St. Mary's Hostel, formerly Mount Blatherskite Hostel, commonly known simply as St Mary's, was an Australian Board of Missions hostel in Alice Springs from 1947 to 1972. Its residents were mostly Abor
Residents at St Mary's Hostel c. 1950s
Freda Glynn
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Alfreda "Freda" Glynn, also known as Freda Thornton, is a Kaytetye photographer and media specialist. She was the first co-director of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association Group of Comp
St. Mary's Hostel (Alice Springs)
…Branch. Rona Glynn (the first Indigenous Australian teacher in Central Australia, at the age of 16) was one of the working girls, and her younger sister Freda Glynn, then a student, went to work in media and co-found CAAMA. Both can be seen in the accompanying photo: the tallest girl in the back row is Rona Glynn…
Freda Glynn with a doll in 1942 when enroute to New South Wales after being evacuated from the Northern Territory