Lake Condah Mission, also known as Condah Mission, was established in 1867 as a Church of England mission, approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Lake Condah, which was traditionally known as Tae Rak, and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) to 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of the small town of Condah. The site of the mission, on 2,000 acres (810 ha) north of Darlot Creek, was formally reserved in 1869, and the Mission continued operations until the reserve was finally revoked in 1951, with most of the land handed over to the Soldiers Settlement Scheme to provide land for white veterans of World War II.
The area had been home to the Kerrup Jmara people, a clan of the Gunditjmara. The Mission lands were returned to the Gunditjmara on 1 January 1987. The Mission was mentioned in the Bringing Them Home Report (1997) as an institution that housed Indigenous Australian children removed from their families.
It is now part of several Budj Bim heritage areas, including the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape inscribed on the World Heritage List.
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