Reverend Hubert Ernest de May Warren Print Page 
The plaque commemorates Reverend Hubert Ernest de May Warren who was a pioneer missionary and explorer of Groote Eylandt from 1913 to 1934. Reverend Warren was one of the passengers on the plane Miss Hobart which went missing in 1934.
Reverend Hubert Ernest de mey Warren of the Church Mission Society (CMS), the Superintendent of the Roper River Mission, was keen to expand his operations northwards to Groote Eylandt. From 1916, he led several expeditions to the island with the purpose of establishing a new settlement to relocate the Indigenous children of mixed race descent. The Roper Mission on the mainland had become unviable and overcrowded.
Granting the CMS request, the Secretary of the Departmnet of Home and Territories declared the whole of Groote Eylandt an Aboriginal Reserve in 1921 and gave the CMS a 21-year lease on a large portion of the island. The Mission was granted 51,800 hectares of land on the western side of the island. The Groote Eylandt Mission was established in 1921 along Emerald River, 13 kilometres south of Angurugu.
Missing Plane Article 1934Location
| Address: | 2 Smith Street, Christ Church Cathedral, Darwin, 0800 |
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| State: | NT |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -12.465879 Long: 130.845327 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Religion |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1913 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1934 |
| Link: | http://adb.anu.edu.au/ |
Dedication
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IN MEMORY OF
The Reverend HUBERT ERNST de MAY WARREN
F.R.G.S.
PIONEER MISSIONARY AND EXPLORER
OF GROOTE EYLANDT 1913 - 1934
HIS MOTTO : "JESUS FIRST."
