ar ry , ▁and ▁the ▁newly ▁arrived ▁Bro ther ▁Ed ▁Ben nett , ▁s ank ▁a ▁well ▁and ▁built ▁a ▁school room , ▁kitchen ▁and ▁la und ry ; ▁working ▁side - by - side ▁with ▁Arr ern te ▁men ▁from ▁the ▁mission . ▁Following ▁the ▁completion ▁of ▁these ▁buildings , ▁and ▁after ▁forming ▁an ▁advis ory ▁council ▁of ▁ 8 ▁senior ▁Ab original ▁men , ▁they ▁p eg ged ▁out ▁plots ▁on ▁the ▁mission ▁site ▁for ▁each ▁family ▁and ▁built ▁W ur lies ▁on ▁them . ▁These ▁wur lies , ▁arranged ▁into ▁' stre ets ', ▁were ▁made ▁of ▁wooden ▁framework ▁and ▁covered ▁with ▁old ▁iron , ▁b ags ▁and ▁grass . ▁These ▁wur lies , ▁called ▁‘ C amp ▁IV ’ , ▁were ▁not ▁approved ▁by ▁the ▁government ▁and ▁regularly ▁drew ▁i re ▁from ▁Alice ▁Spr ings ▁residents ▁who ▁compla ined ▁about ▁the ▁proxim ity ▁of ▁the ▁camp ▁to ▁town . ▁ ▁A ▁mission ▁census ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁counted ▁ 1 1 3 ▁people ▁in ▁residence ▁at ▁the ▁mission : ▁si xty ▁children , ▁twenty ▁six ▁women ▁and ▁twenty ▁seven ▁men ; ▁living ▁in ▁thirty ▁seven ▁wur lies . ▁By ▁August ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 4 0 ▁people ▁living ▁at ▁the ▁mission ▁in ▁thirty ▁nine ▁wur lies : ▁fifty ▁children , ▁forty ▁women ▁and ▁fifty ▁men . ▁The ▁mission ▁continued ▁to ▁grow ▁and , ▁by ▁February ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁the ▁population ▁had ▁reached ▁ 2 2 1 . ▁