Marie Yamba Aboriginal Mission
Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Marie Yamba was a Lutheran church mission active between 1887 and 1902, and located between Proserpine and Bowen in North Queensland.[1]
In February 1888 the Missionary Society of the United German and Scandinavian Lutheran Church established the mission.[2] The government gave them a land grant of 30 square miles to house their mission reserve.[3]
Mr. Andreas Christian Claussen, who had chosen the site of the mission, was also its first missionary.[4]
Local settlers initially supported the creation of the mission, and hoped it would become a useful way of controlling the local Aboriginal population, but over time they became increasingly opposed to it.[5] The mission had relatively little success in converting Aboriginal people, and by 1901 it was in serious financial trouble.[5]
When it closed in 1902, 23 Aboriginal people at Marie Yambawere transferred to Hope Vale Mission.[1]
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