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Brisbane suburb names with Aboriginal names show that some Australian Aboriginal languages are still preserved today, in the form of placenames. Similarly, F. J. Watson explains the meanings of Queensland suburb names. [1] The map demonstrates a non-exhaustive list of some of the names in the Brisbane area.
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.He is best remembered for his work mapping the various tribal groupings of Aboriginal Australians at the time of European settlement, shown in his map published in 1940.
The Jagera Aboriginal people occupied most of the land south of the Brisbane River; Runcorn would have been in the territory of the Chepara clan of Eight Mile Plains, Queensland. [ citation needed ] Originally a part of Coopers Plains , the area was designated the Brisbane Agricultural Reserve (later the Eight Mile Plains Agricultural Reserve) .
Cribb Island (centre north), 1889 Fishing shacks on the foreshore at Cribb Island, 1926 "Cribbie", as it was known by the locals, consisted of two areas which were made up of Cribb Island which had a beach facing Moreton Bay and was used mostly by holiday makers and Jackson's Estate to the south-west of the beach used for farming and permanent residents.
Queensland's first railway linked Grandchester to Ipswich, 1865. South East Queensland was home to around 20,000 Aboriginals prior to British occupation. The local tribes of the area were the Yugarapul of the Central Brisbane area; the Yugambeh people whose traditional lands ranged from South of the Logan River, down to the Tweed River and west to the McPherson Ranges; the Quandamooka people ...
Nundah (previously called German Station) is an inner suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [4] It contains the neighbourhood of Toombul. In the 2021 census, Nundah had a population of 13,098 people. [1] Prior to European settlement, Nundah was inhabited by Aboriginal people from the Turrbul tribe.
The Kedron Brook bikeway follows the brook on the suburb's north-east boundary with two bridges over the creek to Shaw Park in Wavell Heights) and to Toombul Terrace in Nundah There is a third bridge over the creek ( 27°24′16″S 153°03′03″E / 27.4045°S 153.0508°E / -27.4045; 153.0508 ( Foot bridge to Carew & New ...
Aboriginal society traded objects based on need and to promote social cohesion. The South West region of Queensland was the primary source of the traded plant Duboisia hopwoodii, [2] from which a traditional chewing tobacco was made. Kamilaroi (also known as Gamilaroi, Gamilaraay, Comilroy) is an Australian Aboriginal language of South-West ...