Summary

Yarrabah is a small Aboriginal community situated 37 km south of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The original inhabitants of the area were the Yarrabah people. It has a population of approximately 2400 people (2011 census) and was set up by Anglican Church missionary, Ernest Gribble in 1893. Many people, including some South Sea Islanders were relocated from homelands to Yarrabah. In response to the harsh administration, the inadequate food, the poor working and health conditions, the residents staged a protest strike and the church removed the ringleaders. Many other people left and the mission was closed. In 1986, the Yarrabah Community Council received self-governing status and in 2005, the Council became an Aboriginal Shire thus gaining the authority of a legal local government.
For more information see:
www.yarrabah.qld.gov.au/www.yarrabah.qld.gov.au/

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Archival resources

National Centre for Indigenous Genomics

• Correspondence, 1969, 02D-37; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Field Notebook, 1960 - 1961, FIELD-005; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Field Notes and Survey Notes, 1959, 02D-32; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Laboratory workbook, 1968, Lab-01-017; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Serology Results, 04D-25; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details
• Serology Results and Analysis, 1959 - 1962, 02D-14; National Centre for Indigenous Genomics. Details