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VI. The various Missionary labours which have been directed?
to the evangelization of the Australian heathen, can only be
enumerated. In this good work the Church of England has taken the
lead. The Wellington Vale mission carried on for several years
by the Revd [Messrs?] Gunther and Watson. Many who were trained
as children in the school of this Mission became stockmen and
shepherds, leading a useful life in the service of the
[Nomads?]; and a few gave evidence of that faith in Jesus
which purifies the heart an implants immortal hope. One of
the fruits of Mr Watson's labours, a half caste named Richard Davis died happily
[..?] faith in the Son of God on the 16th August last.
The Revd George King, now of St Peters, for seven years conducted
a mission on Swan River in Western Australia; and some of his
scholars, retaining the habits of industry and the knowledge of
Christian truth and the practice of Christian morality instilled
into their minds in his school still attest the efficacy of
his labours there, labours which according to the language of a beautiful
prayer often used by that Church were begun, continued, and
ended in God. The Church of England in New South Wales is now
cooperating with the same church in Victoria in the support of a
Mission conducted by [Moravians?] at [Yelba?] near the junction of
the Darling and Murray. But the most fruitful of all missions to
the Australian race appear to be those at [Poonindie], Port
Lincoln and at Point Macleay, both in South Australia. The
Poonindie mission was established by Archdeacon Hale about