 Mrs Gribble and their five youngest children would arrive some five months later.Trouble started in December 1885 when Gribble held a lecture "Only a Blackfellow" at St Georges Hall, Perth, and aired some of his criticisms about the way Aborigines were treated up north.The settlers were outraged and (despite the "West Australian" 's advice to give him a long rope)
called a public meeting at Carnarvon to discuss his allegations.