Wednesday 25 September 2013

Warrungnu People Apical Ancestors

The Federal Court of Australia case Morganson on behalf of the Warrungnu People #2 v State of Queensland [2013] FCA 957  available here lists the following apical ancestors of the Warrungnu people.

The claim area is in the Herbert/Burdekin region North Queensland..

The Warrungnu People are the biological or adopted descendants of one or more of the following four people:

Wombino;

Lena, sister of Wombino and wife of Old Billy Morganson;

Alf Palmer; or

Billy Simmonds.

Western Yalanji Apical Ancestors

The Federal Court of Australia case Brady on behalf of the Western Yalanji People #4 v State of Queensland [2013] FCA 958 available here lists the following apical ancestors of the Western Yalanji people

The claim area is in the Mareeba Shire area North Queensland.

1. The descendants of one or more of the following people:

Sandy Tippo (also known as Deppo King), the father of Jack Brady and others;

Charlie Fox and Emily Fox (also known as Emily Skene, also known as Emily Skeen), the parents of Stella Rogers (née Fox) and others;

George Maytown (also known as William Dolo, also known as Janga);

Billy (also known as Namukaia) and Maggie (also known as Wautaluygu), the parents of Lizzie Riley and others;

Billy, the father of Jimmy Riley and others;

Kitty, the mother of Caroline Rose Davis (also known as Caroline Rose Molloy, also known as Caroline Rose Brown, also known as Caroline Rose Roberts, also known as Kitchay) and others;

Charlie Lee Cheu, the father of Caesar Lee Cheu and others;

Mary (also known as Railuinn), the mother of Rosie Grogan (née Palmer) (also known as Rosie Maytown) and others;

George Maytown (also known as George Dodd Senior), the father of Dolly Maytown and others;

Jack Burton, the father of Nancy White (also known as Nancy Brickey) and others;

Bula Burton (also known as Buller Burton);

Ruby Meldrum, or her brother Rob Miller;

Biddy Mango (also known as Biddy Looney), the mother of Dolly McNamara and others;

‘Nama’minkidji and Wur’puram, the parents of Jannie Maytown (also known as Jennie Maytown) and others;

Mitchell Earl, the father of Norman Mitchell and others;

Lena Palmer (also known as Lena Banjo, also known as Lena Gordon), or her brother Togo;

Charlie Curraghmore, or his brother Charlie Jubilee;

Dolly, the mother of Alice Roberts and others;

Jimmy Roberts, the father of Jack Lawyer and others;

Dolly, the mother of Charlotte Palmer and others;

Mary Anderson (also known as Maggie Anderson), or her sister Dianna (also known as Dinah), or their sister the mother of Rosie Simpson (née Murray);

Billy Snider Senior (also known as Jimmie Snider), the father of Charlie Snider and others;
Buiku Buiku, the father of Kitty and others;

Sambo and Maggie, the parents of Minnie Williams and others;

Johnny Cake (also known as Johnny Stewart), the father of Kenneth Lloyd Stewart and others;

Hilda, the mother of Jessie Pauletta Davis and others;

Maggie, the mother of James Andrew Mossman (also known as Jimmy Mossman) and others; or

2. People who are recruited by adoption into one of the above descent groups in accordance with the traditional laws and customs of the Western Yalanji People.


Sunday 22 September 2013

The Juru People native title claim group

The claim area is roughly bounded by Home Hill, Bowen and Proserpine in Queensland.

The Juru People native title claim group is currently described as the descendants of the following aboriginal ancestors:

Emily Pickard
Con Lymburner
Nellie Steel / Stell
Lena Taylor
William Morrell an his wife Bessie Rook
Jinnie Ross
Eliza Lampton (mother of Arthur Lampton)

This meeting is to authorise the inclusion of Rosie Wake as an apical ancestor.

Some notes on some of these apical ancestors follows
In 1930  Natives removed from Ayr to Palm Island included Con Lymburner and wife and sons 12 yrs and 3 yrs). Con Lymburner was born around 1882 at Ayr. His father was a white man.

Toby Lampton died on 17. 4.1918 at Bowen. Toby's wife was Eliza (Liza) Lampton. Toby's son is Arthur Lampton of Ayr who has a wife and family.
 
Eliza Lampton, born about 1889 Seaforth, Ayr, parents Harry Eppy and Annie, Widow.


Appeared in the Courier Mail of September 21, 2013

Meeting advertised in the Koori Mail of November 2, 2016 includes Rosie Wake (mother of William and Emma Nicol) as an apical ancestor.