John Martin Kenny was a superintendent during the Queensland Aborigine Protection era. He arrived at

Hull River Hull may refer to: Structures * Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle * Fuselage, of an aircraft * Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds * Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship * Submarine hull Mathematics * Affine hull, in affi ...

on 1 September 1914 and established the

Hull River Aboriginal Settlement Hull River Aboriginal Settlement, sometimes incorrectly referred to as Hull River Aboriginal Mission, was an Aboriginal reserve established in 1914, located at the present location of Mission Beach in the Hull River National Park, Queensland, A ...

. His mother was Catherine Kenny (nee Brown). He, and his daughter Kathleen, died on 10 March 1918 as a result of flying debris from a massive

cyclone In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...

that devastated the Mission. * * As a result, all survivors were relocated to Palm Island.

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