NATIVE TEACHERS
At the Church of England Mission, on the Mitchell River (Capo York Peninsula), one of the native teachers in the mission school is Alary, a lullblooded aborigine, originally educated at the school, and the first native woman in Australia to bo successfully trained as a schoolteacher. Two other native women schoolteachers in the Far North are the Alisses Noble, who are stationed at the Forrest River Mission, on the north-western coast of Western Australia. Their father is the Rev. James Noble, of the Yarrabah Mission, North Queensland, who was the lirst full-blooded aborigine to take holy orders. He was ordained at St. George's Cathedral, Perth, some years ago, after being educated at the Scone Grammar School.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21742, 6 March 1934, Page 3
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118NATIVE TEACHERS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21742, 6 March 1934, Page 3
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