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    The importance of remembering

    Dec 15, 2021 4 minutes
    By Catherine Bishop

    Annie Lock is a name synonymous with the work of Aboriginal missions. Hers was a unique service, but she was a unique woman who pressed forward and accomplished the most difficult undertakings, took astounding journeys into little-known territories, had powerful sway over others, and disregarded rules and regulations, always managing to come out on top. Through it all she maintained a simple trust in God, and an unswerving purpose to lead Aboriginal people to Him.

    These tributes were penned by self-appointed United Aborigines’ Mission (UAM) chronicler Violet Turner for the society’s magazine in 1943. Lock had been their longest-serving and most controversial missionary. It is hagiographic in tone, with just a hint of the frustration that

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