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'Mother, teacher, adviser and missionary' : Matilda Ward in North Queensland, 1891–1917

Cruickshank, Joanna 2011, 'Mother, teacher, adviser and missionary' : Matilda Ward in North Queensland, 1891–1917, in Founders, firsts and feminists : women leaders in 20th-century Australia, eScholarship Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., pp.27-45.

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Title 'Mother, teacher, adviser and missionary' : Matilda Ward in North Queensland, 1891–1917
Author(s) Cruickshank, Joanna
Title of book Founders, firsts and feminists : women leaders in 20th-century Australia
Editor(s) Davis, Fiona
Musgrove, Nell
Smart, Judith
Publication date 2011
Chapter number 2
Total chapters 20
Start page 27
End page 45
Total pages 19
Publisher eScholarship Research Centre, University of Melbourne
Place of Publication Melbourne, Vic.
Keyword(s) Aboriginal missions
gender
religion
women’s missionary societies
Summary This chapter focuses on Matilda Ward, a missionary at the Presbyterian mission of Mapoon, north Queensland, and the first paid woman missionary to work on an Aboriginal mission. It examines the factors that led to Ward’s employment on the mission, the role that she played in the life of the mission and the consequences of her actions for Indigenous mission residents. While Matilda Ward was unusual for her time, her experience points to broader shifts in missionary practice and attitudes to gender within the Australian churches, particularly through the development of women’s missionary societies.
ISBN 9781921775680
Language eng
Field of Research 210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)
Socio Economic Objective 950503 Understanding Australia's Past
HERDC Research category B1 Book chapter
HERDC collection year 2011
Copyright notice ©2011. The Author
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30043834

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