The Cape Bedford Mission was the first Christian mission on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. It is the oldest surviving mission in northern Queensland. It is at South Cape Bedford within the present-day locality of Hope Vale.
Pupils and teachers outdoors at Cape Bedford Mission, 1899
Hope Vale is a town within the Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale and a coastal locality split between the Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale and the Shire of Cook, both in Queensland, Australia. It is an Aboriginal community. In the 2016 census, the locality of Hope Vale had a population of 1,015 people.
Hope Vale
Indigenous members of the Hope Vale Mission, taken by George Schwarz, circa 1901
Kids at Hope Vale Art Centre Opening. April, 2009
Hope Vale Art Centre Opening April, 2009