Northern Skills Alliance Incorporated, Cairns City, QLD

Become a Member Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus ipsum dolor sit amet. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. more Historic Gravesites Returned to Families Families can finally be reunited with their ancestors after more than 50 years, thanks to Allan Quaid. With the help of Northern Skills Alliance, Mr Quaid has been trying to return the historic cemetery at the former site of the Daintree Aboriginal mission. The former Assemblies of God mission was purchased in 1962 by a cane farmer, who banned the traditional owners from visiting the property and allowed the ground to become overgrown and unmarked. In 2007 Mr Quaid purchased the property and announced that the traditional owners could once again visit the site and that he would pay for the handover. Mr Quaid was finally able to subdivide the land after he and Northern Skills Alliance Chief Executive Officer John Fraser spent close to seven years trying to cut through the bureaucratic red tape. At 11:00am on Wednesday 25th September 2013, the Minister of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs, the Honourable Glen Elmes, officiated the handover of the cemetery to the Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation and the Kuku Yalanji people.