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Yarrabah

Community profile

Yarrabah is an Aboriginal community located 55 kilometres east of Cairns in Far North Queensland.

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Yarrabah is an Aboriginal community located 55 kilometres east of Cairns in Far North Queensland.

For more information, see:

 

Traditional owners

Gunggandji people

Languages

Gunggandji and Yidinji

Population

2505

95.8% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ABS 2021 Census)