Topsy Smith
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Topsy Smith was an Arabana pioneer of Central Australia in the Northern Territory. She spent her life caring for Indigenous children at an institution known as The Bungalow in Alice Springs.
Topsy Smith stands at the back, seventh from the right.
Jay Creek or Iwupataka is in the MacDonnell Ranges 45 kilometres west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory in Australia. It was once the home of The Bungalow and, as such, is strongly associated
Topsy Smith
…was responsible for the children's welfare. She was known to have cared for the children as her own. The school was moved from its location in town to Jay Creek in 1928. By this time Smith had had enough and wanted to return to Oodnadatta, her mother's country, but she was prevailed upon to stay through the…
View of buildings at Jay Creek (Iwupataka), ca. 1946
Jay Creek in 1947
Horses at the Jay Creek waterhole in the 1920s
The housing at Jay Creek in 1937 or 1938