The Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah is a special

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, east and southeast of

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Cape Grafton Cape Grafton is a cape located to the north-east of Cairns in Queensland, Australia. The cape was named by Lieutenant James Cook during his first voyage of discovery in 1770. It was named after Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, the British ...

. It is managed under a

Deed of Grant in Trust A Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) is the name for a system of community-level land trust established in Queensland to administer former Aboriginal reserves and missions. They came about through the enactment by the Queensland Government of the '' ...

under the ''Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004''.

History

The area originally was set up as an Anglican Mission in 1892.

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from the region were gradually drawn or relocated from their traditional lands into the mission settlement. The Gungganydji people were the main group to be settled there. In the 1960s, the Anglican Church relinquished control of the mission. The Department of Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, a government department, under the Act continued running the affairs of the community. On 29 October 1987, under the ''Community Services (Aborigines) Act 1984'', a

was given to the Yarrabah community over the Cape Grafton area. Like other DOGIT communities of the time, Yarrabah had a Community Council elected by Aboriginal people living in the community.

Responsibilities

As the Shire is not operated under the Local Government Act and operates the land on behalf of the community, the Shire Council's responsibilities are quite different from a typical local government body. This includes responsibility for fisheries, alcohol management and employment initiatives. The Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council operates an

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at Noble Drive in Yarrabah.

Mayors

* 2004 - 2008:

Vincent Mundraby Vincent Mark Hilton Mundraby (29 January 1967 – 17 June 2017) was a Far North Queensland Aboriginal Australian Yidinji rights activist. Descent Born Vincent Mark Hilton Mundraby in Atherton, Queensland on 1 January 1967, his father was V ...

* 2008 - 2012: Percy Conrad Neal * 2012 - 2016 : Errol Neal * 2016 - : Ross James Andrews

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yarrabah Shire Local government areas of Queensland Aboriginal communities in Queensland Far North Queensland 1987 establishments in Australia

History

Responsibilities

Mayors

See also

References