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Postcode(s) 3109: Area: 11.4 km 2 (4.4 sq mi) Location: ... The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Doncaster is located are the Wurundjeri ...
The traditional owners of present-day Napranum are thought to be the Alngith people, [4] although the Anathangayth, Peppan, Thanakwithi, Wathyn and Wik Waya peoples also lived in the area. [ 5 ] Formerly known as Weipa South , Napranum was established in 1898 by Moravian missionaries on behalf of the Presbyterian church.
The original inhabitants, or Traditional Owners, of Moreton Bay are the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Aboriginal people.. Duungidjawu (also known as Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country.
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 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. [8]
The traditional owners include the Gayiri people who occupied the area for tens of thousands of years before European colonisation began in the nineteenth century. The Gayiri (Kairi, Khararya) language region takes in the landscape of the Central Highlands Region, including Emerald and the Nogoa River.
The Larrakia people are the traditional owners of the lands and waters in and surrounding the Darwin local government area. Darwin is known as Garramilla in Gulumirrgin, one of the languages of the Larrakia people, but there are many place names within the area. [4] The first Town and District Council was formed in 1874.
Ballina is located on the ancestral land of the Bundjalung people, who are its traditional owners and original inhabitants. [5] Archaeological evidence demonstrates Bundjalung occupation of the region for at least 6000 years. [6] One view suggests that the name Ballina comes from corruption of a clan name for the Bullina or Bul-loona band of ...