the Innisfail from Townsville, reaching Dunk Island a few days later. They battled their way through the damaged vegetation and swollen rivers to get to the dead and injured people. The Mrs. Kenny, pregnant at the time, was injured and sent to Townsville, but the Government Medical Officer only arrived on March 31. The survivors who stayed at the Settlement salvaged what food they could. Estimates of deaths varied, but it is probable that about up to 100 Aboriginal people died and were buried on the site, while Kenny and his daughter were buried in a separate location. Many people had fled into the bush, and many more may have died of their injuries. The Government Health Inspector recommended the creation of a reserve on Great Palm Island, off the coast north-east of Townsville to accommodate the remaining residents, and they, along with other Aboriginal people rounded up by police in the surrounding bushland around Tully and Cardwell, were taken there forcibly from June 1918. The entire settlement was relocated to the new reserve, including salvageable building materials. South Mission Beach After the settlement area was abandoned, white settlers slowly moved in, with a town being surveyed in 1938. Initially named Kenny, it was officially renamed as South Mission Beach in 1967. The Mija Memorial, commemorating the victims of the cyclone, was unveiled 100 years later, on 10 March 2018. References Further reading Mission Beach History Archived website by Helen Pedley. Aboriginal communities in Queensland Australian Aboriginal missions Far North Queensland