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On 12 April 2022, following 25 years of legal battle, Wakka Wakka people were granted native title recognition in the form of 114,000 ha (280,000 acres) of the Burnett region. Included in the title was Ban Ban Springs, a significant spiritual and cultural site for Wakka Wakka people. Due to the extensive traditional lands occupied by Wakka ...
On 9 December 2000, the QLD Attorney General and Minister for Justice and the Arts, Matt Foley, handed over the deed of grant to the traditional owners representing the Waka Waka, Warra and Jarowair people. The site is now administered by the Gumminguru Land Trust. [citation needed]
The original inhabitants of the area are the Aboriginal people belonging to the Wakka Wakka (or Waka Waka) people. [8] The area was used as a gateway to bunya nut festivals, for which Aboriginal people would travel from as far away as the Clarence River in northern New South Wales and the Maranoa River to feast on bunya nuts from the bunya trees.
In 2006 census, the shire had a population of around 1,241 people, making it Queensland's third largest Aboriginal community. [6] The town is located on traditional lands that belong to the 'Wakka Wakka' (Waka Waka), people, but many different clan groups are also represented, including 'Gubbi Gubbi' (Kabi Kabi) people. [7]
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The Wakka Wakka language, also spelt Waga, or Wakawaka, is an extinct Pama–Nyungan language formerly spoken by the Wakka Wakka people, an Aboriginal Australian nation near Brisbane, Australia. [3] Kaiabara/Gayabara, Nguwera/Ngoera, and Buyibara may be varieties or alternative names.
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