National Archives of Australia
Series F133 Item 1963/418
Little Flower Mission Santa Teresa 1961
22. 7.1961 From Santa Teresa to the Director of Welfare Darwin
Re: Unemployment and Unemployment Benefits at Santa Teresa
1. Total number of able bodied male wards at Santa Teresa
(a) At end of June 1961 75
(b) At end of March 1961 62
(c) At end of October 1960 54
(d) At end of June 1960 50
2. Newcomers, still resident, who settled at Mission for first time during past 12 months :-
Hank Buzzacott, from Maree S.A., single
Syd Buzzacott, from Maree S.A., single
Johnnie Stewart, from Alice Springs, single
Lennie Drover, from Todd River Downs Station, single
Geoffrey Oliver, from Undooly Station, single
Jack Cavanagh, wife and 7 children (Ambollindum)
Gordon Oliver, wife and 2 children (Undoolya)
Alan Bush, wife and 4 children (Mt Riddock area)
David Heffernan, wife and 2 children (Alice Springs)
Toby Johnson, wife and 3 children (Alice Springs)
Tony Johnson, wife and 1 child (Alice Springs)
Alec Neal, wife and 3 children (Mt Riddock area)
Johnny Williams, wife and 4 children (Undoolya Station)
Rupert Palmer (wife and children already at Mission)
Francis Stevens (one child already at Mission)
Total - 15 men with 34 dependants.
3. Those who have been in continuous association with the Mission while finding regular
employment on stations but who are, at present, not employed by stations - resident
now at Mission :-
Alan Drover, Todd River Downs, employed on station for about 6 months, single
Arthur Davis, Allambi, 4 months, single
Dick Heffernan, wife and 3 children, Yambah, 3 months
Sonny Ronson, wife and 2 children, Alice Springs, 7 months
Enoch Alice, wife and 2 children, Undoolya, 3 months
Henry Perkins, wife and 2 children, Alice Springs
Willie Rice, wife and 4 children, Katherine, 6 months
Denny Ronson, wife and 3 children, Atnarpa, 2 months
Tom Neal, wife and 7 children, Allambi, 5 months
Johnnie Bloomfield, 1 child, Atnarpa, 2 months
Total 10 with 31 dependants.
4. Those who have been in continuous association wwith the Mission
continuously employed on stations for past 12 months :-
Wilfred Turner, Allambi, single
Jack Wallace, Allambi, single
Albert Wallace, Allambi, single
Douglas Wallace, Allambi, single
Brian Turner, Allambi, single
George Williams, Undoolya and elsewhere
Silas Turner, 4 children at Mission, Allambi
Maxie Turner, wife and 3 children at Mission, Allambi
Dick Neal, 1 child at Mission, Allambi
George Gorey, 2 children at Mission, Yambah and Alice Springs
Bill Hayes, 1 child at Mission, Allambi
Tommy Williams, wife and 3 children now settled at Mission for past 6 months, Undoolya
Tommy Marshall, wife and 3 children, mostly at Mission, Yambah
Brandy McMillan, wife and 1 child at Mission, Yambah
Walter Doolan, wife and 3 children at Mission, various
Riley Gorey, 1 child at Mission, Yambah and Alice Springs
Total 16 with 27 dependants at Mission.
5. Number employed at Mission at end of June 1961
Single 25
Married 19 (dependants 71)
Number unemployed on Mission end of June 1961
Single 8
Married 23 (dependants 81)
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