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The Turrbal people's traditional lands lay around the Brisbane River. Tom Petrie stated that their land coincided with the territorial range of their language. [6] Ford and Blake, however, state that the Turrbal and Jagera were distinct peoples, the Jagera generally living south of the Brisbane river and the Turrbal mostly living north. [11]
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The Yuggera language which encompasses a number of dialects was spoken by the traditional owners of the territories from Moreton Bay to the base of the Toowoomba ranges including the city of Brisbane. There is debate over whether the Turrbal people of the Brisbane area should be considered a subgroup of the Jagera or a separate people. [2] [3]
The distinction between traditional custodians and traditional owners is made by some, but not all, First Nations Australians. [49] [50] On one hand, Yuwibara man Philip Kemp states that he would "prefer to be identified as a Traditional Custodian and not a Traditional Owner as I do not own the land but I care for the land."
In 1994, a 41 hectare parcel of scrub, known as Berlin Scrub Nature Refuge, was the first land protected as a nature refuge under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 [15] In January 2012, the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre, near Gatton, began operations.
Land rights schemes are in place in the Northern Territory, Queensland (including the Torres Strait Islands), New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. [5] The land titles may recognise traditional interest in the land and protect those interests by giving Aboriginal people legal ownership of that land.
The Turrbul people are the traditional owners of the area. [4] The suburb takes its name from a property name and later an estate name, which in turn was a name given by the original settlers because there was so much Bracken fern. [3] The first land sales in the area occurred on 3 August 1857, with the first purchase being made by William Loudon.
Greenbank is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Aboriginal country of the Brisbane and surrounding regions. [5] Towards the south of Greenbank is the Bundjalung traditional Aboriginal country. [6] The early name of the district was Teviot but derives its present name Greenbank from the name of a cattle property belonging to William Slack. [7]