Ebenezer Mission - Former
Dimboola, VIC 3414
Church Information
| Church Name: | Ebenezer Mission - Former |
| Church Previous Name: | Lake Hindmarsh Aboriginal Reserve |
| Denomination: | Other Denominations |
| Street Address: | Ebenezer Mission Rd, Dimboola VIC 3414, Australia |
| Suburb: | Dimboola |
| State: | VIC |
| Postcode: | 3414 |
| Foundation Stone Laid: | unknown |
| Foundation Stone Notes: | No Foundation Stone or Memorial Plaque details at known. Information/photographs are invited. The Lake Hindmarsh Aboriginal Reserve was established by Moravian Missionaries in 1859, and the church was built in the 1870's. |
| Date Opened: | unknown |
| Date Closed: | unknown |
| Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
Comments
Denomination: Seen as part of the Moravian Church. The site is closed to the public. Sought permission to visit from the Barengi Gadjin Land Council, but no response to request.
The Ebenezer Mission Station was established in 1859 by Moravian missionaries at the Lake Hindmarsh Aboriginal reserve. The mission closed in 1900 and the part of the site containing the church and cemetery (with hundreds of unmarked burials and just a dozen marked graves) was returned to the Lands Department in 1904. Since that time many ownership arrangements were made - resulting in the National trust handing the site to the Barengi Gadjin Land Council Aboriginal Corporation on 5 December 2013. For fuller information, refer to: National Trust Fact Sheet - December 2013. Ebenezer Mission.
Photographs taken from the road and uploaded 3/12/2016.
