserves in 1892, the first in lieu of a Water Reserve, and the second nearby on the west bank of Deebing Creek. This area, with the proclamation of additional land, became what is known as the Deebing Creek Mission and a place of residence and work for missionaries and Aborigines until 1915. This Mission was transferred to Purga in 1915, although the Deebing Creek Mission land, remained an Aboriginal Reserve and was used for grazing purposes. Purga Mission was closed in June 1948 and all the reserves were rescinded in December 1948.
Around 1887 the Aboriginal Protection Association of Ipswich commenced work on the establishment of a mission at Deebing Creek. It is not clear from the records if a specific religious denomination had responsibility for the Mission, although it is understood that the Reverend Peter Robertson, Chairman of the Aboriginal Protection Association, was a minister of the Presbyterian Church. The Aboriginal Protection Association, comprising Reverend Peter Robertson and local business figures William Foote, George Thorn and John Greenham formed with philanthropic and economic motives to establish a Mission. The Committee had sole authority to run the Mission from 1892-1897. At the time of estalblishment there were two known groups of Aborigines in the Ipswich area. The first were camped in Queen's Park in Ipswich and the second at Purga. It is thought that a combination of the two groups were the core of the first residents at the Deebing Creek Mission.
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