During this period it housed only boys and, when the home closed, they were primarily moved to The Bungalow in Alice Springs.
[1][2][3] The home briefly reopened, for a few months, in late 1940 as a place for Aboriginal children who were being transferred from government institutions to various missions.
[6] Five boys that were sent to the home were later transferred to Bathurst Island or Oenpelli Missions because of the 'predominance of Aboriginal blood’.
[8] One of the children moved there was Alec Kruger and he described it as being 'pleasant and harmonious' compared to life at Myilly point and that, while he attended the local school he was a restless students but found the teachers lenient and that he was often allowed to leave class and do activities outside.
[13] This was part of a move to transfer many children from the 'care' of the Department of Native Affairs to church missions throughout the Northern Territory.