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Friedrich Hagenauer was a Presbyterian minister in Australia. In 1863 he established Ramahyuck Mission on the banks of the Avon River near Lake Wellington to house the members of the Ganai tribe who survived attacks in west and central Gippsland. 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 Shristian values and European customs. The Mission closed in 1908 and the few remaining residents were moved to Lake Tyers.
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