 John Brown Gribble FRGS (1 September 1847 – 3 June 1893) was an Australian minister of religion, noted for his missionary work among Aborigines in New South Wales, Western Australia and Queensland.His appointment in Western Australia was cancelled within a year due to hostility from squatters and others who had Aboriginal employees.Gribble was born at Redruth, Cornwall, a son of miner Benjamin Gribble (1810–1866) and Mary Gribble, née Brown (1808 – 20 January 1887), and as a young man emigrated with his parents to Victoria, Australia.