'Linda McBride-Yuke grew up in the suburb of Zillmere, Brisbane in the house that has been home to three generations of McBrides. Her father, Lambert McBride, was born at Grady's Creek just outside of Kyogle in Northern New South Wales, the land of the Bundjalung and Yugembah people. Her mother May was born at Urangan, Hervey Bay, the land of the Butchulla people. May's paternal connections are the Darambal / Woppaburra people of the Keppel Islands, off the coast of Rockhampton.
Both of Linda's parents were activists along with Kath Walker and others involved in the Queensland Council for Advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (QCAATSI). Lambert, as President, and May, as Secretary, drove across Queensland registering Indigenous people for the electoral rolls. Recently Linda donated the collection of field notes of the numerous visits and cups of tea, taken during those car trips to the State Library of Queensland, as well as a wealth of Queensland Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (QCAATSI) meeting minutes.
She was the first Aboriginal student to complete grade 12 at Sandgate District State High School. A graduate of University of Queensland, Linda holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science (International and Australian Politics). She has minors in both Australian and American History due to the American heritage of her daughters. In the early 1980s Linda married at Schofield Barracks Army base in Hawaii. She then went to live at Fort Stewart, Georgia, another US Army base.
McBride-Yuke has worked in the public sector for 25 years, both Federal and State. Her achievements include a leadership role in developing the protocol document for non- Indigenous public servants, adopted by the Queensland government.
She was the recipient of the inaugural black&write! kuril dhagun Indigenous editing mentorship.'
Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/ (Sighted 28/10/2011).
