Papers re the National Missionary Council

The documents in this folder contain memoranda, circulars and correspondence as well as policy papers written for the National Missionary Council (NMC). These include:

United Missionary Training, memorandum prepared by the Rev. JW Burton, n.d.; Unified Administration for the Great Central Aboriginal Reserve, memorandum prepared by the Aboriginal Advisory Committee;, n.d.; memorandum re 'Proposed South Pacific Regional Conference, 22 July 1943; notes by AP Elkin on 'Commonwealth Control of Aborigines' prepared for the National Missionary Council [NMC] concerning legislation; Report on Visit to Australia and New Zealand, Oct-Dec 1944, by JW Decker, information on general life in Australia and New Zealand, visits to POW camps, and foreign mission problems generally, 28/02/1945; circular with minutes of a National Missionary Council meeting held on 30 January 1945; circular copies of letters on the history of the Land Rights of Native Americans and its relevance to Australian Aboriginal people by AB Pittock, 1964; and manuscript by Mr A Bell : 'A policy for missions to Aborigines - "Concentrate on the Children."', 1945.