▁his ▁family ▁that ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Arr ern te ▁people ▁that ▁he ▁met ▁were ▁" in ▁such ▁a ▁de pl or able ▁condition " ▁and ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁" p ract ically ▁no ▁food ". ▁This ▁lack ▁of ▁food , ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁dev ast ating ▁impact s ▁of ▁colon isation , ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁factor ▁that ▁attract ed ▁so ▁many ▁Arr ern te ▁people ▁to ▁the ▁many ▁miss ions ▁that ▁were ▁established ▁in ▁Alice ▁Spr ings . ▁W enten ▁Rub unt ja , ▁who ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁famous ▁Ab original ▁artist , ▁re called ▁that ▁" all ▁the ▁pri ests ▁would ▁feed ▁people " ▁and ▁that ▁" all ▁those ▁churches ▁were ▁all ▁right ▁- ▁they ▁were ▁all ▁holy ". ▁ ▁The ▁mission ▁was ▁established ▁ 1 ▁October ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁on ▁the ▁fe ast ▁day ▁of ▁St ▁Ther ese ▁of ▁Lis ieux , ▁which ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁' L ittle ▁F lower ' ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁initially ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁Alice ▁Spr ings ▁town ▁centre ; ▁on ▁Bath ▁Street . ▁It ▁is ▁often ▁said ▁that ▁McG ar ry ▁played ▁a ▁uniqu ely ▁p iv otal ▁roll ▁in ▁the ▁mission ▁and ▁this ▁is ▁because ▁Father ▁Mol oney ▁believed ▁that ▁St ▁Ther ese ▁had ▁meant ▁the ▁Mission ▁to ▁be ▁McG ar ry ' s , ▁not ▁his , ▁as ▁officially ▁it ▁had ▁to ▁be . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁new ▁mission ▁McG ar ry ▁fed , ▁cloth ed ▁and ▁taught ▁Ab original ▁children ▁at ▁the ▁pres by