Wuthathi, Kuuku Ya’u and Northern Kaanju Native Title Claim

The Federal Court of Australia decision for the Wuthathi, Kuuku Ya’u and Northern Kaanju Native Title Claim (Wuthathi, Kuuku Ya’u and Northern Kaanju People v State of Queensland [2015] FCA 381 ) is available here .

The apical ancestors are listed below plus a few notes I have added for interest.

The Wuthathi People
1. The descendants of:
(a) Pintharra
(b) Johnson Moreton
(c) Frank Wilson
(d) Ida Temple (Waterbag)
(e) Moe Rie Warren
(f) Innis Pascoe - (wife of Peter (Piramu) Pascoe)
(g) Dinah
(h Ada Lancaster - (among the Pascoe River natives listed at Portland Roads in 1947, arrived at Lockhart River Mission in 1966, born Forbes Island, parents Billy Quantasie and Alwarro)
(i) Annie Punda (Athanamu) - (born c1900 Pascoe River, husband Billy Punda)
(j) Nara Jira Para
(k) Ela (Illa) and
(l) Eliza (wife of Tom Ware).
2. Those persons adopted by any Wuthathi People referred to in item 1 above in accordance with traditional laws and customs.

The Kuuku Ya’u People
1. The descendants of:
(a) Johnny (Yarakupi) Doctor and Nancy (Tawamulu) as a result of their union
(b) Charlie Kanora as a result of union with his two wives Nelly and Jean
(c) Tom ‘Flathead’ Platt (father of Johnny Pascoe)
(d) Charlie James (brother of Tom ‘Flathead’ Platt)
(e) Peter (Piramu) Pascoe (including adopted son Lawrence Fruit) - (among the Pascoe River natives listed at Portland Roads in 1947, born c1895 Lockhart River, wife Ennis Pascoe)
(f) Agnes (Puruwa) (wife of Jimmy Hobo) - (married 1918 Thursday Island)
(g) Bob Pascoe (brother of Annie Anderson)
(h) Annie Anderson (wife of Fred Charles Lancaster)
(i) Topsy (wife of John George Hollingsworth)
(j) Toby (Tupamaynaku) Accoom and Kitty (Tunpu) as a result of their union
(k) Charlie Claudie (father of Charlie (Kutini) Giblet renamed after Hugh Giblet)
(l) Barney Claudie and Minnie (Chinka) Doctor as a result of their union
(m) Hughie (Tantuki) Temple - (died 1973, parents Ned Morton and Rosie, wife Ida Gibson)
(n) Annie Butcher - (born c1905 Wenlock River died 1973, Aboriginal name Wagaminya, parents Charlie and Nellie Westcott, husband Johnson Butcher)
2. Those persons adopted by any Kuuku Ya’u People referred to in item 1 above in accordance with traditional laws and customs.

Northern Kaanju People
1. The descendants of:
(a) Billy Moreton and his son George Moreton Snr
(b) Big Johnny Nguulpam Horseboy as a result of union with his two wives Nellie and Mary Anne
(c) Tom ‘Flathead’ Platt
(d) Old Lady Rosie (wife of Ambrose Butt and Old Paddy)
(e) Annie Small as a result of union with her husband Ambrose Butt
(f) Billy Boyd as a result of union with his wife Kathy Robertson
(g) ‘King’ Bob Robertson
(h) George Mamoose (also known as George Mamus)
(i) Victoria John
(j) Charlie Boko
(k) Billy Chungo - (wife Maggie, aged 65 in 1933 at Lockhart River Mission, Had TB)
(l) Annie Mullet, and of her parents Mickey and Nellie - (born c1898 Claudie River, married to Jimmy Mullet, aged 37 in 1933 at Lockhart River Mission, Aboriginal name Jiboora)
(m) Jim Copo (Cooper) as a result of union with his wife Elsie
(n) Charlie James, brother of Tommy ‘Flathead’ Platt
(o) Nancy Boyd as a result of union with her husband Mickey (Monkey) Boyd (also known as Monkey Gordon)
(p) Toby Horseboy
(q) Annie King, also known as Long Annie (wife of Paddy King), and of her brother Roy Stevens
(r) Old Lady Mapoon (wife of English Barkley) and of her daughter Alice Mark
(s) Dick York and of his brothers Larry York and Old Man Balrat
(t) Annie Densley, also known as Short Annie, and of her brother Joe Sullivan
(u) Paddy King
(v) Nellie Fox (also known as Nellie Greedy) and of her sister Mary Ann Johnson
(w) Annie Night Island (wife of Frederick Charles Mortenson), of Mary Ann and of Rosie Percy and
(x) Wally David.
2. Those persons adopted by any Northern Kaanju People referred to in item 1 above in accordance with traditional laws and customs.