No Road Out: Yarrabah Mission

From across north Queensland Aboriginal people were systematically rounded-up by police and forced onto missions and settlements including Yarrabah Mission.
Well-cared for children as young as five-years-old were arrested by police and charged as neglected under an act of legislation that discriminated against their Aboriginal mothers. Placed in dormitories, denied adequate nutrition and health care, and poorly educated, they were prevented from seeing their parents and banned from speaking ...