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Areyonga - doing it for themselves

When your community is located hundreds of kilometres from the nearest population centre there is often little point in relying on services from elsewhere to achieve improvement: hence the 'mission statement' of the remote Areyonga Community Council - 'We Did it our Way'.

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Fifties mission house restored at Areyonga

Areyonga Community Inc. in the Northern Territory received funding from the NT Department of Community Development and Cultural Affairs to restore an old run down mission house built in the 1950s. Opened in August, the building provides visitor accommodation. Pastor Leo Kalleske and wife Lydia arrived at the then Finke River Mission in 1952, where the building became their home for the next 34 years.Both Leo and Lydia have received Order of Australia Medals for their work in Areyonga.

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