'The annual issue of blankets has been the most enduring institution in New South Wales Aboriginal-European relations, lasting from 1826 until the early 1960s, interrupted only by abolition between 1845 and 1847.'

Smithson, Michael, 'A Misunderstood Gift : the annual issue of blankets' (1992) 30 The Push : a journal of early Australian history 73

Missionary societies from the United Kingdom established missions in NSW. Each mission operated independently. The living conditions on each mission depended on the people in charge. Aboriginal people went to missions by choice and by necessity. The NSW Government’s role was limited to granting land, funding, and distributing resources.

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Smithson, Michael, 'A Misunderstood Gift : the annual issue of blankets' (1992) 30 The Push : a journal of early Australian history 73

Missions