YUNGABA ACTION GROUP needs your HELP to launch a LEGAL FIGHT against the DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL – NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL TO GIVE!

Last week BCC posted the long-anticipated negotiated development approval on their website – it will see the guts ripped out of Yungaba, the last remaining intact 19th century immigration depot left in Australia, leaving only a shell for the public to view from outside a gated community.

Never again will future generations of Australians have the chance to walk in the footsteps of their ancestors where they first set foot on Australian soil. Instead, Yungaba will become the sole property of 10 millionaires who will live in luxury units with their own exclusive views down to the Brisbane River.

We need your help in this fight – we have been told that the sale is a done deal and that our cause is hopeless. But it is not in the Australian spirit to give up on what is important even though it seems hopeless.

We invoke the indomitable spirit of our immigrant ancestors and of the wounded ANZACS who were welcomed back to Queensland after their baptism on fire in WW1 to help us win back Yungaba for the people of Queensland. We will not give up!

We are preparing our legal challenge – we have engaged a legal firm with extensive experience in the Land and Environment Court and we have the support of a very reputable heritage expert as our expert witness – they believe that our cause is not hopeless and that we do have good grounds for appeal to save this very significant building for future generations to honour their immigrant origins.

URGENT – Request for financial support

Please write a cheque to:
Yungaba Action Group Inc, and post to PO BOX 5564 West End Q 4101

Or deposit straight into our bank account: 
Yungaba Action Group Inc, Commonwealth Bank, West End
BSB: 06 4131      Account Number: 10272133

Many thanks to those supporters who have already sent in donations – they are very much appreciated.

Yungaba National Heritage Nomination

The National Heritage Council are currently considering Yungaba for National Heritage Significance and have asked for feedback -

Could you please send in your comments to them on why you think Yungaba should be listed as nationally significant?
To send your comment go to : http://www.environment.gov.au

To see the full Yungaba National Heritage Nomination – go to : http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl & type in Yungaba & select the Yungaba National Heritage Nomination

READ SOME MORE OF THE HEART-FELT LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND AMAZING YUNGABA STORIES SENT IN TO US

On 6 December 1887 , the migrant ship “Duke of Buccleuch” landed the first migrants at Yungaba (Kangaroo Point Immigration Depot). Since then, hundreds of thousands of migrants, refugees and evacuees have been welcomed to Queensland within this gracious building and grounds. Yungaba also has national significance as it was the site of the deportation for thousands of South Sea Islanders under the White Australia Policy. During WW1 it was transformed into the 6 th Australian General Hospital where thousands of wounded Queensland ANZACS were welcomed home.

We need your financial assistance – remember, NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL to give – TOGETHER WE WILL SUCCEED!

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