Welcome to the Pride Resilience Identity Yarrabah database

This searchable database presents documented evidence of sporting events and commentary about Yarrabah and is aimed to be a history resource for the Yarrabah community. While it focuses on the ‘Protection Era’, and most items included are from 1900 to the 1950s, some later material is included. It does not claim to be complete or accurate, and is a work in progress. Names are entered as they were spelled in the original documents. The data was collected by Dr Gary Osmond, sport historian at The University of Queensland’s School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, under a project funded by the Australian Research Council’s Future Fellowship program.

Acknowledgments: We acknowledge the tribal laws and customs of the Gunggandji and Yidinji people on whose lands we work, play and live. We also acknowledge the historical people of Yarrabah.

Reader Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this database contains the names and images of people who are deceased.

Using the database

The Browse link allows browsing by date, and the Search link lets you do an advanced search for specific filters such a sport, individual, year or keyword. The basic Search option (upper righthand corner), allows you to do a simple keyword search.

Each entry contains details such as the date, location, content, and a link to the original resource.