Samuel Yebble Isaacs (1845 – 14 July 1920) was an Aboriginal Australian stockman and farmer from the South West of Western Australia, who was best known for his role in the rescue of the SS Georgette in 1876, together with Grace Bussell.
[2] Although he was illiterate,[5] he was renowned for his skill in working with cattle and his expertise in horsemanship and handling the teams of bullocks used to transport heavy loads and timber.
Grace Bussell, then aged 16, accompanied Isaacs on the return journey on horseback, and they both took their horses down the cliffs into the water to rescue the passengers.
[10] In January 1867, Isaacs married Lucy (Major) Lowe, an African-American who had arrived from the US on a whaling ship; the couple had six children.
He was returning home from Busselton Train Station, where he had dropped off his son Henry, who was about to join the 10th Light Horse Regiment.