Reaching Back

In this book, two generations of Aboriginal people connected with the community of Yarrabah Mission in North Queensland to tell their stories, some going back to the turn of the twentieth century. These accounts, and the many accompanying photographs, vividly depict life in Queensland, first under the Aboriginals Preservation and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act (1897) then the Aboriginals Preservation Protection Act (1939). They recall dormitory and school life, marriage and work at Yarraba