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In July 2012, a six hectare section of Magnetic Island was granted to the Wulgurukaba people under freehold native title. The Queensland government also stated it would grant trusteeship of a further 55 hectares (140 acres) to the Wulgurukaba Yunbenun Aboriginal Corporation. [15]
Yunbenun is the traditional land of the Wulgurukaba people. [6] It had a transient population of Aboriginal people well before European exploration of the area. They had seasonal camps at a number of bays, and travelled between the island and mainland using canoes. A number of Aboriginal burial sites are said to exist on the island, but have so ...
Palm Island and Townsville. Wulguru, (also known as Manbara, Manbarra, Korambelbara, Mun ba rah, Nyawaygi or Wulgurukaba) is an Australian Aboriginal language, now extinct, that was spoken by the Wulgurukaba (or Manbarra) people around the area around present day Townsville, Queensland, on the east coast of Australia.
In Manbarra beliefs the Palm Island group were formed in the Dreamtime from the broken up fragments of an ancestral spirit, Rainbow Serpent. [6]Manbarra (also known as Wulgurukaba) is a language of the Palm Island region, which lies within the local government boundaries of the Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council.
The name Wulguru comes from Wulgurukaba, the language/group name of the Aboriginal people of the Cleveland Bay area. [ 2 ] The Wulguru railway station ( 19°19′34″S 146°49′35″E / 19.3260°S 146.8263°E / -19.3260; 146.8263 ( Wulguru railway station (former) ) ) on the North Coast railway line has been abandoned
Castle Hill is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country. [7] The origin of the suburb name is taken from the geographical feature Castle Hill, thought to be named by an early pastoralist Andrew Ball.
Hermit Park is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country. [4] The origin of the suburb name Hermit Park is from the residence of a business owner Leopold Ferdinand Sachs. [2] The Suburban Bowling Club was established in 1923 on the corner of Charters Towers Road and Carr Street, the second to be established in Townsville.
It is as of 2020 uninhabited, but people from (Great) Palm Island make regular visits to Fantome to fish and perhaps camp occasionally. [4] The Djagubay (an Aboriginal language) name for this island is Eumilli Island. The Manbarra language (also known as Wulgurukaba), of the Manbarra people, is a language of the region. [10]