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Name
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Myora Mission
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Type of carceral site
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Reserve, Station, or Mission; Other
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Dates of use
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1892 – 1943
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Quote
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Minjerriba was a giant in the sun
His green back coated with cypress and gum,
Belly bloated with rich grains of sand,
Eyes brimming with waters so cool,
He stretched for miles in the sun.
And Pacific on the east
Quandamooka on the west
Bathed this giant in the sun.
But Minjerriba's back is now broken,
Men came and tore out his guts,
Stole his rich grains of sand,
Stripped his cloak of cypress and gum,
Drained water from his ageless eyes
And weakened this giant in the sun.
Poetry.
Noonuccal, Oodgeroo. "Minjerriba," Creative Moment : World Poetry and
Criticism, no. 13 & 14 (1976).
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In January 1831, twenty Quandamooka, including men, women, and children were shot, then burned, by Captain Clunie and the 17th Regiment. The records state that the massacre was 'opportunistic'. The soldiers surrounded the Quandamooka camp, situated next to a freshwater lagoon. A good spot to rest considering the drinkable water source and accompanying varieties of bush tucker nearby.
If it were not for a Quandamooka boy – one of only a handful of survivors, who hid in panicked stillness behind nearby bushes as their loved ones were murdered in front of them – informing George Watkins, who made a note in his diary of what transpired, then the world may never have known the truth of what happened that day not so long ago. [...] If the wind was right the smoke would have drifted to the mainland. The ash consisting of Quandamooka flesh would have fallen over the water, wetlands, and pastoral settlements like European snow.
Akhurst, Graham. "Exile." Sydney Review of Books, 8th of July, 2026, https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/exile.
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Authority
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Queensland Aboriginal Protection Association
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Contact
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Dashiell
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identifier
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SITE-MYM