Christina Smith (missionary)

Christina Smith (1809–1893), generally referred to as Mrs James Smith, was a teacher and Christian missionary who documented the lives, customs, legends, and language of the Buandig Indigenous Australians (historically spelled Booandik) who live in south-eastern South Australia and western Victoria. Smith died on 28 April 1893 at Mount Gambier and is buried in Lake Terrace cemetery. The school in Mount Gambier where Christina Smith taught was added to the South Australian Heritage list in 1994.

Christina Smith (missionary)

Christina Smith (1809–1893), generally referred to as Mrs James Smith, was a teacher and Christian missionary who documented the lives, customs, legends, and language of the Buandig Indigenous Australians (historically spelled Booandik) who live in south-eastern South Australia and western Victoria. Smith died on 28 April 1893 at Mount Gambier and is buried in Lake Terrace cemetery. The school in Mount Gambier where Christina Smith taught was added to the South Australian Heritage list in 1994.