Bidjara People #7 Claim

Advertisement for a meeting for the Bidjara #7 native title claimants.

The area is approximately bounded by Barcaldine in the north, Roma in the east, Wyandra in the south and Adavale in the west.

The apical ancestors of the Bidjara People are as follows

Jemima
Alick Bosun
Harry Gadd
Mother of Ada, Lucy, Billy and Archie Lang
Mother of George, Ada and Georgina Turner
Willie and Minnema Colonel
Paddy Murphy
George Mother and Roy Murphy
William 'Snapper' Barnes
Harry Brown and Alice
Jo and Dixie
Jemima Tindale and Jim 'Toby' Lawton
Isabel Florence Bailey
Charlie Victor
'Gyima' Lucy
Maggie
Kate Johnson – Mother of Lucy Long
Lisa Fraser aka Eliza Peters
Billy Langlo
Dinah Lena
Edward 'Charlie' Prince
Hector Watson
Nellie Combo (mother of Billy Geebung) and Lucy Combo
Celina Grey
Ada, Fred and Mick Tatten
King Chooky Hunt
Burt Bundle
Eddie Bundle
Rita Huggins (nee Holt)
George Fraser
Fogartys
Johnny Richardson
Reggie Richardson
Darcy Richardson
Bob Martin
Sydney King
Beatle Thompson
Walter Saunders
Rubena Smith
Ruby Johnson

Appeared in the Koori Mail of April 9, 2014.

Bidjara People #6 Claim

The claim area is approximately bounded by Barcaldine in the north, Roma in the east, Wyandra in the south and Adavale in the west.

Bidjara apical ancestors are listed as

Jemima
Harry Gadd
Mother of George, Ada and Georgina Turner
Paddy Murphy
George Mother and Roy Murphy
Harry Brown and Alice
Jemima Tindale and Jim ‘Toby’ Lawton
Charlie Victor
'Gyima' Lucy
Maggie
Lisa Fraser aka Eliza Peters
Dinah Lena
Hector Watson
Celina Grey
Alick Bosun
Mother of Ada, Lucy, Billy and Archie Lang
Willie and Minnema Colonel
Rubena Smith
William ‘Snapper’ Barnes
Jo and Dixie
Isabel Florence Bailey
'Gylma' Lucy
Kate Johnson – Mother of Lucy Long
Billy Langlo
Edward 'Charlie' Prince
Nellie Combo (mother of Billy Geebung) and Lucy Combo Ada, Fred and Mick Tatten

This notice appeared in the Koori Mail of April 9, 2014.

Some notes

1. There is a Lucy Mailman who died on 23. 5.1937 at Augathella aged 70 yrs whose father was W Long and mother was Kate Long (nee Johnson).

2. The Mitchell Police Letterbooks have an entry dated 6. 9.1920 as follows - Police Tracker Sandy discharged. A suitable replacement is Hector Watson who is about 30 years old and has recently been employed at Forest Vale. He is a native of Warrego. He has a H/C gin named Annie, recently employed at Forest Vale. Annie has a H/C boy aged 10 years.

3. Minnema an old woman, Willie Colonel an old man and Jessie and Pansy Colonel were removed from Bogarella to Cherbourg in 1931.

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Ewamian People Native Title Claim

This list of apical ancestors appears in the Federal Court of Australia case Fisher on behalf of the Ewamian People #2 v State of Queensland [2013] FCA 1249 which is available here.

The Native Title Holders are the Ewamian People.  The Ewamian People are the:

1. biological descendants of the following people:
(a) Norman Clarke;
(b) Harry Plate;
(c) Emily Collins;
(d) Arthur Georgetown;
(e) Pearl Georgetown;
(f) Ethel Georgetown;
(g) Thomas Lacey;
(h) Dora Hudson;
(i) Frank Hudson;
(j) Minnie Willie;
(k) Mick Morris; or
(l) Ben Sloppa aka Ben Mudd; or

2. the adopted persons of Ethel Georgetown, Jim Harvey, Minnie Willie, John Edward Morris
and Alfred Morris being persons who have been recruited by adoption as a member of the
Ewamian People in accordance with their traditional law and custom.

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Darumbal People Native Title

 This list of apical ancestors appears in the Federal Court of Australia case Hatfield on behalf of the Darumbal People v State of Queensland (No 2) [2013] FCA 1151 which is available here.

The claim group is comprised of all people who are descendants of deceased persons who are recognised by the Darumbal People as having been Darumbal People from whom the living Darumbal People have descended, including the following deceased persons:

    Brothers John McPherson and Harry Bauman

    Kate Reid and James Hector

    Clara McKenzie

    Jack Naylor (Jnr)

    Maria McKenzie

    Clara Wallace

    Mundabel

    Mary Jones

    Maggie (Mitchell)

    Yorky

    Kitty Mulway and Pompey of Stannage.

Iman People Native Title Claim

Iman People Native Title Claim

The claim group are described as the descendants of the following

Mary Arwa
Jim Waterton
Ada Robinson
Maggie Palmtree
Lizzie Palmtree
Mary Ann (mother of Maggie Dunn);
Eliza Shields
Fanny Waddy / Sandy
Dick Bundi / Bundai and Alice Dutton
Unnamed mother of John Serico

At the meeting a recommendation will be made to amend the current claim group description by replacing:
'John/James Serico' with 'the unnamed mother of John Serico' and
'Dick Bundi/Bundai' with 'Dick Bundi/Bundai and Alice Dutton'.

Appeared in the Koori Mail dated September 11, 2013

Odds and Ends

Living under the Act ' : Taroom Aboriginal Reserve 1911-1927
by Scott L'Oste-Brown and Luke Godwin 1995

Cecil Palmtree died at Taroom Reserve 22 November, 1914.
James Waterton died at Taroom Reserve 1 November, 1917.
Alice Bundi died at Taroom Reserve 9 December 1918.   
Dito Palmtree died at Taroom Reserve on 3 June, 1919.
Maggie Palmtree,died at Taroom Reserve on 9 June, 1919.
Fanny Waddy died at Taroom Reserve on 30 May, 1919.
Billy Palmtree died at Taroom Reserve on 25 September, 1922.
Old Bundi died at Taroom Reserve on 6  October, 1923.