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The name combines "Ramah", the home of Samuel in the First Book of Kings, with "yuck", an Aboriginal term reputedly meaning "our place". The mission sought to discourage all tribal ritual and culture, and replace it with Christian values and European customs. The Mission closed in 1908 and the few remaining residents were moved to Lake Tyers Mission.
He played a significant role in lobbying the Board for the Protection of Aborigines (BPA) to introduce the nicknamed "Half Caste Acting" which forced Aboriginal people under 34 years of age with non-Aboriginal parentage to leave missions.
This created much distress for Aboriginal people as outlined in letters written to the BPA which document requests for permission to visit family left on missions and for provision of basic needs from people struggling to survive in a racist settler society.