30 June 2009
Melody Tan

Church buys Mamarapha College property

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia has purchased the 2.6 hectares of land where Mamarapha College is located on the outskirts of Perth.

Mamarapha is a tertiary level training centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

The church had previously been leasing the school grounds from the Western Australian government since 2002.

Steve Piez, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Ministries Director said, "We wanted to purchase Karragullen because the land suits Mamarapha College very well. Being out of town, it is quiet and ideally located. It is also a good size and since it was previously used by the government as a school, there are existing classrooms, administrative offices, a library, recreational facilities and a car park."

The Adventist Church in Australia has thanked church members around the world for donating towards the $810,000 land purchase.

Some of the 30 people, who enrol in Mamarapha's Bible and health courses every year, are not Christians, and many ask to be baptised during the course of their studies.

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