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Descendants of both the Jagera (Yugara) and the Turrbal consider themselves traditional custodians of the land over which much of Brisbane is built. [21] Native claim applications were lodged respectively by the Turrbal in 1998 and the Jagera in 2011, and the two separate claims were combined in 2013. [21]
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."
Turrbal is considered either a dialect of the Yuggera language, [2] or a separate language, one of five subgroups of the Durubalic branch of the Pama-Nyungan languages. [1] Tom Petrie, son of one of the founding families of the Brisbane area settlements, mixed freely with the Turrbal, and mastered the language and the contiguous dialects from an early age. [5]
The Aboriginal population of Australia is made up of hundreds of peoples or nations, each with their own sacred places, animal totems and other items in the geographic area known as their country, [1] or traditional lands. Sacred sites are places within the landscape that have a special significance under Aboriginal tradition.
The Victorian Government advised that Welcomes are advised for major public events, forums and functions in locations where traditional owners have been formally recognised. A Welcome to Country can only be undertaken by an elder, formally recognised traditional owner [13] or custodian to welcome visitors to their traditional country. [6]
In 1867, a tiny settlement was established as a supply and trading centre for the settlers in the area and to service the needs of miners trekking from Brisbane to the goldfields near Gympie. The local shire was constituted in 1879 and in 1888 the railway line from Brisbane was opened. [9] Caboolture Post Office opened on 1 September 1869. [10]
The Yugambeh (/ ˌ j ʊ ɡ ʌ m b ɛər / YOO-gum-BERR (see alternative spellings)), also known as the Minyangbal (/ ˌ m ɪ nj ʌ ŋ b ʌ l / MI-nyung-BUHL), [1] [2] [3] or Nganduwal (/ ˌ ŋ ɑː n d ʊ w ʌ l / NGAHN-doo-WUL), [4] are an Aboriginal Australian people of South East Queensland and the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, their territory lies between the Logan and Tweed rivers. [5]
National Native Title Tribunal definition: [3] [Native title is] the communal, group or individual rights and interests of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people in relation to land and waters, possessed under traditional law and custom, by which those people have a connection with an area which is recognised under Australian law (s 223 NTA).