Recognition for Samuel 'Yebble' Isaacs, an Aboriginal hero who saved the lives of family that 'built Burnie'

Sandy Powell
April 28 2021 - 12:00pm
RELATIVE RESCUE: Claire Turfrey at Wivenhoe Cemetery amidst the graves of her ancestors who were rescued from the shipwreck SS Georgette by Samuel Isaacs, the Aboriginal hero also known as Yebble. Picture: Simon Sturzaker
RELATIVE RESCUE: Claire Turfrey at Wivenhoe Cemetery amidst the graves of her ancestors who were rescued from the shipwreck SS Georgette by Samuel Isaacs, the Aboriginal hero also known as Yebble. Picture: Simon Sturzaker

It has taken nearly 150 years but a Western Australian locality has been named after the Aboriginal hero of a 19th Century shipwreck.

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Sandy Powell

Sandy Powell

Senior Reporter

Court and crime reporter covering the West and North-West of Tasmania for the Advocate.