Communities torn apart 1 All-round Country Edition

Six people from the deeply religious community of Bamaga and its adjoining villages of Seisia, Umagico, New Mapoon and Injinoo, were among those killed when the 19-seat Fairfield Metroliner crashed near Lockhart River Aboriginal community on Cape York Peninsula on Saturday morning. In [Cairns], a go...

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Published inThe Australian (Canberra, A.C.T.)
Main Author Tony Koch, Ian Gerard, Additional reporting: Patricia Karvelas
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Canberra, A.C.T Nationwide News Pty Ltd 10.05.2005
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Banks, David
Brady, Rob
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Summary:Six people from the deeply religious community of Bamaga and its adjoining villages of Seisia, Umagico, New Mapoon and Injinoo, were among those killed when the 19-seat Fairfield Metroliner crashed near Lockhart River Aboriginal community on Cape York Peninsula on Saturday morning. In [Cairns], a good friend and occasional boss of Rob Brady told how his mate was finally fulfilling his boyhood dream of becoming a helicopter pilot when the plane on which he was a passenger crashed into the side of a remote Queensland mountain range on Cape York. Mr Waddington said Mr Brady was a talented mechanic "who could fix anything" and would be dearly missed.
ISSN:1038-8761