[1] One of the first to complain about the suitability of the Deebing Creek Mission site, and the absence of fertile land, was Archibald Meston.

This move was also thought necessary to minimise the temptation for Aboriginal people to obtain alcohol from Ipswich.

Apart from the convenient proximity to the railway, the new site provided space for the erection of increased dormitory and storage accommodation as well as extra cultivation.

Opportunity was taken to discard the old system of slab huts and to erect, utilising inmates' labour, new, neat timber cottages on stumps, to receive the families transferred from Deebing Creek.

These cottages were aligned around three sides of a square paddock of about six acres, and could be closely supervised from the official quarters.

[1] Aboriginal children and adults from all over the State - from North Queensland and as far west as Charleville - were sent to Purga Creek Mission.

[1] In 1915 there was 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land under cultivation at Purga Creek, sufficient produce had been grown both to provide for the mission and to sell locally, and the mission had produced prize winning herds of pigs, dairy and beef cattle.

The War Cry reported the official function of the opening of the Aboriginal Colony in January 1921.

Whilst archival records for Purga Creek are sparse between 1914 until about 1935, reports from the interwar period show that married couples and their families were encouraged to live in their own huts on the mission and cook for themselves from weekly rations.

The proclamation to rescind a number of reserves including R.177 appeared in the Queensland Government Gazette in December 1948.

When he died in 1976 a memorial service was held at the Purga Aboriginal Cemetery and his ashes were scattered at that site.

[1] The Purga Aboriginal Cemetery is located approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Ipswich City along the Ipswich-Boonah Road.

Other graves within the fenced off portion are marked by simple timber crucifixes and low-set concrete headstones.

A number of graves are located in the larger area of the reserve outside the small fenced portion.

These graves are marked in various ways including simple timber crucifixes with small brass plaques and concrete surrounds and more elaborate granite headstones.

[1] Purga Aboriginal Cemetery was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 18 September 2008 having satisfied the following criteria.

The cemetery is a physical reminder of the practice of isolating Aboriginal people from the mainstream Queensland community in the early twentieth century.