Building, construction and dedication of St John’s Lutheran Church Hope Vale. “It is our most sacred site. It is our St Peter’s of Rome. It is our St Paul’s of…
The first families returned from Woorabinda.
Seven years of trauma at Woorabinda. Pastor Victor Wenke ministered to the Woorabinda evacuees and Pastor Ivan Roennfeldt spearheaded the return of the Guugu Yimithirr people. Alick Cameron, Paddy McIvor…
The military ordered the evacuation to Woorabinda internment and ‘Muni’ arrested and jailed in Cooktown. They were taken to Cairns onboard the Poonbar. The elderly were taken to Palm Island…
Outbreak of World War II – Fear and suspicions of ‘enemy aliens’ with Japanese sympathies required registration, with threats of arrest and internment by government authorities.
Spring Hill Mission established next to Muni’s Eight Mile property.
The Queensland Government extended the Reserve by 20,000 acres to incorporate the land along the McIvor River – Warrego Mission.
‘Muni’ takes on the declining Bloomfield (Wujal Wujal) mission. The Polands oversee the winding down of the former mission. 23 residents relocated from Mara Yamba mission.
Dr Walter Edmund Roth appointed as the Chief Protector of Aboriginal Affairs for the northern region and based in Cooktown.
Aboriginals Protections and Restrictions of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 (later replaced by the Aboriginal Preservation and Protection Act 1939) were introduced to control and subdue dispossessed Aboriginal people…
Wilhelm Poland arrived.
Reverend Georg Heinrich Schwarz (Muni) arrived. Mission residents called him ‘Mr Muni’ or ‘Father Muni’ as ‘muni’ means black in Guugu Yimithirr as ’schwarz’ is in German. He was also…