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Mrs. James Smith

(Smith, James, Mrs., approximately 1812-1893)

This is a full length portrait of Mrs James (Christina) Smith, standing at a slight angle to the camera and resting one hand on a shelf. A Scottish Presbyterian missionary and teacher she did much work with the Booandik Aboriginies, eventually, in 1865, realising her dream of opening a school and home for local Aboriginal children in Mount Gambier. She wrote a treatise entitled 'The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines' recording the tribe's rites, songs and language and including biographies of converts.

Christina Smith (1809–1893), generally referred to as Mrs James Smith, was a teacher and Christian missionary who documented the lives, customs, legends, and language of the Buandig Indigenous Australians (historically spelled Booandik) who live in south-eastern South Australia and western Victoria. (From Wikipedia)

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Smith, James, Mrs., approximately 1812-1893: The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines: A Sketch of Their Habits, Customs, Legends, and Language; Also, An Account of the Efforts Made by Mr. and Mrs. James Smith to Christianise and Civilise Them (Adelaide: E. Spiller, 1880)

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