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Marie Yamba was a Lutheran church mission active between 1887 and 1902, and located between Proserpine and Bowen in North Queensland.[1]

Marie Yamba Aboriginal Mission Queensland
Marie Yamba Aboriginal Mission
Coordinates	20°35′48.1″S 148°34′47.66″E
Established	1887
Abolished	1902

In February 1888 the Missionary Society of the United German and Scandinavian Lutheran Church established the mission.[2] The government gave them a land grant of 30 square miles to house their mission reserve.[3]

Mr. Andreas Christian Claussen, who had chosen the site of the mission, was also its first missionary.[4]

Local settlers initially supported the creation of the mission, and hoped it would become a useful way of controlling the local Aboriginal population, but over time they became increasingly opposed to it.[5] The mission had relatively little success in converting Aboriginal people, and by 1901 it was in serious financial trouble.[5]

When it closed in 1902, 23 Aboriginal people at Marie Yambawere transferred to Hope Vale Mission.[1]

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