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Jarlmadangah Burru was established in 1987 by the traditional owners of the country. The community land holding was excised from Mt Anderson Station. The land that the community has been built on was chosen by the traditional owners as a place where activity would not compromise culture and heritage sites.
The Gija people are the traditional owners of the area, having inhabited it for thousands of years. [6] [7]The area was settled by European pastoralists in the 19th century but the community was established in 1901 when the state government built a ration depot at Turkey Creek.
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."
The traditional owners of the Alice Springs area are the Central Arrernte people. [51] As it is the largest town in central Australia, there are also speakers of Warlpiri , Warumungu , Kaytetye , Alyawarre , Luritja , Pintupi , Pitjantjatjara , Yankunytjatjara , Ngaanyatjarra , Pertame , Eastern , and Western Arrernte among others.
Postcode(s) 3270: Location: 235 km (146 mi) ... The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Peterborough sits are groups within the Eastern Maar ...
The traditional owners and custodians of the Maitland area are the Wonnarua people. [4]The suburb takes its name from Thornton railway station.The station was originally known as Woodford, but the name was changed to Thornton in 1887 and relocated to a new site in 1913.
The traditional owners of the land around Lightning Ridge are the Yuwaalaraay people. [2] Yuwaalayaay (also known as Yuwalyai, Euahlayi, Yuwaaliyaay, Gamilaraay, Kamilaroi, Yuwaaliyaayi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuwaalayaay country. It is closely related to the Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay languages.
Jigalong was established in 1907, as the location for a maintenance and rations store for workmen constructing the rabbit-proof fence.In the 1930s, it was used as a camel-breeding site, but this use was abandoned once the motor car superseded the camel as a mode of transport in the area.