This item contains 39 historical photographs and postcards of large groups of Australian Aboriginal people, and school children at Point McLeay Mission (SA). Almost all of the photographs bear handwritten annotations. They are listed as follows:

1. 'Australian Aboriginal women & children'. This photograph was formerly identified by the South Australian Museum as AP 4467 and was acquired from 'H. Rutherford Purnell'.
   
   
2. Group of unidentified Australian Aboriginal people with an unidentified building in the background.
   
   
3. 'George Taplin (See AA319) & children at dormitory'.
   
   
4. 'Group of school children at Pt McLeay', 'Late 1880's, This group includes Gollans, Wilsons, Rigneys'. This photograph was formerly identified by the South Australian Museum as AP 4181.
   
   
5. Thirty-two 'Members of Pt McLeay Mission Church'. This photograph was formerly identified by the South Australian Museum as AP 5221.
   
   
6. 'School children, Pt McLeay 1885'.
   
   
7. Seventeen Australian Aboriginal children performing puppet show outside the post office, with four children holding musical instruments.
   
   
8. One man playing piano with two men and twenty Australian Aboriginal children gathered around the piano.
   
   
9. Group of five Australian Aboriginal people sitting on the edge of the river at 'Pt McLeay Mission Station'. There is one Australian Aboriginal boy standing in the middle of the group. This photograph was formerly identified by the South Australian Museum as AP 4461 and was acquired from 'H. Rutherford Purnell'.
   
   
10. Two Australian Aboriginal women holding one child each. 'Laura Harris' is on the left and 'Tracey Rigney nee Sumner' is on the right. This photograph was formerly identified by the South Australian Museum as AP 4466 and was acquired from 'H. Rutherford Purnell'.
    
    
11. Large group of people at a 'school picnic'.
    
    
12. Group of Australian Aboriginal men 'preparing for exhibition of dancing' at Goolwa. This photograph was formerly identified by the South Australian Museum as AP 3901.
    
    
13. Group of eight Australian Aboriginal men and women with one child sitting down and one man standing at the back in a suit. This photograph was formerly identified by the South Australian Museum as AP 4404 and was acquired from 'H.M. Hale (See AA124). 1939'.
    
    
14. Four Australian Aboriginal people with two children. Ada Stanley née Koolmateri has one child on her back and Tokie Butcher is holding Jane in her arms. This photograph was formerly identified by the South Australian Museum as AP 4465 and was acquired from 'H. Rutherford Purnell'.
    
    
15. 'Picnic party on the cliffs Pt MacLeay, Dec 1885'.
    
    
16. Group of children at Point McLeay School.
    
    
17. Six men in front of corrugated iron, caption beneath photograph "CRIB TIME".
    
    
18. Large group of unidentified people.
    
    
19. Eight unidentified Australian Aboriginal children sitting on stone fence.
    
    
20. 'Mission School Band - Pt MacLeay - 1917'.
    
    
21. Six Australian Aboriginal boys wearing white clothing, with black socks, black waistbands and neck ties.
    
    
22. Large group of people with two dogs in foreground.
    
    
23. 'Aboriginal Football Team at Narrung 1886'.
    
    
24. Large group of people sitting below the remains of a tree with an unreadable plaque on it. Some children have climbed the tree. Notes accompanying the photograph read, 'the remains of the tree now encased in a memorial to George Taplin'.
    
    
25. Group of adults and school children standing in foreground of shelter.
    
    
26. Two men wearing hats, one young boy wearing hat and a woman wearing a hat sitting under a tree.
    
    
27. Large group of people sitting on grass with Australian Flag. 'Children include Gollans, Rigneys, Wilsons, Long, Campbells, Mason'.
    
    
28. Woman sitting on a chair outside a building with five children. The youngest child is on her lap.
    
    
29. Warning this photograph may be restricted, four Australian Aboriginal people and one child preparing for ceremony.
    
    
30. Large group of adults and children.
    
    
31. Group of ten adults and children with a horse and dog in the background.
    
    
32. Group of twelve Australian Aboriginal people on sand dunes.
    
    
33. Large group of unidentified people.
    
    
34. Family of John Sumner 'pair on right at rear - Arthur and Martha Barrett. Nee Varcoe. Alban Varcoe front centre.'
    
    
35. Photograph of twenty-four Australian Aboriginal men and women outside store at Point McLeay.
    
    
36. 'Enid Lawrie's Birthday Party at Pt. McLeay. On lawn of H.M's house - now Council offices'.
    
    
37. Australian Aboriginal boys playing string games.
    
    
38. Group of Australian Aboriginal children. The girls are wearing white dresses and the boys are wearing dark shirts with white collars. Two children are holding flower ornament in the air.
    
    
39. Man in foreground wearing a suit and white hat with six women facing the camera behind him.