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Traditional lands of Aboriginal people around Mackay, Rockhampton and Gladstone, Queensland. Traditional Darumbal land is considered to encompass an estimated 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2) around most of coastal Central Queensland, running from Arthur Point at Shoalwater Bay to Yeppoon, and taking in the mouth of Fitzroy River and Keppel Islands.
The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples was a royal commission undertaken by the Government of Canada in 1991 to address issues of the Indigenous peoples of Canada. [151] It assessed past government policies toward Indigenous people, such as residential schools, and provided policy recommendations to the government. [ 152 ]
Union of Ontario Indians: Mississauga: Curve Lake First Nation 35: Curve Lake First Nation: Union of Ontario Indians: Mississauga: Deer Lake: Deer Lake First Nation: Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council: Oji-Cree: Dokis 9: Dokis First Nation: Waabnoong Bemjiwang Association of First Nations: Anishinaabe: Duck Lake 76B: Brunswick House First Nation ...
Gai-i (previously known as Mount Wheeler) is a small mountain situated between Rockhampton and Yeppoon in the state of Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] It is one of several igneous volcanic plug formations that feature on the landscape near the Capricorn Coast. [3]
Shoalwater Bay is a large bay on the Capricorn Coast of Central Queensland, Australia 100 km north of the coastal town of Yeppoon and 628 km north-north-west of the state capital, Brisbane.
National Indigenous Peoples Day, formerly National Aboriginal Day, June 21, recognizes the cultures and contributions of Aboriginal peoples of Canada. [117] There are currently over 600 recognized First Nations governments or bands encompassing 1,172,790 2006 people spread across Canada with distinctive Aboriginal cultures, languages, art, and ...
Overpainted albumen print of Aboriginal people and gold diggers near Rockhampton, around the 1860s, National Library of Australia In January 1854, the New South Wales government proclaimed two new districts: Port Curtis and Leichhardt (roughly today's Fitzroy Region), and the Archer brothers returned in August 1855 to set up their pastoral run ...
The Dreamtime Cultural Centre is an Indigenous cultural arts and education centre in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. [1] [2]Situated on the Bruce Highway in the suburb of Parkhurst at the northern entrance to the city, the centre was established to promote greater awareness of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, history and traditions through various cultural displays ...