Our History

Bama History

We the Djabugay people have been here since the beginning of time, we are known to be the rainforest people of the Kuranda area of Far North Queensland. We have walked this country before millennia and had to obey and respect our obligations that was here before us and passed down from our Gurraa Gurraa (ancestors) for us to maintain our community and Country. Djumburru Nyiwul Banydjarril, is to (follow one track) which is the lore that must be followed to make sure our world is managed and properly looked after.

Mona Mona Mission

Mona Mona Mission is an area of land run by their own Board under a lease with the State Government. Originally it was run by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and was established in 1913 at Kuranda, 25 kilometres from Cairns.

People from neighbouring tribes such as the Kuku Yalanji, Djabugay, Muluridgi, Buluwai, Yirrgay, Gunggay, Yidindji, Ngadjan, Mbabaram, Djirubal, Ewamin and Wakaman were taken from their homelands and families, and were placed into single-sex dormitories. Mona Mona Mission closed in 1962.