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1906

Yarrabah, Queensland
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Yarrabah – Sports – Description – 1906

Bishop of North Queensland, Dr Frodsham, reporting on his visit to Yarrabah in 1906: "They were not over preaching to them, and they were not always working, because they believed in the adage that 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.' Special work was set down, and when that was done they let the natives enjoy and amuse themselves. They played an excellent game of football; they also played cricket, and also indulged in boomerang and spear throwing and the most interesting dances and corroborees. For years he [Gribble] had been trying to understand the principle behind the corroborees". Attempts to explain Gribble's understanding of corroborrees. Source: Maitland Daily Mercury, 9 November 1906, 2.